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my speech. is not intended to show any disrespect to president obama or the esteemed office that he holds. i have great respect for both. >> a diplomatic chill in washington, d.c. as benjamin netanyahu prepares to address congress today. the israeli prime minister expected to criticize efforts of the united states and the international community to broker a nuclear deal with iran. >> it's understandable why israel is very concerned about iran. we are, too. hillary clinton facing a controversy over her e-mail law secretary of state. why she may have violated federal records laws. and coming home. how a letter from an nhl player's daughter may have spurred his team to trade him in the nick of time.
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this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, march 3rd, 2015. good morning, i'm lauren lyster in for anne-marie green. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will argue against a nuclear deal with iran before congress this morning. netanyahu calls the speech a moral obligation but the speech has strained u.s./israeli relations, and the circumstances of netanyahu's invitation to speak have created a firestorm of controversy. susan mcginnis is in washington where the netanyahu speech is a hot ticket. susan, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, lauren. it is, and that's despite dozens of democratic lawmakers who plan to boycott the speech in part because the white house was never consulted about the invitation. now, yesterday both prime minister netanyahu and president obama talked about iran and it became very clear that both leaders have very different strategies for how to keep nuclear weapons out of the country's hands. >> my speech is not intended to
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show any disrespect to president obama. >> reporter: against white house wishes israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will make a landmark speech to congress this morning. in it he'll make his case against an emerging nuclear deal with iran that he feels puts israel at risk risks he outlined at a pro-israeli conference monday in washington. >> it vows to annihilate israel, if it develops nuclear weapons, it would have the means to achieve that goal. we must not let that happen. >> reporter: the u.s. and five nations are working to finalize an agreement by april that would eliminate iran's ability to build a nuclear weapon for at least a decade in exchange for an easing of economic sanctions. at the same conference, national security adviser susan rice said no one should expect iran to fully stop its nuclear pursuit but defended the agreement. >> a bad deal is worse than no deal. and if that is the choice, there
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will be no deal. >> reporter: president obama will not meet with prime minister netanyahu while he's here and will not attend his speech. >> we think it's a mistake for the prime minister of any country to come to speak before congress a few weeks before they're about to have an election. it makes it look like we are taking sides. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry continues talks with his iranian counterpart in switzerland today, helping to broker what could be an historic deal. now, the speech happens here on capitol hill right around 11:00 a.m. eastern time. it also comes just about two weeks before elections in israel when netanyahu's job is on the line. that's leading many here lauren, to accuse netanyahu of coming here for political reasons. >> susan mcginnis, thank you. it's reported that hillary clinton used a private e-mail account to conduct official business when she was secretary of state possibly breaking federal law. "the new york times" reports
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clinton did not have an official government e-mail while serving at the state department. federal law requires e-mails and other communications to be preserved. two months ago clinton turned over 55,000 pages of e-mails according to "the times." other secretaries of state also used personal e-mails to conduct business. her successor, john kerry, is the first to use a standard government e-mail address. now to the weather and much of the nation is in a deep freeze this morning. there are winter weather advisories and warnings posted in more than 30 states from montana to massachusetts. more snow tonight and tomorrow could break a 20-year record in boston. the city has gotten more than 100 inches this year so much snow there's no place to park. and now the city is starting to remove all the things like chairs and those orange cones that folks use to reserve the parking spaces they've dug out. many residents are less than thrilled. >> i think it's only fair if
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they get rid of the snow. we have more mounds of snow than we actually have parking spaces. and people can't park here. and it's not right. >> some residents fear removing the space savers will increase parking disputes. there was lightning off the coast of southern california yesterday, but the really unusual weather event was the hail. a rare sight in huntington beach. police say it's only happened three times in the last 30 years. investigators are going over video taken of a deadly confrontation between los angeles police and a homeless man. police say the man grabbed an officer's gun. police shot him dead. but the incident was captured on at least four cameras including two worn by officers. daniel nottingham reports. >> reporter: los angeles police struggled to detain a robbery suspect on this sidewalk sunday afternoon. while two officers confront a woman who picked up a baton, the
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others attend to the suspect in the background. over the clicking sounds of a taser, you can hear an officer shout something about a gun. >> he's got a gun! >> reporter: and then police say three officers opened fire, killing the suspect. lapd police chief charlie beck says the officer's words appear to tell why. >> the one that i heard the most clear is the officer saying "he has my gun." and he says it several times, with conviction. >> reporter: but some witnesses disagree. >> you're being tased, you'll be flailing. you're not necessarily reaching or grabbing for anything. >> reporter: the lapd an independent inspector general, and the l.a. county district attorney are investigating what happened here. authorities are reviewing cell phone video as well as surveillance footage taken from this area. police released an enhanced freeze frame showing what they say is the suspect's hand on the officer's weapon. they also showed a photo of the gun with its slide pulled back and a bullet partially ejected.
