you hear us, say something. we tried to find the people. >> a deadly building collapse in philadelphia killed four people while a search for survivors lasts through the night. and new hope for a 10-year-old girl in desperate need for a lung trance plant. a judge clears the way for her to get on the adult list. >> if we did not stand up and do something, we would just sit there and watch her die. and golding ticket. the last month's record-setting jackpot, she comes forward to claim her multi-million-dollar prize. this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, june 6, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning the first tropical storm of this year's atlantic hurricane season andrea is bearing down on the gulf coast of florida. rough seas and increasing winding are already affecting

florida's southwest coast. andrea has sustained winds of 45 miles per hour and is expected to make land fall near florida's big bend area by later today. herb rain and coastal flooding is expected. cbs's hurricane consultant david bernard is tracking the storm. for that matter for most of the east coast as well. our satellite and radar indicating already torrential rain spreading into the west coast of florida, and that trend is going to continue north, it looks like, over the next 24 hours. we have a tropical storm warning in effect from the big bend, florida, area to ft. myers region and a tropical storm watch along the southeast coast from flagler beach, florida, to north beach, north carolina. the rachbl potential between now and saturday, the yellow area could mean widespread 2 to 5

inches of rain and local amounts of 5 to 6 inches of rain. anywhere from florida to the northeast, you combine that with a cold front on the way, it looks like flooding could be a problem. i'm david bernard, cbs news, miami. well, oklahoma officials say 20 people were killed in last friday's tornado and flooding. the storm that hit the area was one of the widest ever recorded. more than 2 1/2 miles across. eight of the people were killed by flash floods as they tried to escape the tornadoes. and floodwaters from the mississippi river have burst through several levees in st. louis. folks from west alton, missouri, have been told to evacuate at a moment's notice. there's extensive flooding. the river has already crested in west alton and is slowly retreating. >> a dramatic late night rescue in philadelphia. a 61-year-old woman was pulled from a building that collapsed earlier yesterday. she's the 14th survivor pulled

from the debris, but at least six people were killed when the building that was being torn down suddenly collapsed in center city. vinita nair reports. >> reporter: philadelphia fire crews worked through the night sifting through what remains of a sift storm. a building next door that was being torn down suddenly collapsed trapping shoppers inside. >> we did not know and we still do not know how many people were actually in the store. >> reporter: more than a dozen people were rescued from the rubble and taken to area hospitals. >> there are six people who died. one man and five women. >> reporter: witnesses who were passing by the building when it collapsed were among the first responders. >> we went over to the building we said, you know, can you hear us, can you hear us, say something, and we tried to find

the people. personally i helped pull out two. >> reporter: jord aboutan mclau said he could feel the building fell down. >> there was an aftershock. you could feel the ground shake. people fell over. they used buckets to move bricks and search dogs to locate people who were trapped. more than 12 hours after the collapse, search crews say they have yet to reach the back part of the store where more victims may be trapped. vinita nair, cbs news, philadelphia. a report that the federal government is indiscriminately collecting the telephone records of millions of records has civil liberties groups outraged. britain guardian newspaper reports the national security agency is collecting the phone records of 121 million verizon records under a secret court order. the order is good until july 19th. it requires verizon to give the nsa information on all telephone

calls, both foreign and domestic. the order may be the broadest surveillance order ever. there's no comment from either verizon or the nsa. now, susan rice's pienlment as obama's security adviser has critics up in arms but they say they will try to work with her. the president appointed rice yesterday following the attack on the u.s. mission in libya, rice was accused of misleading the nation that derailed her possible nomination to be secretary of state. the president said rice is the consummate public servant who puts her country first. >> she is passionate and pragmat pragmatic. she's a fierce person for justice and human dignity but she's also mindful we have to exercise our power wisely and deliberately. >> the president's nominated human rights advocate samantha

