both americans infected with the ebola virus are back on u.s. soil. the second volunteer begins her treatment after arriving from africa. hawaii braces for a hurricane and then some. the island chain is in the cross hairs of not one but two tropical weather systems. chaos at the crossroads of the world. two tour buses collide in new york's times square leaving more than a dozen people injured. and historic hire. the nba champion san antonio spurs add a women's basketball star to their coaching staff. captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, august 6, 2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green.

the second american infected with the deadly ebola virus is now in the hands of u.s. doctors. nancy writebol checked into emory university hospital in atlanta yesterday. she's being treated alongside her colleague. writebol flew in from west africa where the disease has killed nearly 900 people and as ko im reports, there are new efforts by airports to try to stop the spread. >> reporter: american missionary nancy writebol is undergoing treatment for ebola in an isolated ward at atlanta's emory university hospital. the president of the aid group she worked in in liberia read a statement from writebol's husband who said she is weak but showing signs of improvement. >> a week ago, he said, we were thinking about possible funeral arrangements. yet we kept our faith. >> writebol and her colleague kent brantly contracted the often deadly virus in liberia.

they used a never before used on human serum. it's killed 9 hurricane of more than 1,600 people infected in africa. now airports like this one in nigeria are screening anyone that may have been exposed. >> if we have any suspicious passenger, they go to this holding area where we provide for further investigation. >> reporter: this woman passed through three checkpoints. >> they showed a light all on your body. if you're free, they allow you to get on. >> reporter: the ebola virus is spread through direct contact with bodily fluids. doctors in new york are still awaiting test results to decide whether a money who traveled to the region and complained of symptoms may have the virus. ebola is one of the many topics president obama is discussing with african leaders in a special three-day summit in

washington this week. anne-marie? >> ko im in new york. thank you, ko. hurricane iselle could make landfall tomorrow. it continues to weaken but it's still moving toward southeastern hawaii. the storm's expected to bring heavy rain, high surf, and strong winds and right behind iselle is julio. some are offering extended hours for shoppers but the shelves aren't filled for long. island residents are trying to stock up on necessities like bottled water, dry food, and toilet paper, while some are fueling up their cars and gas tanks for their generators. >> with two coming right one after the other, i mean it makes sense to be prepared. >> reporter: the big island of hawaii is expected to take the hardest hit from iselle and julio. and passengers are safe this

morning after a fire in the middle of a united airlines flight force and emergency landing. the boeing 777 left the airport yesterday with 233 people onboard. it was headed to brussels, but when the fire broke out, the pilot touched down at an airport in halifax, nova scotia. firefighters met the plane on the ground. the fire was put out before the emergency landing and no one was hurt. and a woman landed herself in jail after allegedly by passing airport security and flying to los angeles without a ticket. 62-year-old marilyn hartman boarded a southwest airlines flight at san jose's manetta airport monday. they didn't notice the extra passenger until the plane landed. they say she's tried the same thing at least six times in san francisco but she was always caught. the nation is mourning the loss of a two-star general this morning killed in an apparent insider attack in afghanistan. major general harold greene was

stationed in kabul since january. he was a 34-year veteran of the u.s. army. greene was the lone fatality at a shooting at a training ground for afghan soldiers. nearly 15 others were hurt. david martin reports. >> reporter: it happened at midday at the military academy where afghans are trained to become officers. a delegation of u.s. and allied officers was mowed down by a man believed to be an afghan army soldier who opened fire with a machine gun from the window of a nearby building. before troops assigned to guard the visitors could return fire, an american general had been killed at eight u.s. soldiers wounded, four of them seriously. a german and an afghan general also were wounded. major general harold greene was deputy chief of training and assistance command which is at the heart of american strategy to pull its combat troops out of afghanistan by the end of this year. as a two-star general he's the highest ranking american officer killed since 9/11. when one of the hi jacked

airlines smashed into the pent gone killing among others three-star general timothy maude. so far insider attacks with soilediers dressed in afghan uniforms it was at its worst in 2012 when there were 48 attacks. that number was cut to 15 last year and three so far this year in part because of better vetting of afghan soldiers and in part because the u.s. designated guardian angels to be on the lookout for just such attacks. the shooter's motive is just not known, whether it was a personal grooerchs or an attempt to sabotage the training and afghan forces. either way it was said it would have no effect on u.s. strategy. >> i don't see any impact to the current plans to draw down our forces in afghanistan. >> it appears the shooter fired indiscriminately into the crowd

and did not deliberately try to kill an american general. david martin, cbs news, the p pentagon. a cease-fire between israel and hamas remains in place. without rockets flying overhead people in gaza are starting to return to their normal retunes. clarissa ward is in gaza where many are just assessing the damage. >> reporter: for the first times in months the streets of gaza were bustling but after weeks of bombardment, the full extent of the damage just beginning to sink in. many people who now can finally come home are realizing that they simply don't have a home to come to. there are entire neighborhoods like this one which have been completely destroyed. families picked through the debris, salvaged what little they could. in one of the hardest hit areas, we met a man who showed us what

was left of his house. >> my children, small children, they cried. where my room, daddy. you want to levive with peace? not like this. peace not like this. >> the israelis say there were many hamas rocket launchers here. >> not here. we don't have hamas here. all the building here is civilian people. >> reporter: but a map released by the israeli military claimed to show multiple tunnels built by hamas leading into israel and at the mosque next door, we found what appeared to be archways for tunnels. we were not allowed to enter. israel is claiming vick interest in its operation destroying about 32 tunnels in hamas. hamas say it was a 100% failure. that rhetoric holds little interest for most people here. they're simply grateful for the

calm. people here feel that this cease-fire is more likely to last than previous ones because israeli forces have now pulled out of gaza, but, of course, the next couple of days will be crucial. clarissa ward, cbs news, gaza. well, coming up on the "morning news," times square crash. more than a dozen people are hurt when tour buses collide on packed streets. this is the "cbs morning news." livin' in a sweet dream. singin' my favorite song and it all starts with you. whoa-oh-oh-oh, all this goodness... what matters most should always come first. which is why whole grain is the first ingredient in every general mills big g cereal. and why we never use high fructose corn syrup. general mills. look for the big g. it means goodness first. ♪

