winds pushed by a summer cold front moves from the central u.s. into new england. >> in all my 85 years, this was a doozy. hamas rejects a cease-fire and israel resumes its heavy bombardment of the gaza strip. and derek jeter is honored by fans and players at his final all-star game. captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, july 16th, 2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning a weather system producing heavy rain and dangerous wind is making its way through the northeast up to new england. flash flood warnings and watches are posted from delaware to maine up to another 3 inches of

flood-producing rain is possible. the storm made its way through the southeast yesterday. there were flash floods in north carolina, stranding motorists and flooding homes. by the time the severe weather reached massachusetts, the powerful wind was taking down trees and power lines. some smashed into homes. others blocked roads. >> it was a violent storm, nigh that. i looked out my side window and i saw my maple tree, which is huge, going in all different directions. at that point my wife and i went down in the cellar because we didn't know what was going to happen. >> there was also extensive damage in new jersey and flooding in new york. meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz is tracking the weather system. well've been tracking stormy weather the last few days and the cool air coming down from canada, you can see it on the satellite/radar picture. mainly for today we're watching right along the coastline from maine down 95 all the way down

into florida. this is where the heaviest rain is going to be. most of it early in the morning until midday. there will be pockets of flash flood gog along with that and i'm sure airport delays but the severe weather threats start to change focus a little bit. into the front range, colorado springs to the texas panhandle and into oklahoma damaging wind threat, some locally heavy rainfall. in fact, a lot of rainfall over the next couple of days achlt little pocket of upper level pressure will be moving its way in. brings in the moisture. with all these storms, a lot of rainfall potential here. we'll see how this pans out. we'll bring a threat of severe flooding. parts of oklahoma in the middle of summer where drought is concerned that could be a very beneficial thing. i'm meteorologist eric fisher for cbs news. well, in california, the issue is lack of rain. a severe drought is forcing farmers to leave hundreds of thousands of acres idle. that will cost the state more

than $2 billion and now residents who waste water on lawns and car washings will face stiff fines. carter evans report. >> reporter: northeasterearly h nuts and fruits are grown in california. more than 2,000 farm jobs could be lost. this restaurant owner is already seeing the results. give me an idea of how much your food prices are going up i would say about 25%. tomatoes went up tremendously. if you used to buy a case of $25, today we're looking at 60, $70. >> he's cut staff at his restaurant at carl l.a. to keep menu prices from rising. >> how long can you go before you're forces to raise prices? >> we're almost there unfortunately. >> reporter: it's expected to go up 5% adding $500 to the average

american family's grocery bills. californians also learned they could face tighter water restrictions including bans on excess lawn watering, washing cars without a shut-off spray nozzle around spraying down sidewalks. they could be fined $500. >> this coming fall if we don't see rainfall and we don't have some winter storms coming in, we may see a heavy hand coming from the state. >> reporter: in january governor jerry grown asked californians to voluntarily cut their water usage by 20%. a new report that came out tuesday shows that water consumption actually rose by 1%. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. in the mideast, israel is launching air strikes on sites believed to be used as command centers. they warned people in northern and eastern gaza to leave homes

after a cease-fire. the palestinian death toll continues to rise. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> anne-marie goorksd mo, good . yeah, israel told tens of thousands of palestinians to clear out by this morning but apparently the authorities told them not to pay any attention to those warnings but israel haas indeed stepped up its air strikes in gaza, leaving little hope for any kind of truce. smoke billowed into the sky over gaza a day after a proposal to end fighting between israel and hamas militants fell through. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country has no choice but to respond more forcefully to hamas after hamas reject add cease-fire plan yesterday shortly after israel had accepted it. israel is warning families in sections of northern gaza to evacuate saying it plans to carry out air strikes against

terrorist sites and operatives in that area. the u.s. is standing by but is pushing both sides to push toward a deescalation. our focus continues to be working on a cease-fire. >> reporter: a spokesman for hamas tells cbs newss there will be no cease-fire until israel stops first. health officials in fwa za say more than 200 have died since the fight. on tuesday israel suffered its first death since the conflict began as hamas fired dozens of rockets at the jewish state. the palestinian president hay mass arrived for new talks. >> thank you, susan. on "cbs moneywatch," wall street reacts to fed chair janet

yellen. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with thatnd more. good morning, jill. >> good morning, anne-marie. she told senate lawmakers tuesday that federal support of the economy is still needed. she said extra caution will be taken before any decision on raising interest rates. >> although the economy continues to improve, the recovery is not yet complete. i and other fomc participants continue to anticipate the economic activity will expand at a moderate pace over the next several years. >> but yelin left the door open for an earlier rate increase if the labor market continues to improve. here on wall street today investors are still interpreting yelin's remarks and they'll also be watching the latest stage book record on economics conditions and the earnings report from bank of america. the dow finished up five points

tuesday. the nasdaq lost 24 points. asian stocks were mostly higher after asia's news of growth. tokyo's nikkei lost a fraction. former rivals apple and ibm are now working together. the exclusive partnership will try to sell more i phones and ipads tore corporate commerce. they'll look for new money-making opportunities. j pmorgan chase is backing away from making some mortgage loans. they're not making many home loans to less creditworthy borrow borrowers. that's because they've lost confidence even with government guarantees. and the price of gas is going down. for the first time in more than three months the average price for a gallon in the u.s. fell under $3.60. analysts expect prices will drop

even more later this summer. anne-marie? >> all right. road trip, everyone. jill wagner at the new york stock exchange. thanks a lot, jill. coming up on the "morning news," deadly stomp. a typhoon slams into the philippines leaving miles of destruction in its wake. this is the "cbs morning news." your life is a game of chance. chronic migraine, but what if the odds could be in your favor? botox® is an fda-approved treatment that significantly reduces headache days for adults with chronic migraine, 15 or more headache days a month, each lasting 4 hours or more. it's proven to actually prevent headache days. and it's injected by a doctor once every 3 months. the effects of botox® (onabotulinumtoxina) may spread hours to weeks after injection causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away, as difficulty swallowing,

