i'm anthony mason. we begin with the case of george zimmerman, charged with the killing of trayvon martin nearly two months ago. although a bond hearing yesterday set the stage for his release, the door isn't swinging open just yet. mark strassmann is outside the jail in sanford, florida, tonight. >> reporter: anthony, zimmerman does have bond approval, of course, but right now lawyer and police are involved in complicated discussiondiscussions about fre. the judge said he can go into hiding out of state and when he does leave it will likely be through the garage behind me. marx o'mara visited sem nold county jail's most famous inmate today. more than getting zimmerman out quickly, o'mara wants to get him out safety. >> we have a lot of concerns around security. >> reporter: judge lester put restrictions on zimmerman's bond-- no drugs, alcohol, or guns. no contact with trayvon martin's family. he'll also have a wear a g.p.s. ankle monitor. zimmerman has received multiple death threats and in court appea

. >> pelley: from the bandstand to the pyramid, anthony mason remembers dick clark and his entertainment empire. three secret service members caught up in a prostitution scandal will be out of a job. norah o'donnell has the story. david martin with the photographs that the military didn't want you or the enemy to see. and nancy cordes with doolittle's raiders. 70 years ago today they helped change the course of a war. >> you don't just fly over japan right after pearl harbor 1,500 feet and expect to survive it. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scot pelley. >> pelley: good evening. when american culture was upended by a revolution of rock'n'roll, dick clark was our guide, a fixture on television, almost as long as there's been television. clark died today, a heart attack at 82. "american bandstand" launched a charming life of wealth and fame that ended with the brave struggle against the effects of a stroke. we asked anthony mason to tell us about the man who spun 45s into gold. >> lady, here's chubby checkers! >> reporter: as "american bandstand" ran for mo

anthony mason has our report. >> ladies and gentlemen, here's chubby checkers. >> reporter: as "american bandstand" ran for more than three decades, at its peak playing to 20 million viewers, dick clark's ever youthful appearance earned him the nickname, america's oldest teenager. he agreed. >> the minute you grow up and the minute you mentally atrophy and freeze in time, you are old. >> reporter: clark was a 26-year-old philadelphia deejay when he took over "bandstand," a local tv show in 1956. within a year it went national. behind clark's clean-cut image, the show seemed to sanitize rock 'n' roll and make it safe for parents to allow their teenagers to tune in. >> i don't think there's anything very mysterious about the younger generation. >> reporter: as clark told edward r. morrow on cbs's "person to person" in 1958 -- >> for the very first time in theirs live they've been able to look in on their children, having fun, doing what they like to do. they finally got a common ground of understanding, so they can talk to one another for a change. >> reporter: from 1957 to 1989, clark hel

anthony mason, cbs news new york. >> it is the worst off of birds in northern california wildlife refuge in a decade and the u.s. fish and wildlife service knows what is to blame. a lack of water. it has cost up to 20,000 birds to die in the national wildlife refuge. about half the rescuers had water this year. that led to a higher concentration of birds, which increased the transmission of disease. >> is best told us that it will be nice tomorrow but she hinted that there is rain in the forecast. >> in the 7 day forcast yes we need to talk about changes on the way. but if you're trying to figure out what is on this weekend, we're shaping up to have a nice day tomorrow. senators will not be as warm. so tonight what we expect? areas of fog, low clouds, patchy fog along the coast and the day. the senators will not be too bad for the overnight hours. mainly in the '60s, we could see if you upper '40's as well. so for tomorrow we're going to see the return of sunshine, mostly to partly sunny skies. the senators today reached many spots in the south bay and east bay, into the '90s. only the v

we asked anthony mason to tell us about the man who spun 45s into gold. >> lady, here's chubby checkers! >> reporter: as "american bandstand" ran for more than three decades, at its peak playing to 20 million viewers, dick clark's ever-youthful appearance earned him the nickname "america's oldest teenager." he agreed. >> the minute you grow up, the minute you mentally atrophy and freeze in time, you are old. >> reporter: clark was a 26-year-old philadelphia d.j. when he took over "bandstand" a local tv show n1956. within a year it went national. behind clark's clean-ut image, the show seemed to sanitize rock 'n' roll and make it safe for parents to allow their teenagers to tune in. >> i don't think there's anything really very mysterious about the younger generation. >> reporter: as clark told edward r. murrow on cbs' "person to person" in 1958. >> for the very first time in their lives, they've been able to look in on their children having fun doing what they like to do. they finally got a common ground of understanding, so they can talk to one another for a change. >> reporter: from 1

