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good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm michelle miller. the investigation into allegations of misconduct by the secret service prior to the president's visit to coluombia s expanding. 11 members of the secret service have had their security service invoked and more members of the military may have been involved than they not. a top soldier says he's embarrassed. susan mcginnis is in washington with the very latest. good morning, susan. >> good morning, michelle. this is being called the biggest scandal in the history of the secret service. now nearly a dozen of the military leaders may be involved as well. military leaders are embarrassed about the misconduct in colombia, according to cheefr of staff martin dempsey. >> we let the boss down. >> reporter: the chairman says they're trying to figure out exactly what unfolded before president obama arrived for last

week's summit of america. >> what we do know is we distracted -- several members distracted an issue that was a very important regional engagement for our president. >> reporter: a law enforcement source says a member got involved with a payment argument. those including two supervisors are being investigated. pentagon officials say at least ten members of the military sent to support that team may also be involved. the military and secret service have ordered full investigations and some lawmakers say they may call for congressional hearings. >> the secret service says it stripped top security clearances from the agents involved and put them on administrative leave pending the results of the investigation. defense secretary leon panetta said members of the military found to be involved will be disciplined. >> will be weather our forces

are in colombia or any other country, we expect them to bide by the highest standard of behavior. that's a requirement. >> reporter: president obama says he will withhold judgment until the investigation is complete. and lawmakers will also be looking at training and screening methods of the secret service to make sure no agents there could possibly endanger the agency's vip. now into the investigation of another government scandal, the las vegas spending spree by employees at the general services administration. the chief investigator says he's already recommending criminal charges to the justice department and the person who hosted it says he's not talking. nancy hordes explained. >> reporter: the man who planned the conference is not talking.

he's on paid administrative leave from the gsa. >> did you approve the funding? >> i decline to answer based on my fifth amendment constitutional privilege. >> reporter: he was less forthcoming from 2010. >> think i pretty much promised to deliver an ore-the-top unforgettable team-building experience. how did we do on that one? >> reporter: the ore-the-top experience involved a clown, mime reader and lavish afterparty. >> spent $75,000 on a bike-building exercise. >> reporter: the general detailed how neely and his subordinates made between six and ten scouting trips to las vegas before the conference at a cost of more than $130,000. >> how is it that this type of money could be lying around that it could be used in this flush fund manner.

>> reporter: martha johnson resigned two weeks ago. she defended the bonus she gave to neely after the excesses came to light. she said she was waiting until all the facts were in. >> you kept him in his position and you gave him a $9,000 bonus. it just seems almost unthinkable. >> did not want to move until i had a formal, official, complete, non-- you know, conclusive report. >> reporter: the president has appointed a new gsa administrator who testified that he has already canceled 35 upcoming conferences at a saferings of nearly a million dollars. nan says cordes, cbs news, capitol hill. >> senate blocked president obama's so-called buffett rule on taxes. yesterday's vote was 51-45. it would force the nation's top earnings to pay at least 30% of their income in taxes. the president denounced the vote saying, quote, it's just plain

wrong that millions of middle-class americans pay a higher share of their income in taxes than some millionaires and billionaires. campaigning at a tea party tax summit in philadelphia yesterday, mitt romney said the buffett rule was not worthwhile. >> this buffett rule -- [ booing ] >> someone calculated, by the way, that the taxes would pay for 11 hours of the government. this is not exactly grand idea. >> according to the nonpartisan tax policy senn termination americans making over $1 mill a year paid an average of 25% in taxes last year. oversea, a powerful and long-lasting earthquake struck central chile late last night. it hit minutes before moment and was centered 30 miles from the port city and was felt in the

capital of santiago. there are no serious reports of damage but a five-mile section of the coast has been evacuated as a precaution. ing in syria u.n. observers are meeting with officials before heading to the field to monitor the increasingly fragile troops. rebel forces say this video shows government troops firing on opposition forces in the city of homs. the u.s. says it's up to the syrian government to guarantee the u.n. observers' freedom of movement. in norway, a glitch in the trial of admitted mass murderer anders breivik. breivik killed 77 people last july. his trial was delayed because of the comments made by one of the judges who said he deserves the death penalty. both sides want the judge removed from the case zoo coming up, final flyover. the space shuttle "discovery" hitches a ride on top of a jumbo