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review and an appeal of this decision is expected. and journalist and activist jose antonio vargas is a free man. he was detained for being in the country illegally. he had been in the border city of mcallen as part of a vigil. he received a notice to appear before an immigration judge. and since october an estimated 57,000 children have crossed over into the u.s., fleeing violence in central america. there is proposed legislation in congress to address the crisis. craig boswell reports on the escalating immigration debate and protests around the country. >> reporter: protesters near tucson, arizona, and vassar, michigan, are angry that children are being transported to their towns for deportation. >> we're not against immigration. we're against illegal

immigration. >> reporter: they followed the first waves. to speed up the process republican senator john cornyn and house senate are sending immigration judges to border towns. their proposal calls for unaccompanied minors to have a preliminary hearing within seven days. they'll be sent home immediately if the judge rules they dmot have special status or do not qualify for asylum. >> this is a roadmap toward a solution. it's not the only roadmap. if someone has a better idea, aisle listen to it. but i will not do is vote for blank check for the president. >> lawmakers are still looking at a $4.3 billion request. >> we would expect bipartisan support for this proposal. what's critical is congress acts quickly to pass it. >> house speaker john boehner

says he hopes to have a response to the president's request by the end of the week. craig boswell, cbs news, capitol hill. straight ahead, your wednesday morning weather. and in sports, derek jeter feeling the love at this final all-star game. was drinking ought about the ci having acids. it never dawned on me that it could hurt your teeth. he told me to use pronamel. it's going to help protect the enamel in your teeth. it allows me to continue to drink my coffee, and it was a real easy switch to make. it's how i look at life. especially now that i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin but wondered, could i focus on something better? my doctor told me about eliquis for three important reasons. one, in a clinical trial eliquis was proven to reduce the risk of stroke better than warfarin. two, eliquis had less major bleeding than warfarin.

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fourth. >> the way the fans treated me, you know, these are fans from all different teams, and the fans have always been respectful of me my entire career, both at home and on the road and to have that moment in the all-star game was special. >> jeter is retiring at the end of the season and said he was happy to be an all-star one more time. and detroit's miguel cabrera hit a first inning two-run home run to put the a.l. on top, 3-0. and 22-year-old angel trout had two extra-base hits becoming the youngest all-star mvp ever. when we return, recommended to teen drivers. we'll tell you which used cars scored the highest safety ratings when it comes to keeping young drivers safe. ... totally delectabowl. real silky smooth or creamy broths. everything she's been waiting for.

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one man's plan to break california into six separate states appearing to be moving forward. socal's billionaire tim draper has collected more than 800,000 signatures for his proposal. that's more than enough to get it on the ballot in two years. he augusts people of california would be better served by smaller governments. in new jersey the iconic resort town of atlantic city is facing hard times. the trump plaza casino just announced it is shutting down. as michelle miller reports it is the latest player on the board walk to ford. >> reporter: first it was the atlantic club. then in june cesar's entertainment announced it was shutting the showboat and rebel, the 2-year-old las vegas-style mega casino which nerve turned a

profit is turning to bankruptcy. now it's the trump plaza. together those casinos make up 6,000 job, 20% of the work force. melanie gillespie has been a cocktail wait tress at the showboat for 18 years. she's already been warned she could be laid off by the end of august. if that happens, what do you do? >> well, i have to do something. i have daughter to raise and we need health benefits. so i'm will dog whatever i have to to make sure my family stays afloat. >> reporter: don guardian is atlantic city's mayor. over the course of seven months you're losing 3,000-plus jobs. >> and we're only going to be replacing them with 600, 700 jobs in the next year. >> reporter: that's devastating. that's very hurtful. people that are in it have really suffered. >> reporter: when legalized in 1976 gambling was supposed to reclaim the allure of new jersey's boardwalk empire, but

competition from online gaming and out-of-state casinos like new york's empire city has hurt atlantic city's bottom line. 35 casinos are within driving distance of new jersey. atlantic city's casino revenue has plunged from a high of $5.2 billion in 2006 to just $2.9 billion last year. the mayor says a key to a comeback is diversity, providing more entertainment options than just gambling. las vegas did that a decade ago. michelle miller, cbs news, atlantic city. well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," more on the extreme weather across the country. we'll get the forecast. plus, fewer americans are having strokes. we'll talk with a cardiologist about what's behind the decline. and best-selling author daniel silva is in the studio. >> reporter: that's the "cbs morning news" for this

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today, it is wednesday july 16th good morning, i'm ukee washington. i'm erika von tiehl. here are stories we are following. develop right the now a person of interest is in custody after the discovery of the woman's body in the duffle bag, nicole brewer has a live report. tri-state area ace waking to more storm damage after, powerful storms rip through the area again. this delaware county teen is thankful to be alive after being struck by lightening. let's talk about the storms and our forecast with katie. >> it feels like yesterday was not as bad as monday night's storms. >> it dependedded where you were. it is so much about where are you when these storms come in they hit you or they don't hit