hurricane warnings are in place, and evacuations are ordered as arthur makes its way toward the east coast. as the storm bears down during one of the busiest travel times of the year, officials caution against taking the situation lightly. >> don't put your stupid hat on. is this man the new bin laden. a closer look at the leader of the militant group responsible for the chaos in iraq. meanwhile, tighter security measures at airports over concerns that al qaeda may try to smuggle a bomb onto an airliner. >> and what happens when a whale you're watching gets a little too close for comfort. captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, july 3rd,

2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. tropical storm arthur is expected to become a hurricane sometime today. this morning arthur is located about 140 miles south-southeast of charleston, south carolina, with sustained winds of 70 miles per hour. hurricane warnings and watches are in effect for most of north carolina along the coast. arthur is expected to approach the coast sometime tonight. north carolina's outer banks are motive at risk. people began evacuating yesterday. a mandatory evacuation of hatteras island goes into effect this morning. this is what arthur looks like as seen from the international space station. meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz is tracking the storm. >> well, here's a look at arthur. the storm has been strengthening over the last 24 hours and has begun its jog off to the north. we'll see impacts as we head through to "today."

making landfall across the outer banks. as a category 1, there's an outside chance it could become a category two. we head to friday morning, it will be off to the delmarva peninsula and friday night, this is where it makes another close pass to land, nantucket. that will bring stormy winds to massachusetts before it moves out to the north and east and to the canadian maritime. hurricane warnings are up. here's the reason why. the wind field of arkansas thundershower as it works its way off to the north brings the tropical winds ashore but overnight brings the hurricane winds across the outer banks. and another shot of it across feast massachusetts, that on friday night. in terms of any storm surge from this particular storm, anywhere from coastal georgia to coastal south carolina, a surge up to three feet. we could see it up to four feet in parts of eastern north carolina. that's a bit contingent on how

strong that storm becomes. in terms of rainfall, the final piece of this story, a heavy chain for rain, flash flooding. and into new england, most of that is coming on the fourth of july and has already canceled a lot of fourth of july fireworks. i'm meteorologist eric fesher for cbs news. arthur is hitting on one of the busiest holiday seasons. craig boswell is in nags head. >> reporter: the winds and waves are picking up along the southeast coast. arthur is expected to move northward over the next two days drenching the eastern seaboard. what's worse, the cold front will move in soaking inland as well. the outer banks could feel the worst of arthur's punch. that's bad news for the 250,000 tourists. >> we have not decided what to do next.

>> reporter: the elo family from dallas, pennsylvania, are here on vacation. >> we're going to ride it out tonight and see what happens come tomorrow morning and make our decision tomorrow. maybe try to hit the beach one more time. >> reporter: local officials would rather they didn't. >> don't put your stupid hat on. usually most injuries occur right before a storm or right after a storm. >> reporter: the city of boston isn't taking any chances. it's rescheduled its fireworks and boston pops concert to thursday. we'll be tracking arthur throughout the day on your local news and "cbs this morning." the u.s. is implementing increased security measures at overseas airports with direct flights to this country. intelligence officials are concerned about al qaeda efforts to build an undetectable bomb. ko im is at international airport. ko, good morning. >> reporter: good morning,

anne-marie. this heightened concern is another chance of takinging as one official put it an abundance of caution. he's not looking forward to the increased security he'll likely encounter on his way back. >> it's frustrating to go through these measures every time you go through it. there has to be a better way. >> reporter: the federal government is taking additional precautions on nonstop flights heading to the u.s. mostly from europe and the middle east. they say it's from new concerns involving a group of westerns traveling to syria and iraq to fight. westerns who are left scrutinized could be picked by al qaeda overseas. homeland security secretary jeh johnson did not get specific about what measures travelers would face but said in a statement, aviation security includes a number of measures both seen and unseen.

some travelers here in the states say they're oklahoma with whaer measures even if there are more delays. the enhanced security measures will be implemented in the coming days but will not impact domestic flights. forces say the change isn't tied to a specific threat or the upcoming holiday weekend. anne-marie? >> ko im at new york liberty airport. thank you, ko. this morning saudi arabia deployed 30,000 troops to its border of iraq after iraqi forces withdrew. meanwhile the islamic extremist group that's taken over large areas of iraq and syria is demanding people pledge allegiance. >> reporter: in this elaborately produced video released by isis in may, there's glaring

omission. among the fighters and isis faithful, we see not a single glimpse of their leader abu bakr al baghdadi. in fact, there's only two known photographs of the man from 1971 who now controls the most extreme islamic army on earth and that's no coincidence say as middle east analyst. >> you don't survive for a very long time in this kind of business if everybody knows your name, your face, and where you stay. >> reporter: in 2005 during the occupation of iraq, american soldiers arrested al baghdadi, but when america closed its prison, he was handed over to the iraqis who let him go. in the five following years, here's what he built, a fighting force that joined the syria civil war and took over several hundreds of square miles.

here he hones his skills as a commander with violence so extreme that even al qaeda's leader cut all ties. was fine with baghdadi who says he's the new global leader of jihad and even cataloged its accomplishments in, believe it or not, in an annual report. it listed among other things, 1,083 assassinations and 537 bombs in parked cars. >> you could see a tendency to try to gloat and to try to appeal to recruits by showing them the kind of power that they would have if they joan isis. >> reporter: and it's working. thousands of young men from across the muslim world have offered their allegiance to a leader whose face they will probably never see. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. now an update on the former

