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captioning funded by cbs good morning it isxd wednesday, august 20tht( 2014. isis takesi] aim at the u.s. with the beheading of aw3 american journalist. dozens ofs7 arrests overnight in ferguson i]missouri. eric holder delivers a personal promise hew3 hopes will calm the violence. plus, why thet( top women in sock rer ready toxwsue over the world cup. we beginçó this morning with a look at today's eyeopener,fá your worldc >> terrorism, literale1 definition, killing innocence for political he vekt. >> at(jf savage execution by e1isis
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militants.>> a graphiceo vid purportedly shows the ñibeheading of u.s. jo liurnast james lefoy. >> militants say they executedxdñr strikes in iraq. >> a > in arizona, rising waters resulting in dramatic rescues after axd heavy monsoon like rain. >> as much as eight inches felle1 in some areas. >> california crewsre axd working to contain the fireñi burning outside of yosemite@ park. the fire already burned ae1 thec middle east more rocket fire. air strikes this morning after peace talks failed. this governor rick perry formally booked on felony charges. >> i'm g toing fo tighthis injustice withñi every fiber of my and we will prevail!
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almost to "cbs this morning." charlie rosei] and gayle king arexd off and jeff glor is r there is a new and vicious threat from isis. theyt(xd believelp they bee headedbeheaded an >> a video shows a man believed to be james foley with his head cut off. a message in english appears saying the execution is in retaliation for usair strikes on isis forces@$s iraq. foley was captured in november war in syria. a year earlier, he appeared on cbsqn he was detained for 45 dayst( inñi libya. sta)uj has never beeni] prouder of son. kidnappers to release other hostages saying like jim, they
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are innocent. they have no control over american government policy in iraq, syria or anywhere in the world. cbs news senior security contributor is in çówashington. he wasq deputy cia director whenr foley was taken. mike, good morning. >> good morning. >> how do you thinkq the u.s. will respond? >>xd so ifá think with isis is trying to do nora is 4k,pintimidate th+p united states intorbackingçó off of the attacks that we've done therlast several weeks. and iñi thinkw3 our response shouldñrh be and our response will be touf not do that. in fact we should pick up the pace here.çó the definition of terrorism,xd nora, is political violence.jf violence for political effect. so we should mark this date down because this is isis' first terrorist attackq againste1i] the united states. >> mike, you briefedé@d bush after daniel pearl was murdered in 2002. what was his reaction at the time and what you are expecting
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to hear from president obama when he speaks today? >f %m reaction was what you would expect it to be. there was empathy for the family and friends oft( daniel pearl. there was disgustt( at /q)ñxw executionñi occurred. t@q his belief that people we were dealing with were evil. president obama reacts exactly the same way. >> mike take us behindkoxwthe scenes since you've been in the national securityw3 apparatus. if you lookxd at the tape, we're'going to show it. but there is that m he speaks in english. does that suggest there might be westerners involved? what's the thinking behind the scenes? >> nora we knowxd thatxd there are large nñlqq) of foreign fighters who have gone to syria ando7o who they are both in syria and
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they're inñi iraq. a number of those are americans. a number of those are europeans who have pó3(ports where they do not need visas to get toe1 the united states. so this is the main danger that isis now poses to the united l&55"5eutáyt( isis could send those states to conduct attacks. that is the number one thing we need to worry about. >> isis says the!'9 holding another american hostage.ñr how does the u.s. handle that? >> we need to keep moving forward with our policy. and i wouldi] suspect that isis may assassinate him.& forward. we cannot let something like this stop us. >> all qright. thank you so much. >> you're welcome. this morning iraq'sfá foreign minister called isis savage and a threat to the world. he asked for internat9o'1hr(t&háhp &hc tries to drive isis out. he is in erbilxd under thexd threat of militants. charlie, good morning.
