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captioning funded by cbs #(#*n( it's friday, october 2nd, 2015. this is the "cbs morning news." a campus mourns. at least ten people are dead when a gunman goes on a rampage at an oregon community college. the attack renewing calls from the white house to take on gun violence. tracking joaquin. the hurricane moves up through the atlantic and appears it could stay away from the shore, but the east coast still braces for record rain. millions of cell phone users
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at risk of identity theft. hackers steal the personal information of t-mobile customers. inflight injuries. passengers are taken to the hospital when severe turbulence rattles their plane. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. thanks for joining us. i'm anne-marie green. authorities are trying to figure out what prompted a gunman to open fire at an oregon community college. one witness said before chris harper mercer began shooting yesterday morning, he demanded his victims say what their religion was. he killed nine people and wounded seven others. there was one security guard at the school who was unarmed. umpqua community college is located in a rural area, about 180 miles south of portland, and danielle nottingham is in roseburg. >> reporter: hundreds of
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park well past midnight, holding candles and saying prayers for the victims of thursday's mass shooting at umpqua community college. >> we need love and compassion and healing. >> this is an active shooter at ucc. >> reporter: several people were killed, others wounded, when a gunman identified by authorities as 23-year-old chris harper mercer opened fire in a classroom. the incident sent the small campus into lockdown. >> we weren't even notified. i found out from my dad calling me. >> reporter: sources tell cbs news the suspect who died in a gun battle with police had four guns, including a rifle and body armor. he also blogged about violence, including the recent on-air murders of two journalists in virginia. mercer's father was visibly distraught when questioned by reporters. >> obviously, it's been a devastating day. gefting for devastating for me and my family. >> god bless the memories of
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those who were killed today. families. >> reporter: authorities have searched mercer's apartment complex, as well as the college campus and parking lot, as they try to determine a motive. they are calling on the media not to use the suspect's name, but focus on those who lost their lives instead. >> that was danielle nottingham in roseburg, oregon. mass shootings in this country are piling up. according to the website shooting tracker.com, the tragedy in oregon was the 294th mass shooting in 274 days of this year and that is more than one every day. the calls for tougher gun control laws go unanswered. don champion is here in new york with more. >> reporter: good morning. the calls for stricter gun control have been constantly debated in congress, even though polls show an overwhelming americans from both sides of the political aisle are open to some restrictions on gun sales. yesterday, a clearly angry and
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frustrated president obama called on the american people to demand action. >> we have become numb to this! >> reporter: more than a dozen times, the president has pushed for stronger gun control and failed. >> it cannot be this easy for somebody who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun. >> reporter: the last time congress seriously debated gun control was back in 2013 after the sandy hook elementary school shooting in connecticut. when democrats lost control of the senate back in 2014, they lost the ability to reintroduce gun control legislation. congressional republicans argue no matter what type of laws there are, people who want a gun will find a way to get one. >> we should not target our efforts to needlessly restricting the constitutional liberties of law abide ing citizens.
