indicted. nazi oig is charged with a bomb plot that could mean life in prison. hospitalized. justice ruth bader ginsburg falls ill at the supreme court and is rushed to the hospital. and pittsburgh protests. few but noisy. protestors take on riot police as the g-20 economic summit gets understand way. is thises the cbs morning news for friday, september 25th, 2009. is thises the cbs morning news for friday, september 25th, captioning funded by cbs good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm michelle gielan.

we begin this morning with the latest on what could be the first operating al qaeda terror cell to be exposed in this country since 9/11. one man has been indicted and the fbi is on the hunt for more possible plotters. drew levinson has more. >> reporter: terrorism suspect na najibullah zazi is charged with plotting and at tack. the fbi initially arrested the denver airport shuttle driver and two others for allegedly lie to go investigators. >> he went from facing a relatively minor charge to a charge that involves life in prison. >> reporter: the government case spells out how the afghan immigrant got in-sfrukss and ingredient it is to make a bomb, including large quantities of hydrogen peroxide and acetone products from beauty supply stores? the denver area. it also says zazi rented a hotel room where the fbi found explosive recent due. cbs news has learned he was on

law enforcement's radar for at least two years. the fbi swooped in after his trip here to new york just before september 11th. investigators feared zazi may have been planning to detonate bombs on crowded city trains. authorities plan to bring him back to new york to face the knew charge. zazi was in a denver courtroom today and he'll be back there friday. his father, charged with lying to investigator, appeared with his son. >> when mow ham made zazi left the courtroom, would you have thought there would have been some sort of exchange between them. there was none. >> reporter: the judge freed zazi's father until his next haerg and in wrook lynn, the third man charged with lying, was released on bond. the indictment get zazi says he was working with others. others the fbi is still trying to track down. drew lech son, clevinson, cbs news, new york. >> in another terror case unrelated, a jor dapian teenager

is in jail this morning in dallas. the 19-year-old was arrested near a 60 story downtown office tower. they say he had tried to set off what he thought was a car bomb in the building's parking garage. it was actually a fake given to him by an undercover fbi agent. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg spent the night at a washington hospital after becoming ill at her office last night. doctors say it's just a precaution. the 76-year-old ginsburg apparently suffered a reaction to treatment for iron deficiency. ginsburg had surgery for pancreatic cancer in february. in pittsburgh, this will be the second and final day of the g-20 economic summit attended by the leaders of the world's 20 largest economies. it's also likely to be another day of noisy protest which is so far have failed to disrupt the conference. whitt johnson is in pittsburgh with the latest. whitt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, there have been some arrests, there have been clashes between protestors and police.

but all of the world leaders of the g-20 sum ilt have arrive this had pittsburgh, they've greeted one another and today, they'll get down to business. >> let him go, let him go! >> reporter: protestors plan to take to the streets of pittsburgh again today and hope world economic leaders are listening sglp there's system here continuing to push people into poverty, into foreclosure. this economic crisis is something that we need to stop and the g-20 represents all that. >> reporter: police say there have been several peaceful demonstrations since the g 0 summit got under way, but under 20 people were arrested thursday when one unauthorized protest turned ugly. >> i order all those assembled to immediately disperse 37. >> reporter: riot police fired pepper spray and gas after a crowd marching toward the convention center refused to break up. >> we hope we sent a clear message that we aren't going to tolerate any unlawful activity. >> reporter: despite heated tempers and a few broken windows, damage was minimal and no major injuries were reported.

protests are taking place about a mile from where the g-20 summit will be held. top economic powers will meet again today to come up with ways to prevent another economic meltdown. >> his excellency, mr. nicolas sarko sarkozy. >> reporter: president obama and the first lady greeted members last night at a welcoming reception. this morning the president plans to announce the g-20 will take on a more permanent role as the main body for coordinating global economic policy. for more than a decade, that responsibility went to a smaller group of industrial nations known as the g-8. this is the third time this year g-20 powers have met to deal with the financial crisis. and with the economy still reeling from a recession, it likely won't be the last. and so far the number of protestors has been relatively small. estimates range between 1,000 and 2,000 people. but it remains to be seen who will show up today. michelle? >> whitt johnson in pittsburgh. whitt, thanks. and all that shouting by

protestors outside the summit could be eclipsed today by the fireworks inside as the u.s. and china strug well a major trade dispute. anthony mason has that story. >> reporter: when president obama slapped a 35% import tax on chinese tires this month, some warned it was the opening shot in a trade war. >> i think it's very clear that china cheats. >> reporter: leo gir regarded heads the united steel workers which filed the complaint accusing china of illegally flooding the u.s. market with cheap tires. on its pittsburgh headquarters, the union is sending a nine story high message to world leaders. it's fighting to protect american jobs. >> and if we think that other governments aren't following the rules they agreed, to then we'll certainly try to bring cases and prove our case. >> reporter: but the chinese are not amused. dwl th >> they should work hard to reduce the price of their products rather than to complain. >> reporter: at stake are

