good morning. it is ndmoay, july 28th, 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." the fragile peace in gaza is shattered overnight, plus our interview with the lead over hamas. why he compares the violence to the american revolution. a deadly lightning strike hits more than a dozen people on a california beach. millions face a more severe weather threat today. plus spider-man caught in a web of trouble after punching a cop. but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 >>conds. these storms are going to continue to fire.

very dangerous situation. >> summer storms pound half the country. >> a tornado damaging as manys a 30 homes in tennessee. >> a 20-year-old california man was killed after being struck by lightning. 13 others ind.jure >> firefighters in northern california are battling a fire that destroyed at least 13 homes. >> the united nations calling for an immediate and unconditional cease-fire in gaza. >> teatholls continuoe t mount on both sides. >> it's one thing you want to co-exist with the jews. it's another you want to co-exist with the state of israel. >> a man crash-landed on a beach. >> i was notec expting that. >> an american aid worker has contedract the deadly ebola virus in west africa. >> the virus was caught early enough to be treated. >> it's my job to correct you if you mess . up >> heated discussion. >> we'll taxi out there wherever you tell us. i don't like your attitude. >> settle down, captain happy.

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welcome to "cbs this morning." it's good to be back. it's a big news day, lots to talk about. >> it is a big news day. i can't wait to hear your interview. >> this morning they followed a single hamas missile attack. in a moment we'll hear from the lead over hamas. wi he tells us why the strikes will continue. >> don dahler is in tel a viv where previous cease-fires have failed. don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. for 16 hours over the weekend, gaza and israel were quiet. there were no civilians being shelled. there were no rockets in the skies of tel aviv. but then the war started up again and the international community has had enough. >> the security council -- >> reporter: late last night the u.n. security council called for an immediate unconditional

cease-fire. hamas and israel were unmoved. >> they should have had a resolution a long time ago. to condemn this aggression. >> if it's going to be quiet in israel, it's going to be quiet in gaza. it's as simple as it gets. >> reporter: sunday it took all of ten minutes after the fragile cease-fire expired at 8:00asm for hamas to send rockets into israel. when hamas rejected an israeli offer to extend the truce for 24 hours, the idea of fighting resumed as well. israel ignored a similar cease-fire from hamas hours later. and after 20 days of death and destruction with over a thousand lives lost, a third of those children, the world is pleading both parties to stop. president obama called israeli prime minister netanyahu and urged him to find a way to end the war. during his weekly address, pope francis said, i ask you with all

my heart, stop, please. earlier today it was relatively quiet in gaza. a few palestinians were out in the streets and in the stores preparing for the feast that marks the end of ramadan. while the idf engineers continue to destroy every tunnel they can find in gaza and is reality. these tunnels, the idf says, are used for smuggling arms, explosives, and militants. yesterday the idf released a video it says proves it had nothing to do with the 16 deaths in the u.n. operated school thursday. the video, which is undated, reportedly shows a single mortar shell landing in an empty courtyard. that contradicts dozens of eyewitness accounts. there are even some israelis who question the voracity of that video. there was a peace demonstration in tel a viv last night of about a few thousand people, but they are in the minority. polls show that most israelis want this war to continue until

hamas is severely crippled. charlie? >> don, thanks. in an interview from my pbs program i sat down with khalid machel in qatar. that's where he lives in exile and i asked his opinion. >> this is former president bill clinton. quote, hamas was well aware of what would happen if they started raining rockets on israel. they fired a thousand of them and they have a strategy designed to force israel to kill their own civilians so the rest of the world will condemn them. that's president clinton, not an israeli, a man who worked hard to create peace between palestinians and israelis. >> translator: with all due respect to mr. clinton, unfortunately the world doesn't want to blame the israelis.

why do you call for security for israel and why don't you call for lift iing it. why don't you give it to palestinians. >> let me ask you this. do you believe that you can solve this by violence? do you believe you can solve this with a military power? is this going to end because one side is militarily going to defeat the other? >> in our country we have a saying. the prophet had two choices and he followed the easiest choice. that means we ought to followest the ease yefts past, the better past. as a palestinian, i want to be liberalized, i want to stay. i want to live without occupation. you in america, the american revolution, was it peaceful? did you not kick the british