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massive hotel fire on friday. it was the deadliest fire in their 118-year history. an estimated 114,000 mourners filled the stadium yesterday for the memorial service. and the tsa is dropping its plan to allow small knives on airlines. as gerald mathisen reports it set off a fire of opposition. >> reporter: some of the most tense and organized lobbying to keep small knives off planes came from flight attendants. >> when you think about everything in the industry, the public, everyone on the street, they thought, this just doesn't make sense. >> reporter: tsa said the risk to passengers from small knives was low and lifting the bash would give screeners more time to focus on bigger dangers such as explosives. last marriage, tsa administrator john pistole insisted small knives would be allowed despite opposition. >> is there any chance the tsa

will change its mindsome. >> no, this is along with a risk-based decision. >> reporter: before all this, congress was set to vote to overrule the tsa and keep the knife ban in place. they said they'll go ahead and move forward with the legislation so the tsa can't change its mind again. sharyl attkisson, cbs news at reagan national airport. on "cbs moneywatch," a crackdown on student loan fraud and google glass not in the cards in casinos. good morning, anne-marie. asian stocks slid again on the uncertainty surrounding the monetary policy. tokyo's nikkei shed half a percent. hong kong's hang seng shed about 1%. a disappointing series sent wall street into a tail spin. the dow plunged 217 points, closing below 15,000. the nasdaq took a nearly 4-point

dive. the u.s. senate takes up a measure today that would stop the interest rate for subsidized student loans from doubling to 6.8%. it comes as an investigation of the u.s. department of investigation revealed that the number of students frautd lendly applying for loans surged 2,000% since 1989. it and microsoft revealed its including its popular e-mail application for tablets when it introduces its 8.1 later this year. out look 2013 will be part of the running. microsoft hasn't given a specific release date for the update. if you're interesting to get your hands on the hot new controversial google glass, don't think about taking it into a casino. new jersey banned the device

which features a camera. in nevada several casinos will ask patrons to take them off if they're suspected of using them to secretly record. an anonymous bidding plunked down $34 million for a carpet. sotheby's auctioned it off. it was bequeathed to a d.c. art gallery in 1926 from william a. clark, an industrialist and u.s. senator from montana. and, anne-marie, i can't imagine the winning bid ler be putting that carpet on the floor. >> oh, no, no. i don't think anyone's allowed to step on that. erica ferrari here in new york. thank you, erica. coming up, meet the newest mega millionaire. an 84-year-old comes forward to claim last month's $594 million jackpot. how a stranger's kindness may have helped her win. to visit. i'm still not gonna make it to mars, but, thanks to hotwire's incredibly low travel prices,

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>> reporter: a few things we already know about gloria mckenzie aside from the fact she's now loaded. she apparently knows how to keep a secret. neighbors say the 84-year-old never let on in the past two and a half weeks that anything changed. in fact, they say they've seen a lot less of her since the may 18 drawing. go figure. >> she's so quiet, i didn't know. >> now it makes sense? >> now it makes sense. >> gloria, my neighbor? dawn was shaking when she heard newin news of good fortune. she talked with her daily when the neighbor would take walks every day. >> she's a sweet little lady who's trying to live is all. and she won the lottery? my sweet little old neighbor lady won the lottery. >> reporter: she's a friendly quiet woman, just the neighbor you'd like to have.

with $377 million now burning a hole in her pocket, they wish her well, figuring she probably won't be their neighbor very much longer. >> i hope she has much more fun than she's ever had and i hope she don't stay there. >> the best to her. >> congratulations. enjoy the money. >> that was wtsp's eric glasser reporting. after taxes, her winning come to about $278 million and mccowncy bought the winning ticket after another customer let her go ahead in line. in sports now, a double overtime thrill never the nhl's eastern conference finals. richard donahue, the boston transit officer shot during the boston bombing. he redirected the pass in the net. the bruins win 2-1 and lead the

series three games to none. in baseball, carlo carries it for the rock yes, sir. he hits three home runs tying a career high. all together the rockies hit six homers and piled up 20 hits as they beat cincinnati, 12-4. hewn astro's mascot astro having a tough time entertaining the guests last night. he got stuck trying to climb over the gate in the park. they hit six home runs to top baltimore, 11-7. and with less than 100 days till the nfl pays off, the reigning champs paid a visit to the president. president obama welcomed the winners of super bowl xlvii. the ravens presented him with a personalized purple jersey. when we return, an 11th hour lifeline. a judge intervenes in the case

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c., mostly cloudy today. atlanta, thunderstorms. st. louis and denver, thunderstorms as well. seattle, partly sunny with a high of 76 degrees today. well, this morning there is new hope for a pennsylvania girl with cystic fibrosis who is in desperate need of a lung transplant. on wednesday, a ruling by a federal judge allowed her to be placed on an adult transplant list. susan mcginnis has that story. >> reporter: 10-year-old sarah murn a han cheered when she heard the news. she'll have the same chance as having a lung transplants. sarah's sued the government to

try to revoke the so-called under 12 rule which puts children behind adults on the transplant list, forcing them to wait longer, even if they're sicker. >> we're very happy the judge ruled this way and is changing and giving us an opportunity. >> reporter: it came after the congressman for pennsylvania pushed. >> time is running out. please suspend the rules until we look at this policy which we all believe is flawed. >> this is an incredibly ag nazing situation where someone lives and someone dies. >> based on their age. based on their age. >> reporter: secretary sebelius says the medical community should decide who sits on the list, not the courts. the murn a hands feel they had no choice.