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>> good morning. to the iraqis the only way to remove that global threat is byxd defeating i]qisis militants here. they made clear they cannot do itq alone. we saw that for ourselves at the dam. isis held itx+oç for almost two facing kurdish forcesxdriraqii]i] forces before they wereñou defeated. but we also saw theg those air strikes.çó isis vehiclesçó tried to take cover under çótrees, they were completely destroyed and thee1 reason why those craterseiynearby. now everybody's waiting for isis is going to regroup and attack again. in the meantime they're still holding large parts of territory in iraq including xdmosul. the longer they hold t(xdt(it, the harder it is to take itc back. another round of protests in missouri met a forceful police response. officers arrested atçó least 47 people overnightxd and seized three handguns from demonstrators.3ñìáhp &hc& community leaders arerworking hard to difuse the violence and the top officer at the scene isñr
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at a turning point. mark strassmann is inrfergusont( where attorney general eric holder will meet with officials. >> fewer protesters were oute1 last night which was better but hardlyi] peaceful. no sign that theseé@q protests are goingue1 away. >> reporter: what began as a peaceful night of protest shifted as yet another street battle as@"/otesters beganfá launching bottles in the >> thee1 criminals embedded themselves and hid behind me. 4tmhey threw urine on officers andxd that is what caused officers to take action and begin to makei] arrests. >> reporter: those responsible were removed one by one. polic]ñiused pepper spray to scatter the crowdñi but no rubber bullets were ñifired. >> those small steps are going to turn into giant steps much great strides for this community. >> reporter: this on the eve ofi]
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a visit from the+xdlp t(nation's top law enforcement official, ericjf holder. in an op-ede1 published, he said the justice department intends to learn in a fair and thorough manner exactly what happened. but frustration hasñr long sinceé@á boiled over. >> we feel likeñr w3animals. i say they're throwing tear gas at us. please, bring us justice down r here. vx missouri state representativexd and long time local pastor. >> whether the crowd says no justice, no peacejf holder is goingxd to bring justice.ñi frm$uá >> reporter: holder the t( nation's first black attorney general alsoxd addressed the issue of@je(q which is at the heart of the ferguson3w protest. arrest patterns must not lead to treatment under the law, he (n]i=qñ and police forces should reflect diversity ofw3 the
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>> missouri attorney general, blacks are three times more likely than whites to be stopped by police in ferguson and twice as likely toi]i] be searched x >> whether you put sewage on people and put your foot oon qeát)j neck .yry day and then you take away their child and say youko can't do nothing about it. we're going to leave him likeok aok carcass.q >> reporter: local and state police have beenñi overwhelmed. later today a local grand jury expected to hear evidence in the shooting death of michael brown and his family scheduled his funeral for monda nora? >> thank you so much. holder also states in this morning's piecw t individuals from outside of ferguson are to blame for the i] unrest. one out ofñi state protesters with arrested for a third time overnight. st. louis county's numbersxdñi show 38 of the 52 people arrested monday night are from missouri
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remaining 14 come from other states. the seeminglyçó aggressive militarization of ferguson prompted the pentagon to release a list of surplus military equipment given to st. louis fu on the list seven humveesq including two beb/%9"uzym ferguson, three helicopters, 12 rifles and sixj another police shooting a few miles from ferguson nearly boiled onn on dm/5eát+y st. louis police officers responded to a 911 call at a convenience store. theyok confronted aok xd23-year-old black man with at( knife andt( sh/( him to death. local residents swarmed police chief as he triedx1okxd to explain. >> let's listenlp to him. >> okay. listen to ñizvymme. listen to the chief. we're going to get the answer now. >> this isym what i heard from thefá witnesr') >>jft( quiet! listen. listen, man. come on y'all. >> when the officers get there
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he pulls out the knife.xd the officers got outok of their car and didn't have the guns drawn. but then the suspect pulledt( out the knife in an r that's what i knowlpfá so fa"ép >> let him talk man. >> police s3ypi] the man rushed towards the officers saying shoot meçó now. the witness claims the man also said you'll have tot(ñr kille1 me.ñiñ2 @ remain hostages in tljf chicago suburb. police in harvey illinois, say four children have already been released from this home. the drama began yesterday afternoon when police responded one robber shot andt(e1 wounded two officers. they're recovering this morning. negotiators are continuing talks with the two house tajcqñr takers. itkoxd ñ monsoon seasonçó in +@@ people are bracing for more stormy weather and dangerous flooding. in the phoenix area emergency crews rescued drivers stranded in their cars on tuesday following torrential rains.e1 theyq also helped people trappedçó
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in their homes rounded byt( rushinglp water. our affiliate reporter is in phoenix with more dramatic i] pictures.zvt( kristina, good morning. >> good morning. ati] one point yesterday an inchu of rain fell in just 14 minutes háy in the phoenix area. to give youi#ñperspective, that's what we get usually for the entire month. the flooding left man>'y people stranded and led to some >> reporter: after nearly fiveçót( inches of rain fell near phoenix, a surge of rushing water flooded roads and low lying neighborhoods. when a barrief ment to hold back a nearby river failedrit's been a water of wall into this woman's home liftinge1 it off thexd foundation and moving it more than ten feet. >> i got on the phone with 911 and called i]them. >> reporter: desperate for help he she waved a white sheet out the window inñie1 hopes of attrayt'ng attention of rescuers. emergency crews moved ine1 to make