out? if we have a peace treaty, it will be better. with don't like to kill our sons and daughters. few you don't have the peace, it's legitimate. the world has two choices. they need to help us peacefully reach this state or we will expel the occupation from our land. >> so unless the world will take the israelis out of the west bank and gaza, you will expel them militarily. that's your objective. you believe you can do that. >> i do believe this as i see you now. it is a conviction. why. because time and time, the history of nations said that

people have the upper hand over the occupation. i have the will. i can die because of israel. i cannot live under the occupation. the occupation is the worst thing that you can ever imagine. so everything can die for the next generations to live in peace and freedom. >> some also askhere and not in in fact, you are the voice of hamas, you should be in gaza with the people of gaza. that's the place for you. >> translator: yes, this is a very reasonable question. i'm from west bank. i was expelled and millions were compelled to live outside their own country. it is not necessary to be there but occupation doesn't allow me to do so. you have hundreds of thousands of palestinians in america and

they long to go back to palestine. palestinians long for their home country. that's why we insist on the return of them for me and for others to return. >> i mean this is fascinating. what did he say it will take hamas to agree for a cease-fire. >> end the siege, and the siege means the blockade by egypt, it means having a port, being able to engage with the outside world. >> okay. >> we'll have more interview in our next hour. the full interview will air on my pbs program. on sunday on "face the nation" benjamin netanyahu repeated the charge that he wants the people of gaza to be killed. >> they're killing qui. they asked the people to leave, the civilians to leave. they asked them to stay.

>> netanyahu said it will give israel and gaza a chance for a better future. >> one of the world's most famous beaches is the scene of a rare lightning beach. 13 people were injured. this happened at venice beach on sunday. teri okita is there with a frap tick effort to save the victims. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. tens of thousands of people were out here at the beach enjoying the day and the surf here at venice. witnesses say one moment the skies were clear and blue and in the next that deadly weather moved in without warning, killing a 20-year-old man. >> all of a sudden just a sonic boom. >> reporter: witnesses say the severe weather happened in an instant along a busy stretch of venice beach. >> all of a sudden i heard this crackle and i looked up and it was this giant bolt of lightning. it was just shooting across the sky. >> it was gigantic and then a really loud thunder clap. >> this victim taken from the

water -- >> looks like they're searching. they're looking. >> reporter: -- while a search and scramble took place sunday afternoon. these paddleboarders were zapped when they were on the sand. >> felt heat, pressure on the head, eyes blurry a little bit. >> reporter: people said the electricity rippled across the soft sand. >> people sitting on the sand on the beach felt the electricity coming through the sand. dozens of part-time felt this. >> they were coming off the beach and said they felt like they got zapped. >> reporter: mike came to venice with his family. he explained how he jumped into action. >> i told the oh guys to grab a leg and arm and just picked him up. >> reporter: in rah don doe beach, you can see the site of this storm.

this car was set on fire by the lightning. on nearby catalina island, one man was injured hit by lightning on a golf course. it ignited a brushfire in the area. and in downtown los angeles in the grip of this historic drought they saw record amounts of rainfall on sunday. >> teri, thanks. sunday there was a severe tornado outbreak. the storm tore through at least seven counties. at least ten homes were destroyed. police went door to door to find victims but so far no injuries. a wildfire has affected many residents. 13 homes are gone. as we're shown, it's an uphill

battle for firefighters. >> reporter: this view from the air shows why firefighters are fighting. the rugged foothills of nevada, strong heat and winds and dry brush. despite fighting this perimeter on the ground and hitting their targets from the air, 1,900 firefighters have been unable to bring this wildfire under control. >> during the day we have up canyon winds and at night down canyon winds. >> reporter: it tripled in size in its first 24 hours. the fire has destroyed at least 13 homes and dozens of structures. more than a thousand residents were evacuated over the weekend. >> the sheriff came to the door and said you have to evacuate now. >> reporter: 150 miles south, the normally pristine yosemite

park and the valley were invisible due to smoke. the wild fire has burned thousands of arks and forced the evacuations of multiple campsites on grounds. back at the sand fire, residents know if the fire spreads, they'll need to be ready to leave. >> you grab your family. that's the most important thing. that's what i told my wife. i have a 2-month-old and 3-year-old. that's the most important thing. this morning congressional leaders have a deal to address massive problems with veterans health care. the compromised bill took more than six weeks to work out. nancy cordes is on capitol hill with the details that will be announced today. nancy, good morning. >> good morning. it is looking like a rare bipartisan victory. cbs news has learned that the most significant change for veterans in this new bill will be that anyone who has been waiting for more than a month at