anthony mason is looking into this spring's energy surprise after a winter that wasn't, no one expected this. seth doane says a switch at the top of the world is changing weather in america. hospital sticker shock. dr. jon lapook tells us why you could pay thousands more than another patient for the same procedure. and thinking inside the ring. mark phillips introduces us to the most unlikely sport we've ever seen. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. rising gas prices are like a gun aimed at the heart of the economic recovery. you've been paying more and, at this time of year, you'd expect prices to rise even further. but all of a sudden the pressure on the trigger of that gun is easing. the average price nationally tonight is $3.86 a gallon. that's down a nickel in just the past week. and look at this: a year ago today we were paying that same $3.86. this is the first time that prices haven't risen year to year in two and a half years. will prices keep dropping? is the danger over for the economy? we asked anthony mason

anthony mason looks at where the economy may be headed this election year. 20 years after the beating of rodney king and the riots that followed, john blackstone looks at how los angeles has changed. and "on the road," charles kuralt and steve hartman take us to a cadillac plant. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> schieffer: good evening, scott's off tonight, i'm bob schieffer. well, another shoe has dropped in the sex and the secret service scandal. the agency issued and internal memo today ordering new training, stricter rules on the use of alcohol, and assigning monitors from the services office of professional responsibility to accompany future advance teams of agents who go to foreign countries to prepare for presidential visits. all this after the recent debacle in colombia in which a group of agents lost their jobs after becoming involved with prostitutes. our norah o'donnell broke the story earlier today. norah? >> reporter: bob, this is it. this is the memo that was sent to all secret service employees just a few hours ago and it

an anthony mason reports the census bureau has put your relatives online online-- as they were in 1940. >> this is your family down here. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. there are at least seven dead, three wounded tonight after a shooting shooting in a small california re religious university. oakland police say they have a suspect in custody. rnooshooting erupted this afternoon at a christian school in in oakland called oikos university. lee c lee cowan is on the scene for us tonight. lee? >> reporter: scott, this is a small private university that is near the oakland international airport and the shooting that took place here this morning police believe was the result of one gunman. they believe they have that gunman in custody and school officials are saying they believe he was a former student. it it started after 10:30 when police say a lone gunman walked on to on to campus and opened fire. witnesses say they heard as many as 30 shots in rapid succession. debra lee was in class when the shooting began. >> i he

anthony mason on which way the economy is turning. angry reaction to pro-football's pay for injury scandal. from the targets and from former players. >> i'm sick to my stomach, actually. >> pelley: armen keteyian that has story. and "on the road. "build a better jump road and charles kuralt will beat a path to your door. steve hartman will be right behind him. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, firefighters in virginia beach, virginia, are searching the remains of 40 apartments looking for victims of today's military plane crash. this was the navy f.a.-18 shortly before takeoff. a few minutes later the plane's distinctive twin tail and engines lay in the burning apartment complex. both crew men ejected and survived. one ejection seat landed in a backyard. the navy says there was a catastrophic malfunction, sources tell us likely an engine failure. it appears the crew was preparing for an emergency landing. they started dumping about 2,000 gallons of jet fuel to lighte

this morning she talks about it all with our anthony mason. ♪ >> reporter: patti smith wanted to be aoet and an artist. but she became one of the most influential performers of the rock era. >> there was some kind of presumptive bravado that told me that i could do this. >> reporter: patti smith on life, love, and art. later this sunday morning. >> isn't it wonderful when some things don't change? >> osgood: the lucky one is a new film that stars the young, talented actor zac efron in a very different sort of role than we've seen him in before. with tracy smith this morning, we'll pay him a visit. ♪ break right, break left >> reporter: disney's high school musical turned zac efron into a star. and scores of girls... but please don't call him a heart throb. what do you think of that word? >> i hate it. it follows you around. you don't deserve it. >> reporter: zac efron, reluctant teen idol now serious actor ahead on sunday morning. >> osgood: today, as we all know, is april fool's day, a day for taking everything we hear with a grain of salt. our mo rocca has a whole shaker full. >> re