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australia injured their 3-year-old daughter. >> the lamp post fell on her and crushed her stroller, yeah. >> it was not enough that everybody was running. everybody was running for cover. >> pieces of metal, plastic and glass littered the ground, the light post in pieces. >> we were thrown everywhere. i hope every everybody that was sitting there -- there was a bench there. i hope everyone got out oklahoma, otherwise that would have totally crushed all of them. >> reporter: from down on the ground to up high in chopper 2, we saw balance aftambulance afte take away victims. paramedics said the worst place to be during that crash was not on either bus but on the east side of tkts. >> the traffic light is where most of the injuries from people

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more than 2 billion miles since it was launched in 2004. scientists hopes it will help explain how the solar system was form and how earth began. and on the "cbs moneywatch," the largest known hacker security breach and the newest iphone is coming. jill wagner is at the new york security exchange. good morning, jill. >> they say russian hackers stole more than 1 billion usernames and passwords. i they also stow 500 million e-mail addresses. they carried out a series of break-ins that affected websites. here on wall street they'll be watching falling oil prices after the market dropped to its lowest point since may. the dow lost 139 points on tuesday, the nasdaq fell 31, the s&p dropped 18 points. "frozen" pushed up disney earnings. it helped disney earnings increase 22%.

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. for 16 years becky hammond has started in the wnba, but next year she'll be taking on the men of the nba. she will be joining the san antonio spurs coaching staff as the first full-time paid female assistant in nba history. the defending champion spurs sighted hammond's basketball iq and her work ethic as reasons for bringing her on board. hammond put her historic hire in perspective. >> even sitting here today having the playing experience i have as a professional basketball player, women went

before me to wave that trail and so i'm really reaping benefits of all their hard work and labor. >> hammond has played eight seasons with the san antonio's wnba team. she's retired next year. yan gomes hits an rbi double. but his teammate david murphy gets thrown out as he scrambles back to third base. murphy gets confused because he sees an extra ball in the outfield, not the one that is actually in play. it turns out one of cincinnati's relief pitchers accidentally threw the ball out of the bull ten into the field. it kills the rally. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we'll mark 60 years of the original "godzilla" movie. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news."

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anniversary of the bombing of hiroshima today. american ambassador caroline kennedy joined about 45,000 people at the peace park. they observed a minute of silence for the 41,000 people killed in the 1945 attack. and 40 years ago this week president richard nixon resigned to mark that infamous chapter in american history. the presidential library is releasing clips of a rare interview in which nixon describes the days leading up to his departure. ben tracy reports. >> i'm a fighter. i just didn't want to quit. >> reporter: president nixon nearly ten years after his

historic farewell. >> i can remember that hazy hot humid august ninght 40 years ag. >> reporter: frank was one of nixon's aides. he spent 36 hours interviewing the then 46-year-old president. what surprised you most about his responses? >> i was surprised at how raw, even, he was in expressing feelings and emotions and exposing private things about the family, which he had never talked about before. >> reporter: nixon had already decided to resign. >> this was the final blow, the final nail in the coffin, although you don't need another nail if you're already in the coffin, which we already were. >> reporter: he told his daughters and wife pat nixon. >> she came down emphatically against resigning. she was a fighter to the last. >> reporter: nixon found a note

on his pillow from his daughter, julie. >> daddy, i love you. whatever you do, i will support. please wait a week or even ten days before you make this decision. go through the fire just a little bit longer. you're so strong. i love you. >> reporter: on august 9th, richard nixon sign add one-line letter of resignation and sate good-bye. >> as the helicopter began to arise, i heard mrs. nixon who was sitting in the seat next to us speaking to no one in particular but to everyone and she said, it's so sad. it's so sad. >> reporter: the president said he closed his eyes as the white house faded from view. ben tracy, cbs news, yorba linda, california. well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," an update on the american ebola patients being

treated in atlanta. we will speak with dr. anthony fauci of the nih. plus, andy dunn, the ceo of online men's company bonobos joins us in the studio. and we'll meet the actor who brought to life the original "godzilla" 60 years ago. 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

today it is wednesday august 6th, good morning everyone i'm ukee washington. aim natasha brown in for erika von tiehl. here are stories we are following today, developing now a jogger is found dead in a northeast philadelphia park, and now police are on the case. new this morning police tried to solve mystery surrounding a death in upper merion. and donald trump wants to do some name dropping, he wants his name taken off of two atlantic city casinos. we will throw it over to katie in the weather center to get our forecast. good morning, young lady. >> good morning, we have a hiccup to go with our hump day. >> i see, okay. >> cold front. we have berta making her closest path to the shoreline too. so notea