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gop-controlled congress or the gun control lobby. the sheriff of doug county where umpqua community college was located is one of the sheriffs to oppose gun controls. in january of 2013, john hanlon wrote gun control is not the answer to preventing heinous crimes like school shootings. the president says gun control is a political choice and he won't give up. >> each time this happens, i am going to say that we can actually do something about it but we are going to have to change our laws. >> reporter: now even though the president says he'll continue to speak out, the white house has made it clear another broad push for gun control through the republican-controlled congress is very unlikely. >> don champion in new york, thank you. we will have more reaction on the campus shooting coming up on "cbs this morning." it appears the powerful and large storm will not make a
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the united states. the latest projected track has joaquin making a sharp turn north later today and heading east away from the coast. before that, joaquin continues to pound the bahamas with 130-mile-an-hour winds and flood producing rain. so far, there are no reports of deaths or injuries. but up and down the eastern seaboard from the carolinas to the jersey shore, preparations are under way just in case. state of emergency have been declared from south carolina to new jersey. meanwhile, flooding from a weather system not related to joaquin has already drenched coastal areas. meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz says even though joaquin is not expected to make landfall, flooding remains an issue. >> joaquin continues to be a very powerful hurricane. just been battering the bahamas. now just starting to make its northern turn and feel some influences from a dip in the jet stream coming down across
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lift its way northward as it heads throughout the day today. the trend is farther off toward the east. from the hurricane center, taking it between bermuda and the east coast and eventually out to sea. still quite a bit of uncertainty here. you can't completely bank on out to sea track and the trends have certainly been encouraging when it comes to a landfall. that being said, flooding, a huge concern in the carolinas, up into virginia, eastern tennessee, and eastern georgia as we head through the next couple of days. a tropical plume of moisture reaching back from joaquin will be the focus here and we could see some huge rainfall totals and probably our single biggest concern when it comes to the weather the next few days. how much rain? local totals could be on order of 10 to 15 inches in south carolina and north carolina. if that happens, we are talking about historic flooding so everyone should be prepared for that potential outcome over the next two days.
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strong on shore and 50 as high as 60 through this upcoming weekend. even without a landfall, certainly expecting a lot of weather from joaquin. i'm meteorologist eric fisher for cbs news. >> we will have the very latest on where joaquin is headed coming up on "cbs this morning." the u.s. military is investigating the deadly crash of an air force transport plane in afghanistan. eleven people were killed, including the entire crew, six u.s. airmen. the c-130 crashed about midnight thursday as it was trying to land at a base in eastern afghanistan. the taliban says they shot down the plane, but one u.s. official says there are no indications of hostile fire coming up on the "morning news." new clues in a mysterious cop shooting. we know more now about the weapon used to kill an illinois police officer. and, later, millions of t-mobile customers are hit in a hacking attack. this is the "cbs morning news." moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like me... and you're talking to a rheumatologist about a biologic,
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situation in syria. netanyahu condemned the nuclear deal with iran on thursday and said the u.n. and most governments are responded with an tenth to destroy israeli with what he called deafening silence. then he stopped speaking 47 seconds to emphasize his point. netanyahu also said that israeli is ready to return to negotiations with the palestinians at any time. "the chib tribune reports a fox lake plivers was shot twice with his own gun. one month after the death of lieutenant charles joseph gliniewicz it is still a mist who killed him. he radioed he was pursuing three people on foot. >> there were indications that there was a struggle that took place at the crime scene. i will confirm at this point that lieutenant gliniewicz was shot with his own weapon. >> police say he was shot once
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in the front side of the protective vest and once in the upper chest area. the three men he said he was chasing have not been found. the "los angeles times" reporters an arson investigation is under way at planned parenthood in california. the center came under attack late wednesday, but official say there is no evidence the attack was related to the debate in congress on funding for planned parenthood. "time" reports on stunning new images of pluto's moon. nasa published a photograph thursday of pluto's largest moon taken by the new horizon spacecraft in july. a series of canyons just north of the moon's equator is four times the length of the grand canyon. nasa says that indicates a titanic geological upheaval in the path. ahead, a rocky ride. turbulence on an americanairlines flight sent passengers flying through the air. members of a book club sue