anthony mason shows us how much they're gambling is adding to the price of gas. with crude prices lingering about a hundred dollars a barrel since february president of bonner called for a crackdown on manipulation of the oil markets. >>> we can't afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil trade in the perception of a shortage in driving prices higher million's a speculative dollars have been flooding the world trading pits a study by the st. louis federal reserve last month found that after global demand that speculation was the second- largest contributor to well prices and accounted for about 15% to the rise. >>> high gas prices are problem family by speculators on wall street michael greenberg was director of markets for the commodity futures trading commission during the clinton ministration. did we forget excessive speculation at this market would be a dramatic surprise to the american people how low the price of gasoline would go. >>> even before the white house made its announcement republicans like mitch mcconne

. >>> anthony mason on the media titan his clean-cut image helped introduce america to rock-and- roll. as american bandstand ran for more than three decades and is being planted 20 million viewers is ever used the appearance here in the nickname america's oldest teenager he a great. >>> did you grew up the minute you mentally atrophy and freeze in time you are him. he was a 26 year-old philadelphia daily took over bandstand a local tv show clarke helped introduce amal to many of rock's biggest tax. >>> jackson 5 de klerk was involved in the early as exposure of the bands. paul stanley of kids in 2006 the clark gave his band on their first big breaks. his contribution to american music into rock-and-roll and bringing into the homes is company created thousands of ellen's a television in clinical and so close in the country's awards he appeared and many of the shows mostly, his family for years been the year as host of dick clark's new year's rocketing. even after suffering a stroke in 2004 he continued to make appearances on the program. with tickets for his wife clark would say goodby

anthony mason cbs news york. >>> and define the lowest prices in your neighborhood is cbs sf dot com/s. talk about jaw dropping yesterday 90s in the east bay now " this morning a little fog center fell dropped 27 degrees today in comparison to saturday and many of our neighborhoods did cool by 20 degrees in comparison sunday and outside as we take a bird's-eye view of the most beautiful city and the entire world looked at them little parcel that is gorgeous. has across the bay area from 59 to can fill 70 degrees in livermore and tonight overnight to the old automatic to the fifties i love our future cast scale was the clock to come by because we're looking at is a very deep but marine layer and will see a little bit of condensation the former drizzle for the morning commuters but look what happens on wednesday this is the morning commute which will be required have an umbrella any kind of a cetacean we see throughout the day on monday followed by a secondary system on thursday will be very minimal. up to about at 310 7 in. of rain in the spot the north bay otherwise it is just a big t

this morning they talk about it with anthony mason.porter: a few notes, and you know immediately. it's a sound as recognizable as any in rock history. the sound of the beach boys. ♪east coast girls are hip >> reporter: in the '60s, their california surf rock was music for an endless summer. ♪in the usa. >> reporter: half a century later, it's an indelible start of american culture. no american band has more top 40 hits. and the reunited group has just hit the road to perform them. ♪help, help me ♪get her out of my heart. >> reporter: why did you get together? >> it's the 50th anniversary of the group. it makes a lot of sense, don't you think? it's a remarkable milestone. ♪on top of the world. >> reporter: but the history of this band known for his harmonys has been anything but harmonious. for years, the three surviving original members, brian wilson, al jardine, and mike love have each toured there own band. why did you go your own way ?s >> creative expression. irritated being together for too many years or too many seasons. >> repor

anthony mason looks at what you might find when the world of the 1940s is back online. >> you cannotyour country unless your country knows you. >> reporter: the details of the 1940 census show a street-level view of a united states emerging from the great depression and on the brink of a world war. connie potter of the national archives says everybody census is a reflection of the preceding decade. >> the questions the census asks refer back to questions that the country needs to know the answers to. >> reporter: with 15% of the adult population unemployed in 1940, for the first time census takers asked about income. >> what's interesting is the highest salary you can write down is $5,000 plus. >> reporter: they also asked about education. 5% had a bachelor's degree in 1940. today it's 28%. >> reporter: now this is your family down here. >> yeah. this is exactly my family. >> reporter: david klieman will be looking for details on his parents and grandparents. what is it that excites you about this census? >> new information, new discoveries. doing family history is about being a dete

