i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. i'm anne-marie green. i'm anne-marie green.captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> this is kpix 5 news. >> good morning, everyone. it is monday june the 24th. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now is 4 :30. welcome back. >> that alarm clock went off early this morning. >> he's not sitting by the lake this morning. >> no, he's not. check out his facebook page he had a beard growing. >> almost brath brought it in but i looked bad. >> double duty today. both clickers out. you notice the rain coming in this morning. it wanted to rain. we're checking out high def doppler. maybe a few sprinkles in the north bay. could be a wet morning commute as we continue to get underway here at 4:30 this morning. we're already seeing fog advisories out in the pass and through 280 daily city area where there is an overturned crash. i want to take you out there southbound 280. we just got off the phone with chp. could be a busy traffic and weather morning. >> that means you are going to be busy. >> yes, we will. >> thanks so much. >>>

i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning a potentially dangerous line of storms stretches from iowa to maryland. by the time all is said and done later today as the severe weather moves east, 75 million people in 19 states may be affected by damaging winds, heavy rain, hail, or tornados. late yesterday at least two tornados touched down in northern iowa. part of a restaurant was demolished, but no injuries are reported. tornadoes were also reported in illinois and ohio. and though the worst of the weather was south of chicago, the willis tower took a direct hit from a bolt of lightning. the weather was bad enough in chicago to cause major travel disruptions and some power outages. the commuter rail system was temporarily shut down and over 400 flights were canceled at the city's two main airports. >> you've got to take it as it goes. i mean that's part of traveling. i guess it's chicago's way of getting us to stay another night in this fine city. >> well, storm damage was reported in wisconsin and indiana.

i'm anne-marie green. well, president obama wraps up his visit to the west african nation of senegal this morning. later he and his family are scheduled to travel to south africa. on sunday they'll go to tanza a tanzania. last night president obama attended a state dinner. later he visited goree island, a historic port where slaves from africa passed through on their way to the new world. mr. obama said he would like to visit nelson mandela to south africa, however, mandela remains in critical condition at a pretoria hospital where he's been treated for a lung infection since june 8th. mark phillips is outside that hospital. mark, good morning. what is the latest on that situation? >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. well, today marks the end of the third week of nelson mandela's hospitalization here for the lung infection that you've mentioned. we understand as well that that condition has deteriorated to affect other interior vital organs as well. the condition here has remained visited here every day

i'm anne-marie green. well, the journalist who reported on classified u.s. government surveillance programs says more information is coming and it will be significant. the revelations came from leaks made by government contractor edward snowden, and they've unleashed a torrent of anger on capitol hill. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie, yeah. that journalist who first published the revelations about edward snowden says more stories are on the way as the justice department considers filing criminal charges against snowden for revealing classified information. meanwhile, many here on capitol hill have already made up their minds about whether edward snowden is a hero or a criminal. edward snowden, the man who reportedly leaked top secret u.s. surveillance programs may have more information to share. glenn greenwald of "the guardian" first published snowden's story and says the former nsa contractor has more revelations that greenwald said are signific

i'm anne-marie green. well, there is no joy in mudville or anywhere else they're playing baseball this morning. major league baseball will look to suspend some of the game's biggest stars who are allegedly connected to a florida clinic suspected in a doping scandal. espn reports at least 20 are involved. the clinic's founder has agreed to testify, name names, and provide incriminating records. among those allegedly linked to the clinic are alex rodriguez and ryan braun. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. yeah, the man who ran that clinic, tony bosch, will reportedly give up a lot of names to investigators within days. some of the biggest names in baseball, and he'll give details. for example, bosch would get late night text messages telling him to go to a-rod's home where he would inject him with performance-enhancing drugs. once he talks to investigators, the suspension could come down within weeks. some of baseball's biggest stars, including alex rodriguez

i'm anne-marie green. well, president obama is in berlin this morning where he will call for a major reduction of american and russian nuclear weapons. the president's one-day stop in germany includes a meeting with the german president. mr. obama will make his case for reducing the number of nuclear weapons during his speech at berlin's brandenburg gate. he'll call for a one third reduction in the u.s. and russian nuclear arsenals. as the president targets nuclear proliferation, the focus in washington concerns the program. the direct of nsa returns to capitol hill today. general keith alexander says he'll provide lawmakers with details about the dozens of terrorist plots national security officials say were disrupted because of widespread phone and internet surveillance programs. yesterday alexander and other officials defended the once secret operations. bob orr has the story. >> general alexander said the recent leaks have stopped more than 50 potential attacks since 9/11. potential attacks since 9/11.