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ane1 aerial rescue. receded andxd qv erefá able to guide tomlinson on foot to dry land. another rescue team helped an elderly woman strapped in a stalledxd van,+ struggling to pull her to safety. >> the waterçó came through. it was like the beginning of watching "noah" or something. >> reporter: a 15-mile stretch of the freeway was closed as it quickly turned into a river of mud stranding manyxd motorists. >> when i firsté4 started to go-9 through, it wasn'tqw3 that deep. maybe i would say six to eight inches. and then áí- g[tingt( a little further through it quickly rose to probably i would say 2 1/2 feet. >> reporter: the rain forced authorities to closeç traffic on!u nearly two dozenñi roadways and caused the evacuation of a mobile home park and one elementary school. >> the river is over jfthere. and it got reallyfá flooded. and then like the squawk got flooded. ut they moved us to theoki]
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at's when we can get fast strong storms like we saw yesterday. we do have more rain in the forecast though. we could see more flooding in the nearw3 future. nora? >>3kristina, thank you so much. a wildfire that forcedok evacuationsñixdñrçófámkt(j yoe sem anysemite nationalpz now. it destroyed eight buildings much more than 1,000 people railroad forced to jfleave. the fire burned one squarefá mile. it is now 35% contained. several members of the grand jury that iw(uqd texasa5xd governor rick perry say they'rexd offended by the allegationñrfá their decision was politically motivated. he was bookedc and charged of abuse of power. he put the best face he cnp&d on while getting mug shots. anna warner i anna, good mornin >> good morning. the governor has hired a teamw3 of lawyers and plans to fight the charges which he says arefá
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politically motivated. >> reporter: the scene was like a poliz)! supporters cheering on the governor ast(+ he approached the courthouse. >> i'm going to enter this courthouse with myñi head held were nott( only lawful and fálegal, but right. >> reporter: the longest serving governor in texas was photographed and his fingerprints taken asq he was bl on two felony charges. prosecutors say the governor'slp attempts to force travis county district attorney to resign werelp criminal. last april she was pulleda5 over for drunke1 driving. police found her blood alcohol leveli] was more than three timtg the legalok limit. >> oh, stop. >> reporter: she later pleaded guilty. governor perry u resign. she t(refused. so perry used his veto power to office's publiclp integrity unitxd a move he defended in front of
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the courthouse. >> thisxd indictment is fundamentally avp political act that seeks to achieve at the courth achieved at theñi ballot box. >> reporter:i but texas democrats say it's perry who is playing politics. >> they wanted twá make sure that theyiuld do whatever they want in austin. the only check against that authority is theñi public integrity unit's office much that's j they've been trying to shut down funding on this for years. >> reporter: perry, a potential 2016 contender says won'tt( let the ia4q5q slow him down. inq the next few weeks,tp scheduled for appearances in iowa south carolinai] and new hampshire, allñi battleground states.r onçóçó tuesday, his pactñr r this adñi which highlights the arrest video. it is callft setting the record straight and asks supporters forxdt( donations. so what does a governor do after having his mug shot taken? less than an hour later, he posted on twitte2ñá that heñ was out getting ice cream@ úq a local
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stand. nora? >> there you go. all right. anna, thank you so much. and new possible threat concerning the spread of ebola in theok u.s. a woman is in a sacramento hospital held for pos hospital officialsftb u said where or when the infection may have occurred. the cdc is going to test the c@ patient's blood. results from another possible case of e9'ola in new mexicoi] hat we toldw3t( you about, those results could come in today. this morning,e1 israel and hamas are exchanging rocket fire after the cease-fire collapsed again. strikes onxd gaza targets afterá# on xdtuesday. hamas says the home of theq military leader wasxd target-w4 his fate is unknown. israel withdrew the delegationt( from the cairo peace talks yesterday and called about 2,000 reserve sol,i+áj back up for duty. >> army sergeant bowe bergdahl wants to gete1 on with his life. that's according tookñi his lawyer
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eugene t(fsidel. he plans to leave the army and go to college once the investigation into hi5á disappearance wraps up.i] critics claim he willingly left his base after captured. due out next month. massivejfjf landslides killed three dozen people inçói]t( western japan. torrentsxdjf crushes homes.pa a month's worth of rainok fell in t( 24 hours, nine inches. the mud is knee deep in sh areasxd and more rain expected. >> incredible expects. the energy breakthrough that is ñi backfiring. how
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the cylinder was rolled out at the wrong angle. there was a big area on the infield dirt just above there at the second base position. and look over at shortstop and third base. look how much of that is uncovered altogether. and it's going to be uncovered. >> in rainy chicago, the wrigley field grounds crew couldn't get the tarp rolled out in time. that ment the rain delay more than 4 1/2 hours. they foonlly lyfinally called the game at 1:16 this morning. they did get five innings in so the cubs beat the giants 2-0. >> that's a bummer. >> it's a big issue in yankee stadium a couple weeks ago. when the winds get going -- >> the good news is the seats looked empty. the people finally said it's time to go. >> if you stay until 1:16.