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randall pinkston is here in new york with more on that. >> good morning, michelle. tokyo's nikkei ended lower by a frac texas. hong kong's hang seng ended in lace l is than half a surprise. government released a better than expected sales report. the dow rose why the nasdaq fell 22. a big reason why the nasdaq has been slumping is the falling price of apple stock. apple represents 12% of the nasdaq and shares of the tech company fell $25 on monday. that's the fifth day in a row they have declined. apple stocks started to slide after technology analysts predicted while its companies may cut back on subsidies to customers buying the iphone. but despite the recent losses, apple shares are still up 43% for the year. the company that makes snacks like twinkies, ding

doings, and ho hoes is locked in a showdown. hostess wants the bankrupt i have court to throw out the contract with workers if they don't accept pay and benefit cuts. the workers countered by threatening to strike if the contract is voided. hostess says it will force the bript company to shut down and liquidate its assets. >> and the clock is winding down for you to file your 20011 tax returns. the irs extended the deadline for midnight tonight. you the file for an extension. but a word of caution. because so many americans file their returns electronically, some post offices may not be open late for you to get that last-minute post mark. >> yours in in. >> not yet. soon enough. straight ahead, your tuesday morning weather. and in sports a sprint to the finish in the blistering heat. we'll have the results of the boston marathon.

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some areas could get more than 2 inches of rain. light showers and mountain snow continue across the northwest. showers and thundershowers will increase across the north central states and it will be partly cloudy over most of the northeast. in sports, two big patriots' day events in boston. first, of course, the fabled bauchb day marathon. this year it wasn't just the miles but it was the heat. the 80-degree temperatures forced more than 800 to get medical attention. in the winner circle it was all kenyans, wesley korir won 2:12:40 and the women a sprint to the finish with share on cherop winning by just two seconds. >> the red sox play a morning game. this time against tampa bay. and james shields pitches a beauty for the race, striking out five. in the seventh inning daniel

bard walks in the only run. tampa bay slips by boston, 1-0. another tough day for giants' tim lincecum. roy halladay had the control when he needed it, striking out six. philadelphia rolls past san fran, 5-2. in hockey, the new york rangers win a tough one against the ottawa senators. the rangers' goalie henrik lundqvist made 39 saves to record his fourth nhl playoff shutout. in the third period, brian boyle pops in the winning score. the rangers over the senators, 1-0. in basketball, the l.a. clippers are going to the playoffs for the first time in five years, and blake griffin helped get them there. against the thun determination he gets hammered, but his shot goes in. he finishes with 17 points. the clippers up in oklahoma city, 92-77. when we come back, storm warnings. a new alert system is credited

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c., partly sunny, 75. atlanta, thunderstorms and 75. st. louis, partly cloudy and 70. denver, partly sunny and 71. seattle, afternoon showers and 56. if you are one of those 70 million americans who don't get enough sleep, a new report says you've got an increased risk of diabetes and heart disease. the report finds if you only get 5 1/2 hours of sleep addai, your blood sugar level may increase, and you could gain as much as 12 pounds over a year. forecasters say their dire washing about a tornado outbreak

this weekend saved lives. six people were killed but dozens of twisters touched down across the midwest. dean reynolds takes a look at what some people did when they heard storms were headed their way. >> i wasn't in here very long when the tornado hit. >> reporter: when she heard her radio announce the storm system was approaching woodward, oklahoma, 88-year-old wilma nelson didn't hesitate. >> i thought. whoo, i'd better get out of here and get to my frady hole because i had it all prepared. >> reporter: her granddaughter said a day worth of warnings from the national weather service saved lives. >> we took it very seriously because of the buildup they were talking about all week because of the storms we had here. >> reporter: over much of kansas where the twisters touched down, they replaced the old admonition to take cover with you could be killed. mass devastation is highly likely, making area