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some turbulence in the air. five passengers were taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries thursday. >> my hands were shaking. it was terrifying for a few seconds it lasted. i think it must have lasted just two or three seconds. >> the plane landed safely in miami. there were 74 passengers and five crew members on the flight. on the cbs "moneywatch," women kicked off a napa valley wine train sue for customers are exposed to a hacking attack. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning. >> reporter: it isn't known who the hackers are who stole information from about 15 million customers of t-mobile wireless. t-mobile used the credit reporting agency experian to check on the customers and that is where the breach occurred. wall street will be watching today's release of the monthly jobs report. a strong report would raise
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expectations that the federal reserve will raise interest rates possibly later this month. stocks finished mixed yesterday. the dow lost 12 points, the s&p gained three, the nasdaq finished nearly 7 points higher. your dunkin doughnuts shop could soon be closing. they are shutting down a hundred stores at speedway gas stations. they examine sales to slow. the news dunks the company's stock. share prices fell more than 12%. staples is ducking the trend of other big name retailers. the office supply chain will stay closed to holiday shoppers on thanksgiving. staples president said in a statement that the company wants customers and employees to enjoy the holiday with their families. stores will open at 6:00 a.m. on black friday. amazon is pulling the plug on sales of competing streaming devices. the online retailer will no longer sell apple tv or google's
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prone cast. it boosts prime of its business. prime is not xatable with apple tv. they will sell other devices. a women kicked off a northern california wine tasting train for being loud, they are suing. the women, mostly of whom are black, filed a racial discrimination lawsuit. they claim that the operator of the napa valley wine train singled them out for being noisy while other white passengers were allowed to stay out, even though they were drunk and loud. the wine train operator apologized after the incident. the women are seeking $11 million in damages. >> you saw that coming a mile away. sort of like a wine train, i think. >> jill wagner at the new york stock exchange, thanks a lot, jill. great color. >> green for money. >> i'm wearing green too. thanks a lot. have a great day.
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seats in the stands and later those pictures turned up on social media. on "thursday night football" the steelers let one slip away. pittsburgh leading baltimore through much of the game. the steelers kicker josh scobee misses two late field goals and justin tucker tiles the game with 3:00 to play and in the overtime, justin tucker nails the game winner from 52 yards out. the ravens win on the road 23-20. week five of the nfl kicks off next thursday night with an afc south showdown. the indianapolis colts will be in houston to take on the texans right here on cbs. for the first time in two years, the yankees are playoff-bound. new york clenched a spot in the american league wildcard game by beating boston 4-1. it was also the 10,000th win in the team's history. the yankees will most likely
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after watching the news all day full of sadness and despair for all of those families and people who have been affected by what has happened, i can't imagine what it would be like waving at my son or daughter as they leave that day for college and not seeing them return. we want to start tonight by just saying that we can't explain what happened or why this happened or how it continues to keep happening, but we wanted you to know that our thoughts and our prayers are with you. >> james corden starting last
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nice's "late late show" with a special message about the oregon college campus shooting. corden said he hope the show could bring levity and light to the viewers before the day is open. the gunman who opened fire at umpqua college killed nine people and wounded seven others. authorities don't know where chris harper mercer started shooting but one student said mercer demanded his victims state their religion. mercer with was killed in a shoot-out with police. joaquin pounded the bahamas. later today, it's expected to head north and east away from the coast, but a weather system preceded joaquin is drenching the and seaboard with flood producing rains and flash flood warnings from charleston to washington. a plane crashed as it was trying to land at a base in afghanistan. eleven people were killed, including six american airmen.
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a u.s. official says it doesn't appear that hostile fire brought down the plane. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the latest on the deadly campus shooting and more on the reaction from the white house. plus a special shirt to help protect young football players from injuries in the midsection and vladimir duthiers takes us inside chick-fil-a's boldest expansion empire right here in new york city. >> reporter: it sounds so simple but, clearly, if it were that simple, there would be thousands of people replicating the flavor, the taste. >> they can try but i don't think they can duplicate what we do right here. >> reporter: oscar is a former ship captain. now he is in charge of running chick-fil-a's largest operation yet, right here in the middle of manhattan. if you had to say there was one thing that people don't know about chick-fil-a, what do you think it is? >> i think they don't understand our culture. it's the vehicle that we use, but the service and through
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service, we create memories worth repeating. >> get there early. you know there are going to be long lines. all that and plus oscar winning actor morgan freeman pays a visit to studio 57. that is all ahead on "cbs this morning." that is the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green.
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