relations between the world's biggest economy and its fastest growing economy. >> both sides are very cognizant of the fact that they're playing with fire here politically. >> reporter: the chinese now ship more than $300 billion in goods every year to the u.s. nearly five times what we export to them. the garlic industry, for example, has been wear buried by cheaper chinese imports. >> the chinese actuallily import half of the garlic eaten and consumed in the united states now as where in 1992, it was 1% ors 2%. >> reporter: but the chinese are also our biggest foreign lender, holding $800 billion in u.s. debt. >> the chinese economy, the american economy, they're critical to each other. >> that's right ppd and that's not going to change, but the relationship between them is shifting. >> reporter: and g-20 leaders want to on keep that shift from becoming an earthquake that could send shockwaves through the global economy. anthony mason, cbs news, pittsburgh. it's reported this morning

that rap has told u.n. nuclear inspectors it's now operating a second uranium enrechment plant. iran has ignored u.n. security council sanctions aimed at stops its nuclear program, but the security council is pressing ahead on reducing the nuclear threat. chairing a council session yesterday, president obama won unanimous approval of a resolution to slash 1k3ising nuclear arsenals and to stop the spread of nuclear weapons to more countries. there is now word this morning that five u.s. service members died in attacks in southern afghanistan. three died in a roadside bombing yesterday. one was shot to death by insurgents, another died in attack while on patrol. just ahead on the morning new, a long time kennedy ally is appointed to his senate seat. plus, texting truckers. the push to prevent distractions on the road. first, katie couric has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." a deadly virus is killing salmon in chili and that's causing problems on dinner

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morning and ross pa lom poe is here with details. >> reporter: asian markets slumped amid concerns of a weak u.s. recovery. the nikkei dropped more than 2% to close down 278 points. for similar reason, the dow dropped 41 points. the nasdaq last almost 24. all of this after news that home sales dipped nearly 3% last month after four months of gains. the median home sale price sank more than 12%. experts say tougher lending standards and new appraisal rules may be to blame. more encouraging news in the job market, though. there was an unexpected drop in unemployment. the number of newly laid off workers applying for benefits fell again for the third straight week. many small businesses now say they're optimistic about the economy improving. in a new survey, four out of five say they're expanding and making more money. nearly half say they expect to add positions. only 5% say they aren't

expecting growth in the next few months. large auto business leader, ford motor, says it will pump nearly half a billion dollars in to china to build the next generation of focus compact cars. all this to rev up ford's growing market there. this will be its third plant in china. and toys "r" us is already announcing it holiday lineup. the nation's biggest toy store chain knows the stakes are high, so this year the prices are low. there are only a handful of toys being promoted that are over $100. and a $10 toy hamster, michelle, is expected to be this year's runaway hit. >> all right, i'll get one for you for christmas. ross palombo here in new york, thanks. highway highway safety advocates say talking on the phone or texting while driving a truck is just too dangerous an they want something done about it. hire's man well guy and i gus. >> reporter: nearly 5,000 people railroad killed in accidents involving large trucks. sdensz of others decide in bus

crashes. in many case, it was found the drivers were paying attention to the electronic devices, not the road 37 now the group is urging the department of transportation to impose nationwide restrictions on the use of electronic devices on all commercial vehicles. that could mean no texting, no talking, not even hands free for anyone behind the wheel of a truck, bus or passenger van. >> i can't pull over for every 15 minutes just to get a phone call. >> reporter: the government could move quickly to restrict the use of devices for commercial drivers just takes did last october for railroad conductor in in fatal rain crash was texting. right now the rules vary from state to state, but safety experts say they've been slow to keep up with all the distracting gadgets we have behind the wheel. manuel gallegus, cbs news, los angeles. straight ahead, your friday morning weather. and in sport, ole miss can run, but they can't hide from upset minded south carolina.

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from clairol. here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. new york, mostly sunny, 72. miami, 91. chicago, 64. denver, partly cloudy, 67. los angeles, sunny and toasty, 88. and time for a check on the national forecast. the latest satellite picture shows that skies are gray all the way from the upper midwest to the mid-atlantic coastline. and under most of that cloud cover, things are pretty wet. skies are finally clearing over the central rockies and it remains crystal clear all along the west. later today, rain will soak the ohio valley and great lakes region, afternoon thunderstorms are likely from the tennessee valley to the western gulf coast. the rockies will see a return to sunshine and it will remain hot and dry across much of the west. turning now sport, we begin with an upset in college

football. playing at home, south carolina took on fourth ranked ole miss in a southeastern conference match-up, but the gamecocks turned the tables on the rebels with a tough defense plus just enough offense, three field goals and a short yardage touch done pass, the final south carolina 16, mch. 10. in baseball, call them the san diego spoilers. the colorado rockies jumped to an early lead, but the visiting padres rallied late. san diego's nick hundredly singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth and the padres one 5-4, cutting the rockies wild card lead to 3 1/2 games. in the american league, justin ver lander racked up 11 strikeouts as the tigers squeaked by the sinking indians 6-5. detroit now holds a three game lead over minnesota. and in kansas city, the red sox rolled over the royals. david ortiz homered and drove in three runs as boston beat the