we wondered about that, so we asked anthony mason to tell us how those sanctions are working. >> reporter: the oil trade funds about half of the iranian government's budget. but under sanctions, iran's oil business has suddenly sprung a leak. the international energy agency predicts that by this summer iran's exports could be down by as much as 30%. >> it's certainly rattling the economy. and i think shaking the regime that, for the first time since the iran/iraq war is seeing its oil wealth fundamentally threatened. >> reporter: this man is a sanctions expert with the foundation for defense of democracies. last month he says when iran's banks were cut off from swift-- the system that processes global payments-- iran had to resort to barter deals. china, india, and south korea have set up bank accounts in their countries to pay iran for oil. but iran must spend that money there on goods and services it often doesn't need. it's unable to transfer the cash home. >> these asian countries really have the iranians both figuratively and literally over a barrel. they're able to buy iranian oil a

we wondered how much speculators add to the price of gasoline so we asked anthony mason to find out. >out. >> reporter: with crude prices lingering above $100 a barrel since february, president obama called for a crackdown on manipulation of the oil markets. >> we can't afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil, creating the perception of a shortage and driving prices higher. >> reporter: billions of speculative dollars have been flooding the oil trading pits. a study by the st. louis federal reserve last month found that after global demand, speculation was the second-largest contributor to oil prices and accounted for about 15% of the rise. >> high gas prices are a problem of gambling by speculators on wall street. >> reporter: michael greenberger was director of markets for the commodity futures trading commission during the clinton administration. >> if we could get excessive speculation out of this market it would be a dramatic surprise to the american people how low the price of gasoline would go. >> reporter: but speculation is not p

we asked anthony mason to find out. >> reporter: the price of crude has been slipping in the trading pits. oil fell again today as tensions with iran have eased. some of the speculators who helped push up the price have been driven away. >> there is a little bit of fear in speculators now. they realize it's not just upside to potential but down side risk as well. >> reporter: the oil price information service says that's easing the pressure at the pump. since april 6, the average price of a gallon of gas has fallen by eight cents from $3.94 to $3.86. >> it's not going to be enough to buy a boat but you'll save a bit of money. you're certainly not going to pay some of those $4.50 and $5 numbers that were talked about a while ago. >> reporter: that's finally broke an streak of 910 straight days during which gas was more expensive than it was one year earlier. 17 states have now broken below their year-ago average. but closa doesn't see a continuing downward trend and he warns be careful what you wish for. >> it's like rooting for a recession. if you really want to see sharply lower pri

anthony mason shows us where he found signs of a housing recovery. >> reporter: in phoenix, arizona, a busload of home buyers checked out foreclosed properties. >> do you have any questions about the home or -- >> reporter: for five straight months now in phoenix, one of the cities hardest hit by the recessio recession, house prices have been on the rise up another 1.2% in february. >> we're definitely seeing a turn in the market. >> reporter: michael orr, who heads the real estate isn'ter at arizona state university says suddenly, phoenix is a seller's market. >> i'm hearing a lot of frustration from people who want to buy and finding that whenever they find a home, there's five other offers already in. >> reporter: in our other cities -- denver, detroit, miami and minneapolis, prices also rose in february. but in 15 major markets, prices fell again, nine hit new post-recession lows, including atlanta, where prices are down more than 17% from a year ago. foreclosures continue to drag down prices, but the inventory of new homes on the market has been plummeting, and has now fallen to

