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proud of our state tonight. >> the tea party is cooled off in two key senate primaries while veteran democrat charles rangel is poised to win a 23rd term. a tornado touches down outside indianapolis. part of a cluster of severe storms to race across the midwest. a high-tech tool may be a big help in the fight against breast cancer. researchers say 3-d mammograms may be better at detecting the disease than regular scans. and a soccer star leaves his mark on the world cup. uruguay's luis suarez faces a suspension for biting an opponent. captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, june 25th,
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2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with politics. primaries in six states and a bitter republican senate runoff in mississippi. senator thad cochran's narrow victory turned out to be one of two tea party setbacks and here in new york a veteran congressman's final race is a tight one. susan mcginnis is in washington with more. good morning, susan. >> good morning, anne marie. you know, the tea party had just gained momentum earlier this month but now the party suffers two fresh blows, the biggest in mississippi. six-term republican senator thad cochran beat out rival chris mcdaniel after a tight and bitter race. >> it's a group effort. it's not a solo, and so we all have a right to be proud. >> 76-year-old cochran emerged
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the winner. mcdaniel surprised and angry. >> there is something a bit unusual about a republican primary that's decided by democrats. tuesday's primaries didn't go as well as hoped for the group. the tea party suffered another loss in an oklahoma senate primary where two-term congressman james langford captured more than 50% of the vote against several possibilities against t.w. shannon who argued langford was not conservative enough. he's looking to replace senator tom coburn. >> the solutions we bring are not for a certain group. they actually work in every state in our nation. >> and senator jiff hoffman went for his bid for a fourth term.
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he's now looking to secure a 23rd term. these primaries are seen as unlikely to be part of the makeup but they could cold lake the tea party. the most recent c bbs new york poll, it's down 51% from last december. >> thank you, susan. this morning flood warnings and watches are posted in parts of texas and oklahoma, and severe thunderstorms are possible for the plains later today. damaging winds, hail, and tornadoes may develop as the storm system moves east. a tornado hit central indiana yesterday afternoon. winds of 100 miles per hour threw an r.v. into a home. more than a dozen homes were damaged just southwest of indianapolis. no injuries are reported. >> scared to death. i didn't know what was going on. so i had to calm my grandkids down. i got one 6-year-old and
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2-year-old and take care of them. >> when the guys come here and saved up, they said is anybody here, is anybody here? >> and last night in chicago, the storm system caused flooding on city streets and highways. at one point the eisenhower expressway was closed in both directions trapping drivers for hours. heavy rain triggered flooding in parts of ft. worth, texas, yesterday afternoon. the water rose quickly flooding streets and trapping motorists but no injuries are reported. more rain is possible today though. and the flooding is getting worse in parts of minnesota. rivers and lakes across much of the stakes yo overflooding their banks. the mississippi was about five feet above flood stage yesterday. the high waters also causing damaging mudslides. and now to the latest on the crisis in iraq. the pentagon says about 150 u.s. troops are on the ground in baghdad to advice iraqi forces.