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on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. rain will fall for much of the day across the ohio and tennessee valley. the southeast should stay dry. skies will clear over the rockies and the west stays sunny and hot. here's another look at this morning's top stories. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg spent the night at a washington hospital after becoming lightheaded at her office. doctors say it's just a precaution. and afghan immigrant

najibullah zazi stands charged with running an al qaeda plot to build and detonate bombs in the united states. he could face life in prison. in a separate and unrelated terror plot, an illinois man is accused of trying to blow up a federal courthouse. michael finton was arrested wednesday. armen keteyian reports. >> reporter: according to authority, the 29-year-old, a part-time cook, intended to blow up this building with a van pack what had what he believed was 23450erly one ton of explosives. as laid out in the criminal complaint, finton parked the van directly in front of the federal building. he then got into another vehicle where a co-con spir are aer to handed finton a cell phone and provided him with a number to call. which finton believed would detonate the purported bomb. but the bomb never went off. it was fake. his co-conspirator actually an fbi agent working undercover. finton was immediately arrested as part of an 18 month sting operation. >> he talked about a number of different targets including the

fbi building, the deindicator police department in that is just one that he identified was important for him. >> reporter: finton is said to have idolized american john walker lindh, now in prison for 20 years for providing aid to the taliban. finton allegedly went so far as to request military training in al qaeda camps in pakistan and afghanistan before ultimately settling on the federal courthouse as his primary target. back this 2001 under the name talib islam, he posted this internet message declaring himself an american muslim seeking to renounce my citizenship. writing he was aware of the fact that the usa will soon be killing muslims in america. >> ultimately the government was right to pursue this individual to some degree, but it's a question of whether or not they facilitated this a bit too much. >> finton is being held in jail pending a grand jury. and some amazing buried treasure from western england. a man with a metal detector found a huge hoard of

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good morning. the justice department says wouldn't terrorists from north carolina plan to attack the marine corps base at quantico, virginia. the three men accused in the plot are among the seven men charged in july and then were planning terrorist attacks overseas. the government has evidence the men scoped out the base and what been training for an attack. police are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a teenager at an arlington, virginia bus stop. it happened outside of the metro station. a man approached the 17-year- old victim and started to kiss her and then touched her inappropriately. she was able to run away. jim graham's chief of staff for a decade is charged with bribery. he has pleaded not guilty. he is on paid leave. >> we say good morning to kim martucci. how are you? >> i'm well. how are you?

>> good. you need the umbrella this morning and then you can ditch it this afternoon. changeover the graphics if you will and we will show you the temperature. showers this morning with 60s and 70s. the district middle 70s. we will be easing back to the lower 70s as we increase the sunshine. a bit of a tradeoff. increase in sunshine but a little cool down as we head to the afternoon. angie, good morning. >> good morning. tgif. it is feeling great. i feel a good day coming on for all of us and all of you. we will kick off with nice traffic in virginia. heading northbound, no problems to the mixing bowl. from 95 to georgia in maryland

looks like smooth sailing. hardly any cars out there right now. 50 westbound at 202 is a report of crash activity. back to andrea. two seemingly opposite sides of the spectrum join forces on captiol hill. legendary rock star and leading research scientists. they join forces for a new campaign called "rock stars of science." >> reporter: the auditorium at the capitol visitors center had a one of a kind performance by joe perry. >> i played the guitar since i was in high school but never had a chance to play with a genuine rock god. >> reporter: and this professor of neurology at harvard university. all of this is an effort to raise awareness about the importance of scientific research and to give science a cooler image so more young people will choose it as a

career. >> joe perry said he always wanted to be a marine biologist before he became a guitarist. he say the band gets better with years of rehearsing and the study of science is the same way. >> you can get a feeling of satisfaction and energy and that adrenaline rush from being a scientist as well as being a rock star. >> reporter: the rock stars of science campaign stresses continued funding for biomedical research so scientists can find treatments and cures for diseases like alzheimer's, cancer and hiv aids. >> rather than the end of the road this is actually the beginning. >> reporter: peggy fox, 9 news now and wusa9.com. to see a complete interview with joe perry go to wusa9.com and click on living well. three terror