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an investigation is under way at the brooklyn bridge in new york. a section of the facade inside an underpass of the famous bridge collapsed last night. five people suffered minor injuries when the debris fell to the street. investigators are looking into whether a passing thunderstorm may have caused the damage. and a raucous immigration town hall meeting last night in murrie

murrieta, california. they're worried about a plan to transfer undocumented immigrants to their city. >> reporter: the murrieta high school was so packed people were turned away. >> am i being detained? am i being detained? >> reporter: so instead they protested in front of the gym. some supported the federal government's plan to use the more eta border patrol station as a processing center for deportees. >> reporter: others showed up to fight the plan. this just one day after residents turned away a care van of buses filled with immigrant detainees from texas, forcing them to be processing at a border patrol station in san diego. several showed up to a town hall

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. on the "cbs moneywatch," amazon in a fight over apps, and target has a request for gun owners. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, jill. >> good morning, anne-marie. here on wall street, investors are watching for the employment report for june. on wednesday positive hiring data sent stocks soaring again. the dow rose 20 points to

another record high. the s&p increased a point to a new high. and the nasdaq fell a point. amazon.com will fight the federal trade commission over purchases by children. the online retailer says it is prepared to go to court against the ftc over charges it hasn't done nut to prevent kids from making millions of dollars in unauthorized app purchases. amazon has already refunded money to some parents. >> target is asking socustomerso leave their guns at home. they say walking into a target with a gun while legal is at odds with a family-friendly experience. they say it's a request and not a prohibition. the retailer does not sell guns. >> and a letter has finally arrived 83 years late. the post office delivered a letter which somehow got lost in 1931 to a family in maine.

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country.

a giant blue whale caused quite a scare off the coast of southern california. it capsized a boat and knocked two people into the ocean. dominic garcia of our san diego affiliate kfmb has the story. >> reporter: dale frank knew he was going to get clowe to a whale today, but not this close. >> oh, my god. on the other end of his lens, this is what he saw, the wide mouth of a giant blue whale. he snapped this pick before their boat was knocked over. >> one hand on the boat. my camera's up on my shoulder like this, other hand is grabbing the camera, and i said to myself, dale, just do what you can, keep yourself safe, but if you can save the camera, save the camera. >> reporter: the woman you hear is cece sayer.

she's been in the business for 20 years. these whales feet on crill, hence, the open mouth. >> i didn't know we had this. these animals have finally started to get the protection and recognition they deserve. >> reporter: cece says she always makes a point to stay a safe distance because you need to respect these whales. >> when i come up behind me and turned around, it basically -- i literally thought it was trying to take a bite out of the back of these boat. >> reporter: but on this day it was the creature's curiosity that was close to the boat. >> hopefully it encourages people to be safe around whales no matter what. >> i can't believe he managed to take pictures of that. that was dom mick garcia of kfmb reporting. later on "cbs this morning,"

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explorer jacques cousteau is back on land this morning. yesterday fabian cousteau broke his grandfather's record for days living under water. david shutta of our miami statin reports. his "mission 31" coming to an end, the explorer telling us he got emotional about leaving. >> i don't know. it's bittersweet. feeling good physically, emotionally. >> reporter: cousteau has plenty to be proud of. the grandson of famed jacques cousteau has topped his grand erie's record and he made it look easy. >> it's strange. i don't miss anything up there.

i'm actually very comfortable down here. >> reporter: we dropped down two weeks ago to visit his quarters. rurly the size of a school bus, he had all the comforts of home including wi-fi. he spent the day talking to classrooms via skype. >> i discovered there's still a big passion by the general public for the ocean. this was a shot in the dark. this could have been a total failure. >> reporter: scientists carried out fascinating experiments along the way. >> we were able to get a tremendous amount of data collected. >> 12 terabytes? >> yeah. >> reporter: that's the equivalent of six months of diving. they did it in 14 day. in the end cousteau's team say they reached over 313 million people. >> the idea was to reach as many people in the world as possible

regardless of their background, and if that's making history, then maybe we achieved that goal. >> this is not a flash in the pan. this is just kind of relaunching the new age of aquarius at fiu. >> reporter: florida international university which was decayed has brought it back to life. >> we even reached out to people without being able to otherwise and by him being there, we did what we wouldn't have otherwise so it wasn't just a p.r. stunt. >> reporter: over the 31 days cousteau said he missed one thing, good french wine. the film is expected to come out in the next couple of years. >> his grandfather would be prout. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the latest on arthur as the storm tracks up the east coast. we'll be live in north carolina. plus, more on the overseas airport security alert. we'll get analysis from former

cia director mike morell. and from "unforgettable" poppy montgomery. that's the "cbs morning news" for this morning. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

it is thursday, their, 2014 i'm ukee washington. i'm erika von tiehl. here are stories we are following today. one person is missing after a boat capsizes in the delaware river. search is set to resume, a live report ace head. captain on the ice spend the night in the penalty box, the flyers claude giroux arrested and spend the night in the canadian jail. the the reason is just ahead. overnight lightening and rain causing major damage across the region what we can expect for the holiday weekend, today is friday for a lot of folks. >> true, a lot of lightening last night. thunder boomers. >> oh, wow. >> it woke my dog up. >> my dogs were going crazy. >> yes. >> they always tend to with