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>> this is indicative of a struggle over the weapon. >> reporter: body cameras worn by two of the officers are also being examined as part of the investigation. danielle nottingham, cbs news, los angeles. cleveland's mayor says he's sorry for insensitive language in a court filing about the killing of 12-year-old tamir rice. frank jackson was responding to anger about wording that said the boy's death at the hands of police were his own fault. >> we are apologizing today as a city to the family of tamir rice and to the citizens of the city of cleveland for our poor use of words in our in our insensitivity in the use of those words. >> rice had been playing with a toy gun at a playground when he was killed in november. a rookie officer fired within two seconds after getting out of his squad car. a virginia man on the fbi's most-wanted list is in custody
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of somalia in morning. a u.s. official confirms to cbs news the arrest of mohamed, he's charged with providing material support to al qaeda and al shabaab before going to somalia, he was a cab driver in suburban washington. the fbi says the arrest was a priority because of his knowledge of the nation's capital and its landmarks. this morning mourners in russia are paying respects to boris nemtsov. they're filing past the coffin of the fierce creditish of vladimir putin slain friday. his assassination has sent a chill through moscow. >> reporter: armed with flowers and flags, tens of thousands turned out in a somber but defiant display of solidarity with murdered opposition leader boris nemtsov. some carried banners saying "i am not afraid." but in reality, many democracy activists here say quietly they are now afraid.
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nemtsov was shot four times in the back on his way home from dinner with his girlfriend. this is the spot where nemtsov was killed. and you can see the pile of flowers that keeps growing. but what has shocked people most about his murder is that it happened literally just a few steps away from the kremlin. in 1997 nemtsov served as deputy prime minister. but under putin's reign, he became an outspoken critic of government corruption and russian involvement in ukraine's war. do you blame president putin for your friend's death? >> i blame state and state propaganda in creating such kind of pro-violence pro-terror in public atmosphere in countries. >> reporter: no matter who pulled the trigger, he said the message is clear. those who speak out can be a target. so what is the future of the opposition in russia? >> i think it's -- nobody knows.
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not only what few opposition we have, no one can see what future for russia we have. >> reporter: nemtsov had reportedly received death threats in the past and his friends claim that he was planning to publish further evidence of russia's military involvement in ukraine, involvement that russia still strenuously denies. clarisa ward, cbs news, moscow. coming up on the "morning news," splintering stocks. shares of lumber liquidators take a dive after a "60 minutes" investigation. and controversy over a portrait of bill clinton that contains a reference to monica lewinsky. this is the "cbs morning news." fibrillation an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim's medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but now, with once-a-day xarelto®, jim's on the move. jim's doctor recommended xarelto®.
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attention her son's illness brought. her attorneys defended their decision not to mount an insanity defense. >> the jury asked about mental illness. do you regret not bringing that up as a defense? >> absolutely not. >> absolutely not. >> why not? >> absolutely not. as the judge said there was no evidence of mental illness in this case. >> prosecutors say they'll ask for a sentence of 25 years to life. spears plans to appeal. an american who survived ebola is going back to west africa. a charity says missionary nancy writebol and her husband are due to arrive in liberia in a couple of weeks. last summer she became the second american infected while working at a hospital in the liberian capital. the scandal that cast a cloud over bill clinton's white house tenure has made its way into his presidential portrait. artist nelson shank says he painted a dress-shaped shadow in the background as a reference to the monica lewinsky scandal.
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he says the hidden message was necessary to capture the subject. >> if you're in front of 7 billion people and your face turns red and you look absolutely as guilty as you can possibly be and you say -- tell a lie, would that not make him the most famous liar of all time? >> the portrait is currently on display at the national portrait gallery in washington, d.c. straight ahead, vintage pieces of disneyland up for auction. we'll show you the items that got top bids from fans of the magical theme park. so let's do something about it. premarin vaginal cream can help it provides estrogens to help rebuild vaginal tissue and make intercourse more comfortable. premarin vaginal cream treats vaginal changes due to menopause and moderate-to-severe painful intercourse caused by these changes. don't use it if you've had unusual bleeding
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slammed following a "60 minutes" report. shares of lumber liquidators closed down 25%, and trading was halted in the morning for a time. "60 minutes" reported sunday that formaldehyde levels in the company's chinese-made laminate flooring exceeded california emissions standards. yesterday the company said again that its laminate floors are completely safe. drivers are facing the longest streak of rising gas prices in two years. that's according to aaa. the average price has increased 35 days in a row to about 39 cents a gallon. that's the longest consecutive price increase since february 2013 p. the national average rose about 13 cents during the past week. and now stands at $2.43 per gallon. a new law in france compels manufacturers to inform consumers how long they can expect appliances to last before they buy them. the law affects everything from tvs to cell phones. the law is aimed at ending something called planned obsolescence when.