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prime minister nuri al maliki is focused on protecting the capit capitol, and president obama breached them yesterday on efforts but yesterday in iraq secretary john kerry faced resistance when he tried to persuade kurdish leaders to join a new government. >> there's a great dissatisfaction here in iraq with the current government, and i ran into a universal sense, a commitment, a desire by iraqis to make up for your the mistakes that had been made in the past. now, what that means in terms of personalities or individuals who might fill one role or the other, i can't tell you. that's up to iraqis. >> kurdish president massoud barzani says we're facing a new iraq. they say the internal
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revenue service did not follow the law regarding e-mails. craig boswell has our story on tuesday's contentious house hearing. >> reporter: the tone was testy between a white house official and the witness. >> yes or no. you're a hostile witness. >> i'm not at all a hostile witness. >> yes, you are. >> reporter: she served as an attorney for the irs in 2013 gathering information. the committee quizzed o'connor about the >> i did not know her e-mails were missing and uncoverable. >> reporter: democrats say
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o'connor is wasting their time. >> your testimony here today is stretch at best. >> reporter: they want to see if anyone involved outside the irs was involved in the conservative groups. >> then all of a sudden they say they lost e-mails. listen. i grew up in a bar. this doesn't fast the straight faced test. >> reporter: the irs says it is turning over a total of 67,000 lerner e-mails. 20 to 30 pilot errors in the last 14 miles of approach. the ntsb issued its report on the asiana crash last year. as jeff pegues tells us, the federal agency blames the pilots. >> reporter: before the plane crashed at san francisco international airport, all three pilots in the cockpit missed important warnings. according to investigators coming in for a landing, the
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plane was off target. it was traveling too low and air speed was too slow to make the ruppway. the pilots mistakenly believed the auto throttle which controls speed would keep the plane on track. the ntsb concluded the pilots had given too much control to the 777's auto pilot functions. >> the approach preceded to be compounded. >> reporter: the belly struck the runway and the tail of the airp broke off. investigators say the three people killed, one died after being struck by an merge door when the plane pushed in. and the other two were not wearing seat belts and were ejected from the plane. >> the ultimate message of that is buckle your seat belt. when the cabin crew says buckle your seat belt, buckle your seat belt. that's the number one defense to
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protect you. >> reporter: one of the victims was run ore by two rescue vehicles. still today's report credited first responders with savie ini five passengers in the back of the plane. asiana blamed boeing for the crash but boeing says it does not bleat auto flight contributed to the crash. the ntsb did acknowledge that the plane's design saved lives. jeff pegues, cbs news, san francisco. coming up on the "morning news," google announces its latest tech toyes. and queen elizabeth enters the tech world of "the game of tloens" on the hit show. this is the "cbs morning news." so chic. at the hottest boutique. the new paint studio at ace! surprise. luxurious color from valspar optimus and valspar aspire. check out this drawer action.
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>> good morning, anne-marie. an android tv. analysts say google will also offer a new version of its operating system possibly called lollipop. here on wall street the crisis in iraq trumping sales here. the dow fell 119 points, its biggest one-day drop in over a month. the nasdaq dropped 18, and the s&p dropped 12 points. >> asian stocks were mostly lower after wall street's losses. tokyo's hang seng lost half a percent. whole foods gets caught overcharging customers. they didn't subtract the weight of the salad bar containers. the grocery stores agree to pain $800,000 in penalties and fees. and one of rock and roll's greatest songs just set a record.
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♪ the beat goes on like a rolling stone ♪ >> the lyrics to bob dylan's "like a rolling stone" sold for $2 million at sotheby's. the words were scribbled on hotel station err back in 1964. it is now the most extensive rock manuscript. >> good thing he wasn't sort of a neat freak or anything like that. it could have been tossed. straight ahead, your wednesday morning weather. and later, a capture of great white in an unexpected place.
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a possible breakthrough in the battle of breast cancer. a new study founds that 3-d mammography finds more and lessens the recall. take a look. >> reporter: 44-year-old went for an annual ma'am gran that uses 3-d rather than the standard flat images. >> this way they have a better view and they see way more. it hurts less actually. >> reporter: the study in the journal medical association reviewed more than 450,000 screening exams. about 170,000 included women receiving both the standard and 3-d mammography. those receiving 3-d mammography had 41% more invasive cancers detected and 15% fewer repeat scans to evaluate inconclusive findings. >> the study brings out that
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women don't have to be called back as often, so therefore there's less anxiety. >> reporter: here is the regular digital ma'am graph of one of dr. elliott's patients. it looks normal. but a 3-d exam shows a hidden cancer. her cancer was clear with no indication of any fears. >> i think if women get the message they're going get a mammogram, they should make it count. >> right now the 3-d exam may not be covered by insurance and may include a $50 to $75 charge. it does not mean she'll be less likely to die from breast cancer. for your that further research is needed. some fishermen here in new york city made a dangerous catch. they hauled in a baby great
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while shark near queens on sunday and spotted another one, a 10-footer circling the rear of their boat. they tagged the baby shark and put it back in the water and on saturday a great white tried to take a bite out of a boat off the coast of new jersey. now, unite expect to see jaws in the ocean but not on the soccer field. a world cup player faces suspension for misusing his pearly whites. pool and sunny da. perfect, no matter what you're wearing. it's so on. coppertone clearlysheer. it's on. ♪ ♪ bring the delicious taste of hershey's chocolateads. to anything - everything. with new hershey's spreads, the possibilities are delicious. i was so focused on making good food choices, i had no idea that it was damaging the enamel of my teeth.
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fifa officials are. they are charging swarez and could suspend him for at least two matches and up to two years. swarez has twice been disciplined for biting opponents in league games. >> and it's time for lebron james to make the decision once again. the miami heat star opted out of the final two years of his contract making him an unrestricted free agent. any team can siern the four-time mvp including heat. in 2010 james left the cleveland cavaliers to sign for miami where he won two nba championships. james and the heat fell in the finals this month to the san antonio spurs and last night their star tim duncan joined davide letterman. he was asked if he considered retirement after winning the championship. >> i did. i did. i thought about calls it a year and calling it a career, but i felt i could at least do one more year. i felt i was still effective.
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. a veteran contact ter leon walker has died. he was known. wallach's first big screen credit came in 1956 and he continued acting until well into his 90s. he died tuesday. he was 98 years old. and the library of congress says it has acquired a remarkable collection of video interviews that ha captured the heart of the black americans. as chip reid reports some were famous and some were about to become famous. four years before she died author maya angelou was asked
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what she wanted her legacy to be. >> there are those who say i bring people together, it's true because that's what i am. i'm all of that. >> angelou was speaking to juliana richardson, found f ore history maker, a library of african-american history. >> who is the audience for this and what do you want them to learn? >> i want the african-american child to understand their roots, but i also want mainstream america to understand the contributions of black people to this country. >> i actually play the game as if nobody's there but me. >> reporter: chicago cub star ernie banks opened a window to his inner world. >> when i hit a home run, in my mind i was saying i'm this little ball. i'm going to get inside this ball that's coming at me and i'm going to take a ride in it.
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>> reporter: 13 years aeld richardson did this interview with an obscure illinois senator named barack obama who told her running for office wasn't his idea. >> some friends of mine came and approached me and said, look, barack, here's a vacant seat, would you be interested? >>. >> reporter: as a child bernard watched neil armstrong step on the moon. >> i remember seeing it and after running outside to look at the moon. >> reporter: he later became the first african-american to walk in space. for richardson, giving her collection of 9,000 hours of interviews to the library of congress is the fulfillment of a dream. why is it so important to you for it to end up here at the library of congress. >> this is the only place. you don't work -- sorry. you don't work this hard on a project and not want to have it preserved correctly. >> reporter: a project based on
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an idea that if you don't document history, it will be forgotten. chip reid, cbs news, washington. well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the latest on the severe weather in indiana. we'll be live from the scene and get the forecast. plus, we'll go to colorado where veterans are using marijuana to treat ptsd. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
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it is wednesday, june 25th, good morning, i'm ukee washington. i'm quarter von tiehl. here is what we are working on at 4:30. road reopening right now, route 100 in montgomery county is opening up as we speak after being damaged in a trash truck fire, our jen bernstein is there with a report coming up. pushing for his plan, new jersey governor chris christie will be talking to voters in our area while his pension plan faces a legal fight in trenton. and the failed getaway police nabbed accused bank robber who didn't think through his getaway plan. let's check the the weather forecast as we start our forecast, katie is in the weather center with that. >> i sure a.m. >> yes indeed. >> little steamy
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