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i'm anne-marie green. actor james gandolfini never thought he was a big deal, but this morning gandolfini is being remembered for his huge talent and good nature. he died suddenly in italy at the age of 51. no cause of death was given. it was his role as the tough and emotional crime boss tony soprano that turned gandolfini into a star. ♪ the groundbreaking "sopranos" aired for eight years with a finale which left viewers wondering. gandolfini avoided the spotlight saying he was much more comfortable doing smaller things. edward lawrence has more. >> yeah, i know, but i'm talking to you here on a human level. >> reporter: the actor best known for playing mob boss tony soprano on the hbo television series "sopranos" died while on vacation in italy. the actor who played his uncle junior remembered gandolfini as a great actor and friend. >> everything showed on his face, every little nuance. but, you know, i miss him as a friend. he was a friend to everybody. >> reporter: fans were shocked to hear about his d

i'm anne-marie green.l, it may be the biggest whistle-blowing scandal against the u.s. government. edward snowden says he gave the "washington post" and britain's "guardian" newspaper information about two of the government's secret surveillance programs because he said the public needed to know. well, here's what we know about snowden. he's a 29-year-old. he joined the cia after a brief stint in the army. he worked as a national security agency contractor for four years, and he works for defense contractor booze, hamilton. it had been a secret until he together both newspapers it was okay to make it public. jan crawford has more. >> my name is ed snowden. i'm 29 years old. i work for booz, allen, hamilton as an infrared analyst in nsa in hawaii. revealing snowden's identity at his request. he grew up in north carolina and maryland. snowden said he decided to leak classified information because of concerns about the nsa's top secret surveillance program. >> i sitting at my desk certainly had the authority

i'm anne-marie green. this is the final day of the current supreme court term, and the court is expected to rule on two high-profile cases involving same-sex marriage. one involves federal law, the other the california state law that bans it. 12 states recognize same-sex marriage. more than 30 have laws prohibiting it. tara mergener is at the supreme court. good morning, tara. >> good morning, anne-marie. well, the waiting is almost over, and today's announcement by the high court will have national implications. believe it or not, this was an issue that barely existed just a decade ago. >> what do we want? >> equality. >> protesters and supporters of same-sex marriages have been stationed outside the supreme court anticipating rulings on two cases involved those rulings. first involves a state-wide ban on same-sex marriages that california voters approved in 2008. >> it affects over 7 million voters in california who want to protect marriage. >> it could impact up to 35 states which have approved similar b

i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning colorado firefighters are battling the most destructive wildfire in colorado history. the black forest fire burning northeast of colorado springs has killed at least two people and destroyed at least 360 homes. it's one of three major forest fires burning in colorado. some 40,000 people have been ordered to evacuate, and it was the first evacuation order issued within the colorado springs city limits. the monster fire is so intense firefighters were pulled out. valerie castro of our denver station kcnc is in colorado springs. >> reporter: the black forest fire has now claimed two lives. the bodies were discovered inside the burn area thursday. their location near a car at a home indicates they were trying to leave their home for safety but the flames quickly moved in. >> another sad day. >> reporter: on day three of the black forest fire, officials released the details of the black forest fire the devastating news that so many feared. >> we recently in the last few h