a treatment at a v.a. facility or lives more than 40 miles away from a v.a. facility will now be able to seek treatment from a private physician and have it covered by the v.a. this legislation grants the v.a. about $10 million in emergency funds mostly to cover that new cost and it does a few other things to try to cut into this month-long backlog as v.a. facilities around the country. for example, it grants additional funding for 27 new v.a. facilities, mostly community clinics and it provides the v.a. with funding to hire additional doctors, nurses, and support staff. and finally it does a few different things to try to change the culture at the v.a., notably giving v.a. managers more authority to fire employees who act improperly. senator bernie sanders, an independent and congressman jeff miller, a republican, worked through the weekend to craft this deal. they're going to announce it in

a press conference today and their aides tell us, norah, they think this could pass the house and senate by the end of the month. >> very interesting. thank you so much. and now to flight 17 and new evidence. a missile brought it down. flight data recorders indicate that it was hit by fragments from the missile it. led to an explosive decompression. this morning dutch and australian police along with a group of inspectors tried to reach the crash site and they were turned back. there's fighting between groups and pro-russian groups. officials warn the flames could spread to natural gas tanks nearby. the government says fighting between the rival militia groups started the fire. they backed them over the weekend. madeleine albright said the world is a mess. two americans working in africa to stop the spread of a deadly virus are fighting it

themselves this morning. the ebola outbreak in west africa is the deadly evidence in history. it's affecting four countries. it's killed more than 700 people this year. this is frightening. >> yeah, its is. good morning, norah. 100 health care workers and three have been infected with ebola. half of them died. it is one of the most contagious diseases and there is no treatment or vaccine. 33-year-old kent brantley of ft. worth, texas, was working in liberia for a samaritan group, an aids organization. yesterday hygienist nancy writebol, a mother of two from north carolina also tested positive. both are listed in stable

conditions. >> they have fevers and body aches and pains. they're not out of the woods yet. >> reporter: medical personnel wear special protective suits woven from plastic fiber. in stifling heat, the suits can onto be worn for 30 minutes at a time. but even with precautions workers are still susceptible to infection. on saturday a doctor died after contracting ebola at the nation's biggest hospital. they call the current outbreak the largest ever recorded until last week it had been come fined to liberia, guinea, and sierra leone. now it's contracted to a fourth country. nigeria is screening all flights. >> ebola is a viewer rurus of a unknown source. 70% of the people who contract

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the twist you can't resist. this is a much different story from the lightning story we brought you a few minutes ago. they said, hey, let's shoot a selfie. they didn't expect a photo bomb from mother nature. everyone is okay. they got it all on tape. welcome back to "cbs this morning." "the new york times" calls for the legalization of marijuana. we take a closer look at the accusation. the war on pot and americans in using the drug. plus, he is anything but your friendly neighborhood spider-man. this superhero is charged with attacking a police officer in the middle of a new york tourism magnet. looks like times square, right?

the latest trouble for people dressing up as heroes and then acting like zeros. that's ahead. >> what a line. time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. a "new york times" analysis finds the number of tv political ads for congressional races in this election cycle is up 70% from the 2010 electi. there are concerns that the saturation of negative spots paid for by outside interests may cause voters to tune out before election day. >> britain's "telegraph" says they're looking at a makeover for a make change and different look after this year's two aviation disasters and a review is under way to look at different routes. the "new york post" says more than 2,500 emergency workers and others who responded to the 9/11 attacks at ground zero have cancer. this list includes firefighters, police, emts, construction workers, and others.

scientists say the workers get cancer at a significantly higher rate than the rest of the population. >> the gas prices are the highest. you'll pay more in hawaii. that's followed by alaska, california, connecticut, and oregon. the good news is nationwide gas prices fell by 6 cents a gallon through july 16th. and a small plane killed a father and seriously in injured his daughter. they were walking on a well known beach along florida's gulf coast. vicente arenas is here with a closer look at the crash that happened with no warner. vicente, good morning. >> good morning, charlie. the pilot made distress calls after it lost power and dropped on the beach yesterday afternoon. the popular tourist spot turned into a frightening scene. moments before the plane made an emergency landing sunday on the gulf coast of florida, this 46-year-old and his daughter from georgia were enjoying a day on the beach.