it's all available online now, and we asked anthony mason to give us a look. >> you cannot know your country unless your country knows you. >> reporter: the details of the 1940 census released today show a a street-level view of a united states states emergeing from the great depression and on the brink of a world war. co connie potter of the national archives says every census is a reflection of the preceding deca decade. >> the questions that the census asks we go back to the... questions the country needs to know the answers to. >> reporter: with 15% of the adult population unemployed in 1940, 1940, for the first time census take takers asked about income. >> >> >> what's interesting is the high highest salary you can write down is $5,000 plus. >> reporter: they also asked about education. 5% had a bachelor's degree in 1940. today it's 28%. this is your family down here? >> yeah, this is exactly my family. >> >> reporter: david kleiman, a pr professional genealogist, will be looking for details on his parents and grandparents. what is it that excites you about this census? >> new

foreclosure were down 22% in salt lake city, and down more than 9% in hard-hit san bernardino where anthony masonells us there are signs of a turnaround. >> reporter: about 30 times a day, enrique zamora walks into foreclosed houses in southern california, to assess whether they're worth buying. >> my job is something of a scout. >> reporter: right. >> i come out here and i look. >> reporter: this day he's in san bernardino, the metro area which has the third highest foreclosure rate in the nation. what are you looking for up here? >> right here, i'm just looking at the condition of the flooring. >> reporter: zamora is an inspector for way point, a real estate company on a buying spree. how many houses are you buying right now? >> so we're buying today about five to seven homes a day. >> reporter: gary beasley, way point's managing director, says his company's already bought 1200 houses. >> by the end of next year, we anticipate buying as many as 15,000 more. >> reporter: way point has just raised $400 million from investors, a sign they see the housing market at a turning point. >> what we're do

we asked anthony mason to tell us what's behind the numbers. >> reporter: long island's tiffen company makes camera gear and lens filters. these go on the end of the camera? >> yes, if these aren't flat you have a fuzzy image. >> reporter: owner steve tiffen thought the economy looked fuzzy when we first visited him last december. so fuzzy he was hiring only temporary workers. then in march... >> we analyzed the staffing... >> reporter:... at an executive meeting tiffen changed his mind. you need more people. >> we needed more people. >> reporter: he decided to upgrade 16 temps to full-time workers with benefits. what's changed? >> a lot has changed. it's clear that what they did here in the u.s. has helped stabilize the u.s. economy. is it growing rapidly? is it booming in the way everybody would like it to? probably not but it's stable and stable is good right now. >> reporter: nationally, job creation did slow in march, but it's not a troubling trend yet. this doesn't ring alarm bells for you? >> it doesn't because the other barometers of the labor market still look relatively healt

anthony mason now with a report on how that could mean trouble down the road. >> reporter: much of america's economy moves on wheels and at new england motor freight business picked up some speed early this year. >> we have definitely seen an uptick in our daily shipments, in our tonnage. >> reporter: but craig eisenberg, chief financial officer of the new jersey-based trucking company, says business slowed in april and 2.2% growth in the overall economy just isn't good enough. >> you know, it's enough for us just to get by. >> reporter: 2.2%, not a very strong number. >> no, 2.2% growth is not strong. but that's about what we can expect from this economy. >> reporter: economist ellen zentner says cuts in government spending and hiring have reduced growth for six straight quarters now, but there are encouraging signs-- auto sales continue to rebound. they accounted for a full third of the growth in the first three months of the year. and spending on home construction and renovations helped by the unseasonably warm weather rose by the most in nearly two years. >> this is the fourth quarter in

anthony mason is looking into this spring's energy surprise after a winter that wasn't, no one expectedays a switch at the top of the world is changing weather in america. hospital sticker shock. dr. jon lapook tells us why you could pay thousands more than another patient for the same procedure. and thinking inside the ring. mark phillips introduces us to the most unlikely sport we've ever seen. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. rising gas prices are like a gun aimed at the heart of the economic recovery. you've been paying more and, at this time of year, you'd expect prices to rise even further. but all of a sudden the pressure on the trigger of that gun is easing. the average price nationally tonight is

anthony mason on which way the economy is turning.eaction to pro-football's pay for injury scandal. from the targets and from former players. >> i'm sick to my stomach, actually. >> pelley: armen keteyian that has story. and "on the road. "build a better jump road and charles kuralt will beat a path to your door. steve hartman will be right behind him. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, firefighters in virginia beach, virginia, are searching the remains of 40 apartments looking for victims of today's military plane crash.