i'm anne-marie green. the summit of leading industrial nations concludes today. today's session in northern ireland includes discussions on taxes, trade, and intelligence leaks, but yesterday's conversation was dominated by syria. during a difficult one-on-one meeting between president obama and russian president vladimir putin it was clear the two leaders have, as putin put it, opinions that do not coincide. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. that is putting it mildly. heading into day two of these talks, it's clear that these world leaders want a diplomatic solution but these two, president obama and president putin, could not be farther apart on which side should get military aid. the second and final day of the g-8 economic summit is under way this morning. but these images can best sum up the conference so far. president obama and russian president vladimir putin looking very uncomfortable following a two-hour meeting yesterday. >> they had a v

anne-marie? >> susan mcginnis in washington. >> thank you, susan. >>> there was a huge explosion in damascus yesterday. the syrian government blamed the attack on rebels. there are unconfirmed reports of casualties. also on sunday, amateur video appears to show amateurs appear to be attacking forces. there were no reports of casualties. >>> and we're learning more about the massive intelligence programs leaked by contractor edward snowden. as chip reid reports, the scope of the program appeared to be limited. >> reporter: the national security agency collects phone records on tens of millions of americans but a document sent by top intelligence officials to congress this weekend says fewer than 500 people were identified last year and all of them were expected of having ties to foreign terrorist organizations ooz. releasing that information is part of the effort by the obama to alleviate fears about the nsa's surveillance programs. white house chief of staff's dennis mcdonough appeared on cbs's "

anne-marie? >> tara mergener in washington, thank you, tara. >>> well, the same-sex marriage rulings came ten years to the day after a supreme court ruling that struck down anti-sodomy laws. in his dissent in that case, justice anthony scalia said that it would lead to same-sex marriage. >>> now president obama is in senegal this morning, the first stop on a three-nation tour in after ka. he'll meet with the president, visit the supreme court and tour goree island. it's believed millions of africans were shipped into slavery from there, but the president's planned could be altered depending on the condition of nelson mandela. nelson remains in grave condition on life support. debora patta is in pretoria just outside the hospital where mandela is being treated. debora, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. cbs news sources tell us that some of nelson mandela's family members have been summoned urgently to his pretoria hospital this morning. they say that he has been told -- they've been told to

anne-marie? >> ashley morrison, thank you. >>> well, today president obama will nominate a former bush administration official to be the new director of the fbi. if confirmed by the senate, james comey will replace robert mueller. comey is best known for a stand off with the bush administration over the warrantless wiretapping program. and this morning we're learning more about the government's far-reaching nsa surveillance program. two in documents published by the "washington post" and britain's "guardian" indicate that nsa can keep copies of communications about citizens indefinitely. obama administration officials say information gathered on americans is destroyed. today president obama meets with the federal privacy and civil liberties oversight board that reviews anti-terrorism programs. >> and house leaders on both sides of the aisle are blaming each other after the house rejected a half trillion-dollar farm bill. the vote was 234-195. the five-year measure would have cut $2 billion a year

i'm anne-marie green. well, more members of congress are expected to be briefed today about the federal government's extensive surveillance program. fbi and intelligence officials tried to quell lawmakers' concerns on tuesday about the scope of the programs and whether individuals' rights were being trampled. a cbs news poll says 38% of those surveyed approve of the government collecting data from ordinary americans. 48% say it's okay to spy on suspected terror activity. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. while edward snowden fefrt revealed the surveillance programs remains in hiding, the debate is raging here on capitol hill over the big question, is the government too invasive into americans' lives in the name of national security. general keith alexander, director of national security agency, heads to capitol hill today to testify before the senate committee. his appearance follows a day of closed door briefings nsa officials gave to congress on tuesday ab

i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning tropical storm andrea is losing steam as it heads up the atlantic coast. andrea is moving over southwest georgia packing sustained winds of 45 miles per hour, and, of course, heavy rain. the storm triggered eight tornados as it moved across florida. cbs weather consultant david bernard says it continues to move north and as it does, it looks like wet weather. it's all going to be about the rain fall. look at this potential rainfall map. this will take us into saturday afternoon. we're talking a wide swath of at much as 2 to 5 inches of rain all the way to new england. some areas could see higher amounts. because of that, we have a number of flood watches currently in effect, specifically across the i-95 corridor. these will be in effect all day and through the nighttime hours 678 that's where we're expecting the heaviest rain. looking at the national forecast, spotty showers throughout the day, heaviest in south florida. the worst will be what's left of andrea. heav

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 landfall near florida's big bend area by later today. now, heavy rain and coastal flooding is expected. cbs's hurricane consultant david bernard is tracking the storm. >> looks like the biggest factor surrounding andrea will be the rainfall amount produced, and for that matter 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 of florida airy to ft. myers region and a tropical storm watch along the southeast coast from flagler beach, florida, to north beach, north carolina. th

welcome to the weekend and welcome back, anne marie. >> nice to be here. ank you for thinking of me. coordination. >> we have a great group of guests here in studio 57 this morning. including mary sue mulliken preparing an ultimate four may mexican dish. >>> and a bostand that got a boost on youtube. >>> but we begin with the storms that struck down in oklahoma city. that same area devastated less than two weeks ago when the twister leveled much of the oklahoma city suburb of moore. anna werner in el reno. good morning. >> large tornado, large tornado right there! >> reporter: the outbreak of deadly twisters touched down in central oklahoma during rush hour yesterday. blasting the reason with heavy rain, baseball sized hail and winds up to 100 miles per hour. storm chasers captured the violent storm from inside their vehicle as it blew massive heaps of debris across the highway. a weather channel truck traveled 200 yards before slamming it to the ground. >> rapidly rotating right next to us. >> despite warnings to take cover, many hit the highways trying to

anne-marie will soon be the president of the new america foundation. bret stephens is not the president of a think tank yet, but he is the foreign affairs columnist and deputy editor at the "wall street journal." anne-marie, obama goes to berlin again. from 250,000 people it goes down to 10,000. is there more to it than just the fact that he was the great white hope, so to speak, and now is an actual president? is there more to the damp reception? >> well, the damp reception was also 100 degrees fahrenheit, so that did have something to do with it. it is incredibly hot. but, you know, honestly i think people have realized that obama is still pursuing u.s. interests. and particularly on issues that the europeans cared about enormously, like closing guantanamo. he hasn't delivered on some of those. the drone strikes, that's something that's very sensitive. so some of it really is recognizing he may be an american president they like a lot better than other american presidents, but he's still an american president and he's still pursuing american terests

i'm anne-marie green. actor james gandolfini never thought he was a big deal, but this morning gandolfini is being remembered for his huge talent and good nature. he died suddenly in italy at the age of 51. no cause of death was given. it was his role as the tough and emotional crime boss tony soprano that turned gandolfini into a star.

i'm anne-marie green. well, as if the case of edward snowden didn't already look and sound like a spy novel, now the former security contractor who leaked details of a government secret surveillance program is racing around the globe in order to escape extradition to the

captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, good to be with you, i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning, the taliban launched an attack against the heavily grounded presidential compound in kabul, afghanistan. the cia afghan station and the afghan ministry of defense were also targeted. the attacks started with gunfire which was followed by a car bomb. the gun fight lasted 90 minutes. it's not known if president hamid karzai was in the compound at the time. the afghan army said all the attackers were killed. school children walking to class were caught in the gunfire, but it's unclear if there were any other casualties. >>> and the mystery surrounding edward snowden is getting deeper by the day. the exact whereabouts of the man who leaked sensitive security secrets remains unknown this morning. snowden who is trying to avoid extradition by seeking asylum in ecuador is believed to be in russia, and u.s. officials are

anne-marie slaughter to you first, let's talk about susan rice. to begin, we heard the president call her fierceless and tough. how is she going to fit in with the foreign policy team? >> well, i think she's been a core member of the foreign policy team from the beginning. i mean, really, as a u.n. ambassador, she's been in the white house, in and out of the white house the whole time. she's played a key role. this is not going to be that much of a transition i think for the white house in terms of policy. >> woodruff: but, richard haass, she's going to be just a few steps away from the president down the hall in the west wing. we also heard the president say it runs-- she knows how to throw an elbow, that it runs in her family. what does that say? >> well, you know, that may well be true, but what we need is a national security adviser who ready can wear two hats. on the one hand in this case she will have to be the principal honest broker, the person who makes sure the president is well served by the process, he gets the advice he wants, that de

so i want to give a big round of applause to anne marie. as everybody in the room knows she's a force of nature and that's all i have to say and to futures without violence and for this beautiful facility. we got support from the school district and various people and terrific from the mayor's office and of course the mayor and the bully project. we couldn't be more grateful. from the san francisco police department from greg sir to denise flair erty and cheryl jennings and the girl friday and kept us moving all day and to the communications that we got the word out through the media and laura who kept us moving today and financial support. if you read about the justice department in the paper you know we can't pay for anything. when people come to my office quite literally i can't give them coffee. people think the government is high flying and i am here to tell you it's not true. there was support for this event and we couldn't be more grateful to the people that made this possible and the rosenberg foundation and they are here, the san f

i'm anne-marie green. well, the president is in northern ireland this morning for the start of the two-day g-8 summit. mr. obama arrived the morning for a meeting with seven other 4r50eders of the world's top economic powers, but while the world is discussing trade and what to do about the ailing economy the war in syria is about to dominate. >>> security is tight at the lakeside golf resort where this summit is being held. along with syria, another topic that might come up is some top-level eavesdropping among foreign diplomats. president obama is on his way to northern ireland to meet with world leaders at the g-8 summit. syria is not normally on the docket but is expected to dominate the talks. >> there are very being differences between the analysis of what happened in syria and who is to blame. president vladimir putin says the rebels in syria are terrorists and barbarians who have even practiced cannibalism. >> are these the ones you want to support? are these the ones you want to give weapon ons. >>

i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the investigation into the irs. three separate congressional committees and the justice department are looking into whether the agency illegally targeted conservative groups. today members of those groups testify on capitol hill and an inspector general's report will be released outlining spending controversies. all that after the acting director of the irs told lawmakers on monday that americans have lost trust in the agency. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. today a house committee will hear from small government groups who claim the irs put them under extra scrutiny but now the agency is under some scrutiny in another scandal. allegations of excessive spending by the irs on itself. videos like this one produced for the irs were shown at agency conferences from 2010 to 2012 with taxpayers picking up the tab. an inspector general's report out today will show that's just part of some 50 million taxpayer dollars the irs spent

ann marie rodgers from the planning department. this item for 90 9c street results from a previously zoned public property to a umu zoning district. this was heard both pi historic preservation commission in february and planning commission in march. both recommended approval of the ordinance because it does ~ take something that was under a public ownership and is now under private ownership. and it puts in place the proper zoning, which is the zoning that the adjacent parcel have on it, umu. so, we're going from a publicly owned property that used to be zoned public. now that it's privately owned we would like to rezone it to be consistent with the neighboring parcels to umu. >> thank you, ms. rodgers. colleagues, any questions or comments? is there any public comment on item number 5? >>> thank you, supervisor. john kevlin here on behalf of the property owner in consideration of the committee's time, ann marie did a great job describing the proposed rezoning. i just want to make the point there's no project proposed for the site

i'm anne-marie green. i'm anne-marie green. i'm anne-marie green.you. it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." there is a shakeup in the white house this morning. tom donilin is out and ambassador susan rice is taking on an important new role. >>> robert f. kennedy was shot 45 years ago today. our own michelle miller learns new details behind the connection to that event. >>> and does this look like fine art to you? we'll show you why somebody paid big bucks this morning to photos taken by a chimp. yes, a chimpanzee. but first here's a look at today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >>> the players involve ready said to be some of the biggest names in the game. >> the founder of a florida clinic is agreeing to cooperate fully with investigators. >> i don't know about the 100 games, but remember that players' association is going to back their players up. it's going to be tricky. >> cbs news has confirmed tom donilin will be resigning and will be replaced by susan rice. >> when she didn't get the job, people at the white house said this was a real disapp

. >> my name is anne marie. i represent in north of market community benefit district, the tenderloin. we are very excited to have your company coming in. just talking about the burning man twist, that is an interesting phrase. this may be premature. any ideas in place to affect our immediate neighbors? especially the children in the tenderloin. there are more children per capita than anywhere else in san francisco. i see it as a fantastic opportunity to collaborate. >> the we moved in and everyone is talking about going up, but when we came in, we did a press conference. we said, we are immigrants here. we want to learn, we want to meet the people that live here. and we are getting to know people better. i will give you an example of something that could be done. i had an idea, based on an installation that i saw in europe. i am struck by the fact that there are more children in the tenderloin than anywhere in san francisco. people are amazed by this. it is a wonderful opportunity down here. by law, it will be

. >> woodruff: anne-marie slaughter, do you see policies changing under susan rice, and specifically with regard to syria? >> well, you agree with richard that i think the president makes up-- definitely has his own views on this. i think he's getting lot of different advice. i disagree on the merits. i think he's making a real mistake. i think in the end what has been a war in syria is going to turn into a conflagration across the middle east. the one thing susan rice brings there that's very important-- she was in the clinton white house under rwanda, and she saw what happened when something that originally was a humanitarian call to intervene in a genocide went unaddressed, and the result is we have a war across central africa where two million people have died and it is a tank strategic problem. so i think she and samantha power both understand the ways in which the humanitarian and the strategic are often actually intertwined. >> woodruff: richard haass, does that suggest that between the two of them, and particularly in the case of rice, that there will be more-- there will be

rachel, age 29, loren, age 30, anne-marie murphy, age 52, mary, age 56, all killed in the sandy hookster, jillian soto. >> on friday, june 14, it will mark six months since my older sister was brutally murdered in her first grade classroom. my sister vittori went to school that day to teach her first -- victoria went to school that day to teach her first graders and was faced with the situation that she could have never imagine. a situation that most people will never have to face. around 9:35 a.m., an armed man walked into sandy hook elementary school and opened fire and kill took 26 people within the school. 20 of the people were 6 and 7- year-olds, and six educators. one of those educators was my older sister. i am here today to remind congress what happened to my family, to remind them of what keeps happening in america. 5000 more americans have died due to gun violence since december 14. and there still hasn't been any federal action to protect us from gone violence. -- gun violence. just last week, more people were murdered in santa monica because a man who had access to a gun

i've indicated to melinda and certainly ann marie and her coordination of this, we will be on the forefront with our school district and our administrators and our commissions to work together with the bay area to end this, to talk about it and expose it and to continue really carrying out a promise that we have made as leaders in our very dynamic bay area. we will not tolerate intolerance and we will expose it, get rid of it, and we will educate our kids, the next generation who will hopefully inherit a better world. we've got to set those conditions for that to happen. this is why i am so appreciative of so many of the different levels of law enforcement, education and nonprofits to come together and share the practices, share what we can do, and then do what's right, continue and support those programs that will help us. so, with that, i am very fortunate and glad to share this with you and be part of this afternoon's great conversation and thank you again for all of your commitments. i appreciate it very much. (applause). >> mr. mayor, thank you so much, thank you for showing up two day

> good afternoon and thank you for paying close attention to this issue and thank the staff and anne marie conroy for putting this together and us part of it and i will acknowledge theresa who works on my staff as chronic absteism and involved with the oakland school district and i partner with tony smith and this man brought innovation to the oakland school district which has a lot of challenges which he may go into. i won't. so i really echo what jeff said about soft or hard power but let me tell you from my standpoint. i have a nephew who was in school and was bullied and there were sexual overtones to it and the result is he left the school and i spent time working with the school and my district and it wasn't my area and educate them about what bullying meant and in the most heinous way described to them and it went no where and that gave me the lesson in life we have children that are in fear when they go to school so they don't go and my priority is to have safe schools and they can be educated and create their path to a successful future and it's a healthy environment and bullying