the single engine plane struck and killed the 36-year-old father and critically injured 9-year-old oceana. >> the dad looked in very bad condition. they were performing cpr on him. he had blood on his face. not something you expect to happen on a beach with your family. >> reporter: the plane unable to land by a nearby municipal airport forced to land because of mechanical problems. the pilot and his passenger were not hurt. >> he tried to land on the beach. unfortunately there was a family walking along the beach that were injured by the crash. the father is deceased. >> reporter: the child was airlifted to a hospital in st. petersburg in critical condition. another family member who was walking along the beach and witnessed the crash was not hit by the plane but was treated for card yacht related condition. >> what i suspect is the motor went out and they couldn't hear it coming, they ran out of fuel

and just hit him. >> the national transportation safety board is investigating the cause of the crash and will be working with the faa to determine the timeline of events leading up to the fatal accident. gayle? >> all right. vicente. nice to have you in the studio. the story is so sad. i can't get over the story. when you ooher at the beach you worry about sun burns, currents, sharks. the last thing you worry about is a plane. 46 and 9-year-old daughter. thank you, vicente. this morning "the new york times" is getting heat for saying it should be okay for you do get high. what? after the voters gave the okay, the times editorial board now wants the rest of the country to have the same opportunity. jan crawford is in washington with the reasoning and the response. jan, this story getting a lot of conversation. good morning. >> well, good morning, gayle. it really is. at times it's just confronting it head on not only with that editorial but with art calls all week and an online discussion

this afternoon saying it's time for the federal government to let states decide. the times stated this position with the head line "repeal prohibition again," an american flag with stars changing to marijuana leaves. >> it's true we've never endorsed legalization of drugs before. >> reporter: david firestone is a member of the tiechls editorial board. i don't see it as any different as having a couple of glasses of wine with dinner or a martini. if you want to make that choice as an adult, you should be allowed to make it. >> reporter: the editorial argues that the war on pot is actually worse for america than using pot saying the social cost of marijuana laws are vast and the result is racist, noting that enforcement falls disproportionately on young black men. urging congress to repeal the marijuana ban is talking about health effects saying it's far less dangerous than alcohol.

it may seem like far edge j stuff but reflects a sharp shift in public opinion. in the early 1990s, then candidate bill clinton famously said -- >> i didn't like it and didn't inhale. >> most people then, 78% opposed legalization. but now only 42% oppose it. in recent years, 37 states plus the district of columbia have talked about it. the real change started in colorado where voters approved the sale of marijuana for recreational use but there have been problems. legalization has been linked to at least two deaths as well as incidents of children accidentally ingesting marijuana-laced food and staunch critics like kevin saab bot, founder of the group smart approaches to marijuana cacalli

legalization of marijuana are wrong. >> it counters all the major medical associations that have looked at this and it wouldn't be good for america. do we really want to encourage a stoned society. >> now, there were efforts in the 1970s to legalize marijuana but it never went anywhere. and it's likely that congress is not going to act here. but it said it wanted to start a conversation, hoping for a change in years to come. norah? >> all right, jan. thank you. >> certainly start add conversation. >> it has indeed. >> that's a good thing. >> the states are passing laws. that's a democracy in action. all right, a stunner for tourists at one of the world's most famous destinations. ben tracy is in the heart of new york city. >> reporter: spider-man is supposed to be spinning a web, but this weekend he was throwing a punch at the cops. we'll show you what went down and the call to clean up the characters here in times square on "cbs this morning." y9

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spider-man is sitting in a new york city jail this morning. here's why. he's charged with punching a police officer in the face. unlike the spierdman in the movie, he works for tips in times square. ben tracy is there where they're calling for a crackdown on overly costumed characters. >> reporter: they call this the crossroads but it used to be known as the corners of drug dealers and porn shops. that's gone. it's cleaned up. they have these nice planters on the roadway. if you come down, you'll going to have to run into cartoon characters and pose for a picture if you pay the price.

>> reporter: he's taking his powers a little too seriously. this is youtube of the webbed crew sayser throwing punches at the police officer. of courseing he wasn't the only character in the crowd. mini mouse, mickey mouse, and elmo looked on in horror as police wrestled 25-year-old junior bishop to the ground. on saturday officers saw the brooklyn man allegedly refusing a $1 tip from a woman. he thought he deserved more for demanded 5s, 10s, and 20s. sometimes these unsavory characters need to be reignebe . >> a few weeks ago a girl was out here.

strawberry shortcake took a picture and when the family chose not to give a larger tip, strawberry shortcake ripped off her head and refused. >> reporter: others were accused of groping women. a cookie monster alecedly shoved a 2-year-old boy and an elmo became notorious for his anti-semitic rants. nothing funny about that. costumed characters also work along the strip. two patriotic captain americas got into a fight. >> they're actually asking for $20 tips. >> reporter: tourists in times square say they don't have time for this kind of behavior. this young girl was pulled out of her stroller by costumed characters wanting to pose for photos. >> they seem like they try to jump in and grab you and kick of

take pictures with them. >> reporter: bishop has been charged with assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, criminal mischief, and disorderly conduct. now, the nypd arrested four other characters out here this weekend. gayle, that included a second spider-man. >> you know you'ren trouble when cookie monster and elmo and super mario go rogue. it's not just in las vegas, is it. bil i heard there's problems in los angeles too. >> i live in los angeles. i was holding a 3-year-old posing with mini mouse and while we're taking a picture, she says in my ear that's five bucks and it was not in her nice minnie mouse voice. >> what it says is tip is

appreciated. no one just says give me money. they say a tip is always welcome but you'd better giving a nice tip. not good, not good. we thank you, ladies and gentlemen, this is your pilot speaking. >> i make a mistake every two to three minutes but my attitude is not like yours. we're out on mike. next time you can try doing that. >> we'll show you what led to

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it is monday, july 28th, 2014. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead, including boomer roomies. we'll meet two women who hate that name but they love sharing an apartment, and they're not alone. but first here's a look at today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >> you will expel them militarily. that's your objective. you believe you can do that. >> for 16 hours over the weekend, gaza and israel were quiet, but then the war started up again. >> that deadly weathered mov in without warning, killing a 20-year-old man. >> all of a sudden, a sonic boom. de congressional leaders have a

oal t address massive problems with veterans health care. >> it is looking like a rare bipartisan victory. >> two americans working in after ka to stop the deadly virus are fighting it themselves this morning. >> the pilot madeis dtress calls after the plane lost power and dropping on the beach in venice, florida, yesterday afternoon. >> at time the times is just cog it saying it's time to let the states decide. >> spider-man is used to throwing a web. this weekend he was throwing a punch at cops. >> strawberry shortcake ripped off her head and started cursing at the family. >> a couple many mexico decided, hey, let's shoot a selfie. they dmtd plan on a photo bomb from nature. >> announcer: today's "eye opener" at 8:00 is presented by comfort inn. >> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. chaos on venice beach as unusual

and powerful thunderstorms pounded the southern california coast. a lightning strike kill add 20-year-old man on the beach on sunday. about a dozen others are recovering from injuries this morning. >> witnesses say the fast-moving storm came oust nowhere. teri okita is in venice beach which could face more severe weather today. teri, good morning. >> reporter: yes, it could. the 15-minute thunderstorm that struck here at venice beach with thousands of beachgoers all around the area is extremely rare. they have the lowest strikes in the nation. chances of being hit in southern california, one in 7.5 million, yet one 20-year-old man lost his life yesterday and another remains in critical condition at a nearby hospital after being struck by lightning in the water right behind me. meteorologists say a high pressure system brought hot and moist air from the gulf of mexico causing atmospheric

conditions to ripen the lightning strikes. 13 were injured. eight went to local hospitals. and the national weather service says the chances for thunderstorms will continue in the region through wednesday. norah? >> all right, teri. thank you. a possible tornado wiped out ten homes in tennessee. officers searched through debris in speedwell last night to make sure everyone got out. the county sheriff and his wife raced to fwharsment when the storm hit. when they emerged, they found their house flattened. this morning, there are no reports of injuries though. more rough weather is expected in the east today. new israeli air attacks this morning on the first day of an important muslim holiday. warplanes attacked after militants launched a rocket over the border. don dahler is in tel aviv where their government is under new pressure to end the fighting. don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, there was a smattering of hamas rockets and israelis air

strikes in response to that, but it's been much quieter today than we've seen over the past three weeks. but the international community is demanding an end to the violence. last night the united nations in a very rare midnight meeting called for an unconditional immediate cease-fire. president obama got on the phone with prime minister netanyahu to ask for him to end this war. and pope francis in his weekly address begged for both parties to just stop, pleechlz but ten mirchlts after the cease-fire ended yesterday, hamas rockets were in the air again and israel again had air strooiks in gaza. now, the fighting did reach a lull last night. just so much that some palestinians at least were able to venture out on the streets of gaza to start preparing for the festival of eve, which marks the end of ramadan. but israeli soldiers were still busy, finding and destroying as many of the tunnels as they could. charlie. >> don, thank you.

this week i sat down with the leader, khaled meshaal. i asked him what ill would take to live in peace. >> reporter: when israel commits itself to withdrawal from gaza completely from the west bank without any setment and if we have return of our company and the return there, then we will reach peace. >> you believe in the co-existence of peoples and therefore you believe in the co-existence of palestinians and israelis in the middle east. >> reporter: i can't co-exist with occupation. >> without occupation, you can co-exist. >> translator: i'm ready to co-exist with the jews, with the christians, and with the arabs and nonarabs and twhoes agree with my ideas and also disagree with them. however, i do not agree with the

occupiers and settlers. >> it's one thing to say you want to co-exist with the jews. it's another thing to say you want to co-exist with the state of israel do. you want to co-exist with the state of israel? do you want to recognize israel as a jewish state? >> no. >> translator: no. i said i do not want to live with a state of okay pyccupiers >> i'm assuming they're no longer occupiers. at that point dwou want to co-exist and recognize their right to exist is that would recognize your right to exist? >> translator: one would have a palestinian state, then the palestinian state will decide on its policies. but you cannot ask me about the future. i answered you, but palestinian people can have their say when they have their own state

without expectation. >> that seems why this problem is so intractable, charlie. the great question, which is the failure to recognize each party's right to exist. >> a question of security and justice. >> i thought you had him too. oh, breakthrough. then when you asked a very simple question, it was a simple no. id made the hair stand up on my neck. one step forward, two steps back. why is he there, charlie? >> he said he can't go back into gaza. he was in damascus first and cairo and now he's in doha. he said he can't get back. i don't know if that's true or not. >> i thought there was a moment when you said, thank you and he said you're welcome. >> he listens in english. they don't want to answer in english because they think they might make a mistake and might not know a word. the full interview will air

tonight on my pbs program. and the 2014 midterm elections are less than 100 days away. cbs news and the norj times are teaming up on a new project. battleground tracker. we'll study the opinion. it's based on a panel or more than 100,000 americans and as of this morning the first study estimates that republicans are in the best state. now, the margin of error is plus or mys now two seats but to find the complete study results and the monthly updates go to cbsnews.com. this is an incredible pairing and, of course, this will be a big story. if the republicans take the senate, they'll control both the house and the senate. >> it will be a tough time for the president. >> indeed. because they'll also have s&p power in the senate. >> and we'll be there. couples planning a wedding have one more thing to worry about this morning. the knot.com says the veb der is

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i took that to heart, pops. look at us today. >> i love it when they remember their parents. >> i do too. >> thomas ended his nearly 18-minute speech by thanking more than 180 teammates by name. >> i love the tribute to his dad. when grout to 7 5rks they're like, 25 more to go. >> i was talking to the new york press this morning about the great joe torre because in all of this, they forgot to talk about steinbrenner. >> very touching. >> ahead on "cbs this morning," we've got an update on the american family you met on friday. they tried to make h

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it's common for young adults to share a house and split the represent. now older americans are doing it. they're known as boomer roomies. vinita nair looks at how it's changed two women's lives. >> reporter: 67-year-old dina wilcox and 68-year-old anne free, 67-year-old are roommates. there's one term they can't stand. >> boomer roomies. >> do you like the term? >> no. >> reporter: the two who finish each other's sentences share a place. just a few years ago they barely knew each other. dina lived alone. having downsides from a big house in the suburbs to a two-bedroom apartment in new york.

she met anne at a learning center shchl center. she was divorced. she heard dina talking about battling breast cancer and could no longer afford to live on her own. she asked her to move? >> she started running down the block. >> i said this isn't going to work. i'm going to have to sell everything i have and move into one room with a closet. then i came back and said i would be foolish not to move in. >> reporter: they're part of a agreeing number of americans sharing apartments and houses. linda hoffman president of the new york foundation for senior citizens says applications for senior roommates in new york have tripled over the last six years. they say sharing finances is not the only motivation. >> i think it can be very lonely and cause depression if one is unable to get out as often as possible. there are individuals who have no family, and this is sort of a situation where built in friendships can occur.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, backstage at the grand ole opry. jan crawford with a rare look at the venue where the country's biggest names are welcomed like family. >> love him, cash. plus, nearly 40 years after he resigned, we're still learning new things about richard nixon. douglas brinkley is in our toyota green room and he joins us with his new book about the private side. >> fascinating material. right now it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines. "the wall street journal" tells us a story about dollar stores and a lot of dollar.

discount chain dollar tree is buying family dollar stores for about $8.5 billion. the combined company will have 13,000 stores in the u.s. and canada. that's nearly three times as many as walmart. "usa today" -- did you want to say something? "usa today" finds that the fist bumps are less germy than handshakes. maybe that's why president obama is a big fan. handshakes transmit ten times more germs than fist bumps. some are lobbying fist bumps as the only way. lebron james is returning to his roots. the nba star will take number 23 when he returns to the cleveland camp leer this season. he posted the news on instagram with the message, i'm coming home. 23 is the number he wore for seven years with the team. james wore number 6 when he played for the miami heat. >> okay, wonder woman fans.

"the huffington post" with a first look of what wonderwoman will wear. she's taking on the role. the costume was unveil at the san diego comic-con on sadr. the film opens and coming out in 2016. i'm still a fan of the real wonderwoman, linda carter. >> she looks pretty good, though. >> she lives in washington, doesn't she? >> yeah. >> linda carter looks great, but the new wonderwoman, whatever she's called, looks pretty good. >> indeed. >> i like the boots. "the daily news" reports that aretha franklin is singing a very different tune this morning, one of no respect. the queen of soul said she had works with a worker at johnny rocket's in canada. franklin ordered takeout and waited at an empty table. the worker told her she had to get up. franklin called her rude and nasty. after a brief exchange, she left without her food. i would not tackle with aretha

franklin. not a good move. not a good move. and you know that too, charlie. >> exactly. and the boston herald reports that a yankees fan lent ahand to a red sox reporter. he lost his 2006 championship ring during a trip to new york. after giving him a hard time, he returned the ring. as a reward he was invited to the red sox/yankee finale at fenway park. >> he'll get to see derek jeter. that's nice. this year marked four decades since the grand oil on proi created a permanent home for some of the unky tress greatest names. it can have a surprisingly powerful effect on the performers who then make history. jan crawford threw on her boots to go behind the scenes. this is a good story for a southern girl.

>> if you didn't grow up in the south as i did, you wouldn't know that much about the grand ol' opry even if you like country music but it is a big deal, not only to those of us who grew up in the southeast but to those country music superstars. it is a tradition unlike anything else. ♪ joline, joline, joline, joline ♪ >> reporter: for country music icons, this stage is sacred ground. from patsy klein to elvis to the man in black, the grand ol' e py is home to many naples. it's where blake shelton and miranda lamb bert stand in the background not performing as

head looirns but as members of the family. pete fisher general manager. >> i often hear on this side of the stage, man, i never get nor vus before i perform. only here. >> reporter: why would that be? >> it means something to them. they car about it. when you perform on the on rarks you're rewriting a page in history. >> reporter: that's how connie smith felt 40 years ago. she was one of the first to sing at the new opry house. ♪ take me home >> reporter: just a little bit more nervousness there. >> becoming part of that legacy is considered the crowning achieve mnlts of the performer's career. >> keith urban organization ryu now a member of the grand ol' opry. >> i was asked by management to come out and ask you if you

would like to be their next member. oo >> reporter: there now are 65 members and when you walk back stage you can feel and hear the appreciation for what came before. we caught him and his old medicine show in a jam session that drew in country legend ricky scaggs. >> what they're doing is carrying on the tradition of the old music. >> reporter: that music was and kornlts to be the soundtrack of people's lives. >> the opry has been a place where we can all come, all us common folks and hear our stories put to song. >> reporter: it's also a place where a single performance can launch a career. josh turner was a complete

unknown when he first took the stage and got two standing ovations i walked offstage thinking this is the most incredible night of plief. from that point on it just kind of established what kind of an artist i was. >> reporter: and some have performed to try to salvage a career like president richard nixon. he appeared at the height of the watergate scandal in 1974. that was the year the opry left the mother church, the old ryman auditorium, but it brought along the spirit and foundation, a circle of wood from the old floor. >> what bitter way to feel the energy of the past and stand on the wood that those legends stood on. >> reporter: a part of country music history that 40 years later keeps its modern house connected to its past. that's how today's stars like those of yesterday seem to like it.