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champion. >> were they still serving dogs that's the question. >> or beer? >> that's the real question. welcome back to "cbs this morning." charlie and gayle are off. coming up in this half hour a new controversy over solar power. is literally flaring up. birds are getting ignited and then falling from the sky. we're going to take you to the california desert for this crisis. china is going far beyond just saying no. we'll look at a nationwide drug crackdown. the latest casualties jackie chan's son. but first, we have the morning's headlines with ben tracy. we're going to begin with the "washington post" which takes a look at plummeting support for national educational standards. a new survey by education next which supports school reform finds only 53% of americans approve of the so-called common core. now that is down from 65% last year. less than half of all teachers say they support it. the survey ao finds 80% of
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americans disapprove of our nation's public schools. usa today reports the national rifle association is going after former new york city mayor michael bloomberg. the nra created an anti-bloomberg ad campaign that kicks off today. bloomberg is a vocal gun control advocate who claims to spend $50 million of his own money on the effort. now the nra a portray bloomberg as an elitist that is out of touch with average americans. and an nra official called him an airrrogant hypocrite who thinks knows what is best for people's lives. "the new york times" says car service uber is putting president obama's campaign manager in the driver's seat. david fluk is the new rector. he plans to run communication effort there's like he would run a political campaign. the goal is to attract customers and impress regulators. now the private car service is
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facing pushbacks from taxi drivers unions as it rapidly expands. "the wall street journal" says the nfl has a message for any potential super bowl halftime performers. show us the money. a record $1151 115.3 million watched bruno mars shake his stuff last year. this year's performers are being asked to give league some of the money they make when they head back out on tour. now potential accounts including cold play katie perry, and rihanna. >> my guess is that's going to go over like a lead balloon. >> i would think. so maybe they can make a donation to charity instead of giving the nfl the money. >> if i was a performer, i would argue i want the same amount in time the commercial gets. how much you're getting for a commercial, pay me. >> is it $5 million a minute. >> this platform is huge for you. you should pay for it. >> amazing. finally, northern california says a solar energy plant is
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getting flack for killing birds. fat silts in the desert are suppose to be the future of clean energy. but now federal wildlife officials want to pause their expansion until they get a handle on the growing number of bird deaths. it looks like a mirage in the middle of the desert. it is actually 170,000 sets of mirrors the size of garage doors called hilio stacks. >> how much power do you get from each one? >> this will fuel 140,000 california home. so effectively, one hilostack can power one california home. >> tom doyle is the ceo of nrg, the company behind this $2.2 billion solar xbroekt. it's now under fire because the heat it produces up to 900 degrees, is charring the feathers of birds flying through. often causing them to crash and die. workers on site call them streamers because of the smoke plume created when they ignite in mid air. in a report on avian mortality,
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federal investigators found the solar farms may act as a mega trap attracting insects which in turn attract insect eating birds which are then incapacitated. more than 500 birds have died at one plant and 1,000 more are expected to die every year at another. >> they found mortalities at all three solar technologies. and they found a wide range of bird species being killed. >> reporter: bird often have a hard time navigating traditional barriers such as airplanes and windows. wind farms kill more than 100,000 birds each year. but solar farms are a new obstacle. one solar company spent $22 million to protect and relocate hundreds of rare desert tortoises and is now worried about the birds. in a statement the company said "we are evaluating the use of humane avian deterrent systems similar to those employed by
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airports." other solar fields have plans for the california desert which is on a well known flight path for migrating birds, eagles and falcons. so right now there is no solution but the solar plants plan to experiment with everything from light, sound and even drones to try to scare the birds away so they can keep up on them. >> 900 degrees? >> 900 degrees. >> wow. thank you. this morning the son of action superstar jackie chan is being detained in china on drug related charges. j.c. chan was caught in a anti-drug crackdown. in bay beijing alone, 1,000 people have been arrested. he is among a string of celebrities that have been targeted. good morning. >> good morning you to. disposable incomes here in china rise, so does recreational drug use. and now beijing is seeing its biggest anti-drug crackdown in two decades. >> reporter: china's state
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broadcaster released this video showing police inside the home of 31-year-old actor j.c. chan during the drug bust. chan who is wearing plaid sas been here two years. what's the drug the official asked? marijuana. inside the house, they recovered a quarter pound of marijuana. chan's superstar father jackie chan famous for his action-packed films is also known here in china for standing up against drug abuse. he was the spokesperson for a chinese anti-drug group in 2009. earlier this summer china's president warned authorities to beware of the danger of drugs calling on them to adopt forceful measures to wipe them out. as the gap between rich and poor grows, chi vowed to crack down on everything from bureaucracy to hedonism.
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prostitution rings have been raided. a popular tv anchor has been detained amid suspicions of misconduct and in the last year and a half, more than a quarter million communist party members have been disciplined for everything from adultery to embezzlement. the anti-corruption campaign has gone to the top of government netting the former domestic security czar and one time top communist party official. the drug busts including the one targeting j.c. chan have focused on beijing where 7800 people have been caught in the drug crackdown. up 72% from last year. chan is accused of something called accommodating drug use cherz is a more suserious charge than drug consumption. he could be in prison for three years. we've seen random spot checks at local bars where police are testing both foreigners and
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chinese for drugs. >> thank you. a world cup battle on the field could soon be heading off the field. why some of the world's top female athletes say the field itself is sexist. that is next on "cbs this morning." i don't just make things for a living i take pride in them. so when my moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis was also on display, i'd had it. i finally had a serious talk with my dermatologist. this time, he prescribed humira-adalimumab. humira helps to clear the surface of my skin by actually working inside my body. in clinical trials, most adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis saw 75% skin clearance. and the majority of people were clear or almost clear in just 4 months. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events, such as infections, lymphoma
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top female soccer players are fuming. they spla to play on artificial grass in canada next year. it will be the first tournament where turf is used instead of grass. we have a reporter on the decision that some players call discriminatory. good morning. >> good morning. for months players protested the decision by fifa arguing it would never allow synthetic fields at the men's world cup. they say artificial turf prevents players from making the dramatic sliding tackles and diving headers and the turf poses a higher risk for injuries. now ten months from the woman's world cup, they're threatening
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legal action. >> the u.s. women's national team practiced yesterday near raleigh, north carolina preparing for next month's world cup qualifying games. but unlike this field and all those used in brazil during the men's world cup, the women's tournament will be the first ever played on artificial turf. u.s. forward alex morgan is one of the many star players to come out against fifa's decision. >> the men's world cup was given brand new stadiums brand new venues around brazil. >> it should be grass stains not blood. >> reporter: star striker abby womback says turf will limit action on the field and increase player injuries. >> a year ago when we heard definitively they were playing it on actual artificial surface, i kind of came out vocally and said this is an outrage. this is a disgrace. the game changes. the ball rolls faster.