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hey now, it's thursday morning, welcome to wusa9, good morning monika. i'm mike hydeck. >> and you're just happy because it's almost friday. >> i slipped about 90 minutes and going to try get through the plod cast. >> and i'm jessica doyle. >> always up for a challenge. howard is here with your first alert weather. >> yeah. >> forecast. >> the nice weather is gone. it's a thing of the past. and things are going downhill. we start cloudy today with some showers before the day is over ask then tropical storm andrea. the gulf of mexico. going to throw some moisture our way as we head into the day on friday. >> starting early isn't it?

>> yeah. it is starting early. let's get you going here with a look at your forecast on this thursday. we're talking about temperatures today mid- to upper 70s. yesterday we did get to 80. it was pretty nice in spite of some high clouds around and we'll have some showers this morning out west toward i-81 and a better chance we'll see some of the showers here for the afternoon. so we're going to go for yellow alerts this afternoon. right now no problems, visibilities are looking good. satellite and radar the clouds have increased and out to the west look at the moisture. ohio. pennsylvania, this goes down though into western north carolina and west virginia and as the day progressing this is going to be progressing eastward and that's why i think the afternoon will be going downhill. now this morning, it's dry. 57 in fredericks and still comfortable out there with 58 la plata and easton. but on the bay baltimore and martinsburg 63 and we are 64 going out to about 78 with some afternoon showers expected. i'll be back in a few minutes and talk more about tropical storm andrea but right now here's monika with timesaver

traffic. well crews have been dealing with a serious accident from overnight on university boulevard at dennis avenue. on the westbound side. you will still find investigation continuing there. again westbound university boulevard at dennis avenue. above the beltway. so be aware of that activity on the inbound side of university i think you should be okay. i've been looking at the cam las. a live look over on the -- the southbound side of the beltway. no problems here through bethesda. into tysons corner, the beltway looks great on the west side of town. back to the maps, this time inside the beltway. where there was a building fire from yesterday outbound pennsylvania avenue is still blocked here between 10th and 12th seats and be aware of that. no problems inbound on 395 to the 14th street bridge. a live look at 95 in springfield. looking good as you come up from dale city right now the lanes are open. back to you guys. thanks monika. look at the flames yesterday that consumed freighter's

hardware -- frager's hardware store on pennsylvania avenue in southeast d.c.. >> this is a huge loss to the d.c. community. so many people have memories of this 93-year-old capitol hill landmark. the massive fire destroyed the old store and injured two firefighters. it broke out about 6:00 p.m. yesterday. >> and more than 100 firefighters were trying their best to put this out. ken molestina has the details. >> reporter: it was a fire response of massive proportions. firefighters from all over the district were called out to battle a blaze in d.c.. beneath the fire flames and plumes of smoke lay a neighborhood landmark left barely recognizable. >> it's been around a long time. and it's really sad. >> many other things in capitol hill went away, we would be less sad than we are today to lose frager's. >> reporter: it took firefighters more than two hours to finally get control of the fire. meanwhile the smoke poured on to nearby streets overwhelming bystanders. one of the reason why it's so

difficult is because of the toxic chemicals and other toxins that are burning inside this building from where we're standing we can hear per cussive sounds indicating there are things inside that burning building that are currently exploding. >> the biggest challenge is this is a large building with a lot of things in it that provides problems. >> reporter: they are left trying to figure out how a beloved neighborhood hardware store in flames so quickly. >> it's horrible to think of losing frager's. >> reporter: try and figure out what it was is that started owl after this while the neighborhood is trying to regroup and hopefully save whatever remanes of this beloved hardware store. from capitol hill. ken molestina, wusa9. after 13 hours of being trapped in the rubble of a building collapse. a woman has been pulled out alive in philadelphia. this was just around midnight. at least six people died when a four story building fell. it was