♪ it will all be all right at the grand ole opry tonight ♪ ♪ coming back home >> now, if you have any doubt about how important the opry is, just take a look at this. our own bob schieffer and charles osgood both have made the pilgrimage to nashville to perform on that stage, so rich in history and tradition, you just want to be there to be a part of it. norah? >> what great piece. >> i love that they care so much they get nervous. that's nice. >> bob schieffer looking good in those jeans and that cowboy hat. >> i was thinking about jan crawford. those were some serious boots you had on missy. those were nice. those were nice looking. >> we've got to get you in a cowboy hat, charlie. >> all right. >> i want to see you in one. i've got one at home.

aisle bring it in. >> okay. >> all right. what we were talking about? sorry, i lost my train of thought. >> the grand ole opry. richl ard nixon's presidency ended because of watergate, but he did a lot before that scandal forced him to resign. a ne &/

next week marks the 40th vs. of richard nixon's res ig nachlgs we'll show you how he changed history by recording himself. >> reporter: in july of 1973 the senate watergate committee cornered richard nixon. >> mr. butterfield, are you aware of the installation of any listening devices in the oval office of the president? >> i was aware of listening devices, yes, sir. >> reporter: nixon's ovaffl oice had a secret recording system. >> play it tough. that's the way they play it. >> reporter: the tape suggested a criminal conspiracy that reached the president. in august of 1974 as impeachment loomed, nixon resigned in

disgrace. now 40 years later, these same recordings are redefining nixon's legacy. >> from 1971 to 1973 nixon's tape recorder captured 3,700 hours of conversations at the white house and camp david. in their new book "the nixon tapes," douglas brinkley and luke brick ter revealed why many of these discussions for the first time revealed discussions for the first time. cbs's historian douglas brinkley. good morning. this is a big book. >> the transcripts piled up a mile high. we tried to whittle them down. what mattered in a hi tore cal view and to tell his personality. >> tell us the most important revelation you've seen and heard. >> one big revelation is he was ready to quit during the vietnam war. he was sick of it.

it already destroyed johnson. he blamed it on kennedy and johnson. he said, if i have to quit, aisle qu i'll quit. it shows how micro managing he is. every day he gives orders to the pentagon and never feels his military guys are carrying anything out. >> listen to this tape about vietnam. here it is. >> we should have finished it -- flushed it down the drain three years ago, blamed jorns and kennedy. ken dwi got us in, johnson kept us in. i could have blamed them and been the national hero. and it wouldn't have been too bad. >> what do you hear there? >> little brown people and nobody would care if they get

castrated, minillions of them. americans aren't paying attention to foreign policy. he constantly thinks americans are asleep at the wheel and he can do what he wants do. this is a real list. it's stick it to them and bomb them. it's quite diabolical when you start really listening to some of these transcripts. the talk in our white house that's going on about other people in the world. >> you see policy making in real time. that's what's fascinating to me. and also very few people knew they were being reported including people of his own cabinet. including henry kissinger. i was fascinated by one of those exchanges with henry kissinger. >> you write in the book that

nixon had concerns about kis kissinger because he's jewish, but he didn't know he was being recorded. how did he feel? >> not good. in a clip like that he's saying i don't care what happens to the soviet jews. i'll tell you what. jimmy carter cared about them. >> he got in trouble with it. >> he got in trouble with it too. >> go ahead. >> there are times when nixon and kissinger are quite brilliant. you can watch their strategy with china, remaking the word. but the tapes do damage in just their callousness in the way nixon and kiss in jer play off of each other. it's dysfunctional. kissinger is much better with gerald ford, a leader who has a moral compass. kissinger mixed with nixon doesn't come out well in transcripts when they're talkings together. >> there are talks of nixon and kennedy. he was obsessed in ways with the kennedys. let's listen to this.

>> mythology. >> he was very jealous about john f. kennedy because kennedy learned how to manipulate the media properly and got across that message of profiles and courage. that's what nixon said he wanted i want the american people to know i have guts, that i could have pulled out of vietnam and been a hero like eisenhower pulled out of korea, but i didn't. i stuck to my guns. >> why didn't he get rid of the tapes? >> big question. most smart people thought he should have burned them. >> that was advice to him. >> almost by every single person smart.

that was his golden nest egg. he grew up dirt poor in california. he thought this was how he was going to write his memoirs. he thought he had a lot of history. he thought it was his legal defense if people attacked him, he had legal transcripts. >> and you've edited them down. congratulations, douglas brinkley. we should point out the book is coming out tomorrow. there's another book, the nixon tapes on watergate. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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