unrecognizable to survivors. >> people took that information, they realized it was somewhat unprecedented and took action. >> reporter: phil bunting said lessons learned last year played a role in their decision not to mince words. >> working off notes that they wrote after joplin? >> i think the joplin tornado and others that occurred in 2011 really made it clear when an event is almost unprecedented we've got to tell folks in as clear a language as possible it's a high-end life-threatening situation. >> reporter: as we spoke, it flamed red as a twister hit corpus christi, texas. >> is that the tail end of the same storm system? >> it is. the trailing end of the system that moved across the system. we have to watch the system unty till they move off the east coast. >> reporter: luck also played a role over the weekend. when the tornadoes touched down,

they did so briefly and often over sparsely populated areas. dean reynolds, cbs news, nor man, oklahoma. jury select continues today in the retrial of former pitching granlt roger clemens. the seven-time cy young winner was in washington yesterday. he's charged with lying congress in 2008 about using performance-enhancing drugs. prosecutors' first attempt to convict clemens was declared in a mistrial. petty is offering a p$,500 reward for five guitars stolen from a studio last weekend. they include his prized 196712-string ricken boxer 360 and his 1965 gibson. the reward would be paid with no questions asked. the thefts come as petty kicks off a tour tomorrow. coming up after your local news on "cbs morning news," new insight into the private life of

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. good morning. today is tuesday, april 17. i'm andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck. monika santami is here. she'll have traffic momentarily. howard bernstein. it's not going to be hot

today. yesterday 89. baltimore tied at 90. >> we need to get some rain. we'll try. tomorrow maybe a shower south but the weekend could be a washout. >> everybody is sneezing constantly all day long at our house. we'd love to wash some of that. >> you can hear my voice, the cold, the allergies. we're expecting clouds and sun today. i think we get a decent apartment of high clouds to muddy up the sky. by noon upper 60s. highs today about 75. we're 75 now. we're going to drop down over the next few hours and recover towards 73 by 5:00 with northwesterly winds at 10 to 15 miles an hour. a front came through overnight with not much fanfare. yeah, don't see a line of showers. don't even see a line of clouds. generally clear this morning. but we do see the cooler temperatures now in the mid-60s in hagerstown. it's 48 in oakland, sign of the

cooler air coming our way. still 70 in gaithersburg. 70 baltimore. 75 at national. that is by far the warmest spot with la plata 62. later this afternoon, we'll get back into the mid-70s, maybe upper 70s south and southwest. 4:27. here's monika with time saver traffic. >> good morning, everybody. if you're planning to head outside, there are a couple of construction spots i definitely want you to know b. i'm going to start off with the west side of town where the detour is in place once again on the dulles access road route 277. you will be detoured to the inloop. go to the georgetown pike and turn around if that's what you need to do to get back on to the toll road. shouldn't be too much of a problem. volumes are light. no problems on 66 coming inbound. let's take a live look at 395 inside the beltway. northbound side looking great here at duke street all the way to the 14th street bridge. small incident here really is not affecting traffic. let's go back over to the maps, this time there's also construction on the inner loop

of the beltway leaving college park heading for kenilworth avenue. you're going to need to stay to the left to get around that. we'll go a little further south and very light to the wilson bridge. coming up in my next report, we'll take a peek at 270 at 4:39. the space shuttle discovery makes its final mission. it will fly on the back after jumbo jet from the kennedy space center to the smithsonian's institution's hangar at dulles airport. 10:00 this morning discovery is expected to fly over the national mall. then thursday crews are going to tow the shuttle to the national air and space museum's center. it's just one of several nasa shuttles which will be in museums now that the subtle program is over. coming -- shuttle program is over. we'll bring you live reports from gravely point. nearly 3,000 service

members were raped or sexually assaulted last year. now congress is thinking about taking the military out of the loop when it comes to investigating and punishing sex crimes. >> gary nurenberg has more on the bill which would take the issues of sexual assault and its aftermath out of the military chain of command. >> reporter: a marine officer, a rack she survived but at the marine barracks in d.c.? >> in my case it was a gang rape so it was my word against two of the perpetrators. so it was two against one. >> reporter: the secretary of defense got an earful monday night on capitol hill about how the military deals with the issue of sexual assault. >> our men and women in uniform should not fear their fellow service members. >> reporter: but lieutenant klay says her superior officer? >> threatened me with dust and performed sexual acts on me that were as he said to humiliate me. he felt that he could get away with this because he was in a protected system. >> reporter: