gloom alphonso van marsh tells us why the japanese won the gold. are e-cigarettes the new cool? barry petersen looks at the campaign to lure the next generation of smokers. and wheels of fortune. mark strassman shows us how this entrepreneur turned an entire town around. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." sphwhrim good evening. i'm jim axelrod with the western edition of the broadcast. the u.s. now has the backing of the european union for a "clear and strong response against the syrian government," but a group of e.u. foreign ministers meeting today about press for a delay in any airstrikes until inspectors from the united nations deliver their report, expected at the end of the coming week. all this comes as congress gets ready to vote on an attack, and president obama begins a campaign to rally support. we have three reports tonight, beginning with margaret brennan, who is traveling with secretary of state kerry. >> reporter: john kerry, the obama administration's most vocal advocate for intervention, traveled to lithuania to convince 28 european mini

alphonso van marsh, cbs news london. >> the choice to name both popes saints is seen as a move to help unify the church. >>> we had a little bit of rain. i think you call that water vapor this morning. >> yes. it is muggy out there. >> there is a chance we could see light showers. other than that, we have some improving weather over the next couple of days. temperatures will be heating up. the high on the doppler radar -- starting out with showers early on. right now, it is fairly quiet. we could see a couple of pop-up showers, especially north of the golden gate bridge. some of those clouds continuing to rotate through. a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. the cold front dying as that goes into town. the temperatures in the 60s and 70s right now. it is very muggy outside. we will see some partly cloudy skies. a slight chance of a shower to the north tonight. some clearing skies overnight. and in full sunshine to make your return for tomorrow. temperatures will start to heat up. by next weekend, it is looking like a special fall we can. a strong cold front making its way into the pacif

alphonso van marsh reports for wjz. >> this grainy security photo shows two of the gunmen who launched the attack on nigh row nairobi's mall. at least three kenyan soldiers died on the fourth day of the siege that's killed more than 60 people. there is confusion over who is still holding hostages in the burning mall popular with expatriots and wealthy kenyans. al-shabaab is claiming responsibility calling it revenge for kenyan attacks. >> we're not weak and we're saying to them you should tell the kenyans to stop their aggression if you want to be safe. >> those who escaped the mall massacrer said at least one of the militants was a woman. kenya's foreign minister says the attacker are not only somali. >> from the information that we have, two or three americans. >> u.s. officials did not confirm the claims. mourners wait outside the morgue for word about their missing loved ones. the dead come from at least a dozen countries including england, france and canada. kenyan authorities warn there will be more bodies. alphonso van marsh cbs news. >> two women with ties to maryland were caug

alphonso van marsh, cbs news, london. >>> well tonight, if all goes as plans, nasa will launch an unmannedgate a mystery on the moon. ladee will focus on the lumar atmosphere and moon dust. astronauts who landed on the moon reporting seeing an odd glow on the moon's horizon. that was weird because the moon can't rye flekt light. >>> meanwhile a private spaceship virgin galactic's space ship 2 broke the sound barrier for the second time. during the test yesterday over the mohave desert. space ship 2 flew over one and a half times the speed of sound. it hopes to fly tourists to the edge of space by next year. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," julie chen and sharon osborne from "the talk" will be in studio. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." google, what is glossophobia? glossophobia, is the fear of public speaking. ♪ ♪ the only thing we have to fear is... fear itself. ♪ ♪ (announcer) bring the adventure to their bowl with a whole world of exciting flavors. friskies. feed the senses. >>> this week two >>> this week two families met for the first tim

alphonso van marsh, cbs news, london. >> reporter: tim tebow didn't make the cut. now what? diana nyad tries to beat the demons of the sea, and finally swim the florida strait. and tourism flames out as a massive wildfire in yosemite rages when the cbs evening news continues. liberated. released. decongested. open for business. [ inhales, exhales ] [ male announcer ] powerful sinus relief from the #1 pharmacist recommended brand. sudafed. open up. from the #1 pharmacist recommended brand. fby eating healthier, drinking plenty of water, but still not getting relief? try dulcolax laxative tablets. dulcolax is comfort-coated for gentle, over-night relief. dulcolax. predictable over-night relief you can count on. >> axelrod: the so-called rim fire on the edge of california's yosemite national park is now two weeks old and still burning strong. flames have spread across more than 330 square miles, making it the fifth largest wildfire in state history. and as manual bojorquez tells us, it's also choking off valuable tourist dollars. >> reporter: the views at yosemite have been pri

alphonso van marsh reports for wjz from london, with the latest. >> reporter: kenya's president says his forces have defeated the terrorists who attacked the largest shopping mall in kenya, attacking the people. >> our attackers wish to destroy the essential character of our society. they failed. kenya endured. enya endures am. >> reporter: he says 11 militants are in custody and that five attackers are dead. this grainy security camera photo shows two of the gunmen who launched the attack on the westgate mall. kenyan authorities say at least six kenyan soldiers died on the fourth day of the siege. elshabab militants are calling it revenge for attacks on neighboring groups in somalia. >> we don't fear europeans and americans because we're not weak. and they're saying, you should tell the kenyans to stop their aggression if you want to be safe. >> reporter: those who escaped the mall massacre said at least one of the militants was a woman. the attackers are not only somali. >> from the information that we have, two or three americans. >> reporter: u.s. officials did not confirm the cl