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it's less fun, truthfully. >> reporter: the forward sidney larue took this photo of bruised knees and shins after playing a match on a turf field. >> it is gender equality issue. no chance would the men ever play a world cup on turf. i think the women are being used as guinea pigs. >> reporter: high profile male athletes weighs in including kobe bryant and kevin durant and said protect our athletes. last month attorneys representing players from a dozen countries sent a letter to fifa and the canadian soccer association stating "if your organizations will not engage if a meaningful dialogue on how to correct a discriminatory treatment of women players, we're prepared to pursue legal action which we are confident should succeed." a fifa spokesman confirmed they received the letter but declined further comment. grant wall is a seen your writer for "sports illustrated." >> part of the reasoning was in canada did to host the women's world cup that one, there
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weren't any competitors for that bid. and so this is not something that was stipulated when canada was awarded the tournament. >> reporter: the men's world cup will be played on grass in 2018 and 2022. womback and her teammates say no matter what the outcome, they will take the field in canada. >> the reality for me is it's a shame. we have to actually have this fight. >> players from the u.s. women's team met with their layers last night and they now plan to move forward with a suit in the next two weeks and unless can find an alternative to turf. >> this is a story worth
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it is wednesday, august 20th 2014. wlk back to "cbs this morning," more news ahead including a blowup by chris christie he swears new jersey's other boss is still a fan of his. but first, here's a look at today's eyeopener at 8:00. >> we should mark thisda te down because this is isis' first terrorist attack against the united states. >> that video shows a man believed to be james foley with his head cut off. captured while covering the civil war in syria. >> protesters were out last night which overall was better but hardly peaceful. >> at one point yesterday an in ch of rain fell in just 14 minutes. the flooding left many people stranded. >> the governor has hired a team of lawyers and plans to fight the charges which he says are politically motivated.
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>>sr iael and hamas are exchanging rocket fire and air strikes after the cease-fire collapsed again. >> a solar energy plant is getting flack for killing birds. >> federal wildlife officials want to pause their expansion. >> china is accused of accommodating drug users which is a more serious charge than drug consumption. >> for months players protested the decision by fifa arguing it would never allow synthetic fields at the men's world cup. it poses a higher risk for injuries. >> that looks like you. >> can you do a split like that? >> no. well, when i used to drink. >> okay. >> this morning's eyeopener at 8:00 is presented by panera bread. >> good morning. i'm nora o'donnell with jeff glor. charlie rose and gayle king are off. isis says they beheaded james foley because the u.s. attacked
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its forces in iraq. in a graphic video showing the apparent execution, isis says president obama's actions will decide if another kidnapped american journalist, stephen so thelov will live or die. >> foley spent years covering wars in the middle east. he spoke with cbs news in 2011 after he was kidnapped for the first time and held for weeks in libya. he was kidnapped in syria 21 months ago. earlier on "cbs this morning," we asked a deputy director how the u.s. should respond to foley's kicklling? >> we should pick up the pace here. the definition of terrorism is political violence. so we should mark this date down because this is isis' first terrorist attack against the united states. >> president obama is expected to respond to foley's death later today. attorney general eric holder travels to ferguson missouri this morning. he'll talk with local officials and investigators looking into the police killing of michael
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brown. peaceful demonstrations flaired up again late last night when dozens of protesters wouldn't leave officers chased them down arresting 47 people and seizing three handguns. >> meanwhile, the st. louis county prosecutor's office says it will start presenting evidence so a grant jury this marng. that could lead to criminal charges again the officer who shot michael brown. cbs news legal analyst jack ford is with us. grand jury evidence being presented. what do you think will happen? >> what happens is this the grand jury consists of 12 people. the grand jurors listen to one side of a case. although the police officer has been indicted to come and testify if he chooses to. at the end of that you have to remember, grand jury is not a trial jury. they don't decide guilty or not guilty. all they decide is their probable cause to believe that a most ad agency was love this free publicity. >> ice bucket bring it on!
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♪ >> what an incredible event today. military appreciation day here. ♪ >> it's really flatteringnk and cool that we have a chance to honor our military. all citizens, i feel have the obligation to do something for this country. and making the lives of the men and women more enjoyable when they return, making their quality of life better making sure they know they're loved and appreciated, that's the greatest thing we can do as citizens. >> oh, my god. >> part of that appreciation for the men and women in uniform was a shower for 40 military moms and moms to be which i had the honor of hosting tuesday. it was thrown by the nonprofit organization operation shower in partnership with barclay's golfers do on the greens is what they do for the military and military families. big shoutout to all the mom that's came out for the shower. i think their husbands are deployed overseas. they wanted to focus on them
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too. >> great guy. >> yeah. >> you get any tips? >> no. just what he said about the president about the bunker shot. to lean forward and put your weight on the front foot. yeah. >> he's always over social media this morning. george is in our graen room. he's going to share the surprisi and they had their responsespouses with them. and only brad, my partner at that time, had to stay on the bus that brought us to the imperial palace. i started my life with a
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