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cans design appliances to last a limited amount of time so that consumers will have to buy new ones. and an auction of disneyland memorabilia brought in $1.7 million. van eaton galleries in california put nearly 1,000 items up for bid over the weekend. the top seller was a 1970s era animatronic tiki room bird that sold for $153,400. a 1967 pirates of the caribbean skeleton went for $129,800. steep prices lauren. >> wendy gillette thanks. when we return a daughter's wish wish. two nhl teams take notice when a daughter's player requests his trade. ♪
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duke university basketball coach mike krzyzewski is refusing to get into specifics on why for the first time in his career he dismissed a player from the team. junior suleiman was kicked off the team in january for struggling to meet quote, necessary obligations. however, this week the duke student newspaper published an unsubstantiated report that suleiman sexually assaulted two female students last season and that krzyzewski knew of the allegations since last march. the alleged incidents were never reported to school officials or local police despite being kicked off the team suleiman remains a student at duke. on the court in college basketball things get rough between two big 12 rivals. texas and baylor in a tight battle in overtime when a skirmish breaks out on the sideline. a total of seven players are ejected. the longhorns would win 61-59. more than 40 players were moved on monday ahead of the
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nhl's trading deadline and it's safe to say none of them is happier than jordan leopold. the 34-year-old defenseman was dealt from the columbus blue jackets to the minnesota mild which is his eighth stop in the nhl. but the deal was brokered by leopold's 11-year-old daughter. she lives in minnesota with leopold's wife and three other children. she wrote a handwritten letter to minnesota's front office pleading with the team to trade for her dad. it reads in part, "i am lost without my dad. please please, please ask the jackets can you guys can get him." both teams' general managers agreed to complete the trade because it was the right thing to do. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," san francisco giants star buster posey. i'm lauren lyster. this is the "cbs morning news."
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on monday, hundreds of students walked out of common core tests in new mexico. common core is an attend to standardize what's taught in schools across the u.s. but many parents and teachers want no part of this. elain quijano found out why. >> reporter: new jersey mom sara blaine says her 10-year-old daughter elizabeth's, homework is focused more on preparing for the state's standardized test and less on real learning. >> i started to ask my daughter are you doing social studies in school? and her answer was pretty much "what's social studies?" >> reporter: blaine has decided
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to join a nationwide opt-out movement of parents who say they will not allow their children to take the exam. >> no common core! >> reporter: what's wrong with measuring how proficient a student might be in reading and math? >> i don't have any problem with measuring how strong a child is in reading or math. what i do have a problem with is when the tests start to drive everything else that's happening in school. >> reporter: for fourth graders, the test is eight to ten hours long and is taken over multiple days. many questions are complex, requiring several steps to get to the correct answer. educators say it's designed to deepen critical thinking and enhance problem solving skills. but sara blaine who is an attorney says she took the test herself and found it complicated and confusing. what would you say your biggest issue is with the test itself? >> there's a distinction between what's really critical thinking and what's setting a kid up to fail. >> reporter: but former mill burn new jersey, school superintendent jim chrisfield
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says opting out should not be an option. >> whereas we're talking about a very opting out of one standardized test. we can't have the concept of opting out apply to public education more broadly. this is not an a la carte operation. >> reporter: many states prohibit or discourage opting out of the assessments. a handful including california and utah have legislation that allow it and 19 states have introduced legislation to either halt or replace common core. elaine quijano, cbs news, new york. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," isis's threat against silicon valley. we'll get analysis from former cia deputy director mike morrell. plus, we'll take you to the smithsonian national zoo where an 18-month panda cub marks a milestone. and jeff glor calls with san francisco giants star buster posey. finally, you'll need a miracle if you want to see the grateful dead's farewell show this summer. tickets to the three-night run at chicago's soldier field sold
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out in minutes over the weekend, and now ticket prices on secondary markets like stubhub are soaring. at least one ticket sold for $13,000. others are listed for several hundred dollars, but they have obstructed views, and that is the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. i'm lauren lyster. thanks for watching and have a great day.
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we have got a break from the winter weather for one day, but take a look at the midwest, storm scan3 showing another storm system heading our way. good morning everyone, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm diana rocco in for erika von tiehl this morning. >> let's get right to the forecast. katie is looking at the system, kegging it out once again in the midwest and headed east, let's see what's headed our way. >> good morning guys. we start things off here with a quick check on skycam three as we take you outside things for now looking innocent enough. we really are just dealing pi point with a couple of clouds beginning to build in, looking from the campbell's field camera overlooking the ben franklin bridge, center city philadelphia, going next to storm scan3 what are going to do take you on baby tour clouds beginning to build in from

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