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alphonso van marsh reports. >> reporter: pope francis loves reaching out to the masses, taking cell photosh young followers, tweeting and following followers on the phone. he says, hi, this is pope francis. 42-year-old said he wrote a letter to the pope from his wheelchair in a moment of rage. the in a skype he told him the pope called him at his home in italy last month for a ten-minute chat. to what degree did you really believe it was the pope calling you? he said, i never imagined that the pope would call me on my cell phone. i thought i would get a form letter perhaps but never a phone call. he's not the only one. the pope is being nicknamed cold call pope. he recently called a divorced woman in italy offering to baptize her baby. her married boyfriend pressured her to have an abortion and then there was news articles about a pope responding to a rape survivor's letter. pope francis told her to have faith in the justice system. the vatican worries that pranksters could do it but followers are hoping they even next. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we'll get r

alphonso van marsh, wjz eyewitness news. >> reporter: the red cross says 71 people remain missing. >>> a construction worker from pennsylvania remains hospitalized tonight, after being rescued from a trench in frederick county. the unidentified 49-year-old man was up to his neck in water, mud and construction debris in the lake linganore subdivision. after three hours he was freed and flown to shock trauma. the extent of his condition, unknown. >>> maryland state police are in overdrive, trying to keep up with the tens of thousands of firearms application. political reporter pat warren has the latest on the progress. >> reporter: monday's hearings drew a crowd. >> it was against the people's wishes. they showed upon in masses. ask still, they refused to listen to us. >> reporter: marylanders who may have never thought of arming themselves are trying to get in under the wire. buying weapons at 10 times the normal rate. >> it has been an unprecedented increase. and it has reached now into the low 100,000s that we have reached so far this year. our backlog starts at about $50,000. >> rep

alphonso van marsh, wjz eyewitness news. >> kenya's president also says three floors of the mall have collapsed and bodies are still trapped in the rubble. he declared three days of mourning in the country. >> reporter: a graduate of johns hopkins university who was 8 months pregnant is among the victims killed in the attack. denise is in the newsroom with more on this tragic attack. >> 33-year-old elise yaboos and her husband were killed in the attack. yaboos was of turkish descent and grew up in the netherlands. she worked for the world bank and earned a doctorate in public health, focusing on malaria in east africa. she and her husband had just moved to east africa. >> she also earned a doctorate degree from harvard university earlier this year. >> the investigation continues into a fiery and deadly crash in northeast baltimore. three people were killed in the accident, following a police pursuit. wjz has been on the story since it broke early this morning. mike schuh reports from the scene with the latest. >> reporter: police are very concerned about what happened here at york and

alphonso van marsh reports for wjz from london. >> catholics rallied for pope john paul to be named saint less than a week after his death. in 2005 funeral mass they chanted saint hood now. 8 years electrical8 -- 8 years later, pope francis set the date. next april, he'll canonize pope john paul ii and pope john paul xxiii, and a spokesman says he doesn't see any reason why retired pope benedict would not attend. catholic's in native poland say this is nudes they have been waiting -- news they have been waiting for. >> she says we know the teach teachings of john paul the 2nd 2nd, so it will be good to learn the rules of john paul xxiii. >> in july pope francis approved a second miracle attributed to pope john paul ii putting him on the fast track for saint hood. and pope john paul xxiii is only credited with one miracle. >> pope o francis' choice to name a progressive john the 23 23rd and the conservative john paul ii is a move to help unify church. >>> severe weather strikes the pacific midwest is drenched and more bad weather on the way. a look at what's hit and the damage so far. >>>

alphonso van marsh reports for wjd. >> catholics rallies for pope o john paul to be named a saint a week after his death. they chanted saint hood now. 8 years later, pope francis set the date as he met with cardinals rome. next april, francis canonize. appointing two in the same day is a vatican first. and two popes may participate in the ceremony. a vatican spokesman doesn't uh- huh see -- see any reason why pope benedict would not attend. they say this is news they have been waiting for. she says we know the teachings of john paul ii, so it will be a good time to learn the teachings of john paul the 23rd. a person must have performed two miracles. pope francis approved a second miracle, putting him on the fast track to saint hood. pope francis is bending rules for pope john 23rd. he helped to reform the church, but is credited with one miracle. >> pope francis' choice to name both a progressive john the 23 23rd and a conservative john paul ii. saints is seen as a move to help unify the churchment the ravens are -- church. >>> the ravens are hosting their purple evening. 5000 people are