jim. >> axelrod: mike albert in washington, thank you. eight climbers are missing tonight on washington's mt. ranier. the last time they were heard from was wednesday and at that point they were 12,800 feet up. they were expected back yesterday. later, google's search for a way to comply with europe's new on- line privacy rule when the cbs evening news continues. googled yourself and who hasn't, as it turns out there's a court. it resulted in an on-line form that asks google to remove embarrassing information. what that could mean for googlers here. >> five years ago syracuse college student peter kissler couldn't get an internship despite a 3.9gpa. it took a google search to find out way. >> i found out i shared a name with a bunch of criminals. >> instead of looking for a job he listed his college friend to start a company to improve on-line reputations. how long until you'll see things changing on your google page. >> it could be a week or it could be six weeks. more and more important to really have control over what people can find a

>> axelrod: tonight the benghazi suspect on american soil. the libyan accused in the attack that killed four americans is brought before a federal judge in washington. mark albert and juan zarate have the latest on the case against him. iraqi forces battle sunni militants to retake the northern city of tikrit. d'agata in iraq on the fight for saddam hussein's hometown. e blacbirds are dying in alarming numbers in california. bigad shaban on what's killing them off. ♪ and a final bow-- how the retiring concert master of the new york philharmonic preserved the harmony for more than 6,000 performances. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axlerod. this is our western edition of the broadcast. the libyan man snatched near benghazi and suspected in the consulate that killed four americans, including ambassador chris steven, is now on american soil. under heavy security in washington, d.c., ahmed abu khatalla made his first appearance in federal court this afternoon and pleaded not guilty to

>> axelrod: tonight, a call to arms. iraqi shiites rally against sunni militants moving toward baghdad, while the u.s. sends a carrier to the persian gulf just in case. ( gun shots ) clarissa ward, holly williams, and juan zarate have the latest on the crisis in iraq. pro-russian separatists take down a ukrainian government plane, killing all 49 aboard. charlie d'agata has the latest. who would want to put the "maid of the mist" out of business? vanita nair on the tour boat rivalry shaping up at niagara falls. >> we think it's a great company, and we like their brand. we like our brand a lot more. >> axelrod: and the ghost of the world cup. elaine quijano tells us how even after 64 years, brazil can't forget the win that got away. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. this is out western edition of the broadcast. u.s. secretary of defense chuck hagels that ordered an arcraft carrier and two other warships to the persian gulf as militant in iraq have taken c

captioning sponsored by cbs >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. u.s. secretary of defense chuck hagels that ordered an arcraft carrier and two other warships to the persian gulf as militant in iraq have taken control of large sections of the northwestern part of the country. hagel says the ships, including the carrier uss "george h.w. bush," will give president obama added flexibility in protecting american interests there. meanwhile, iraqis-- iraq's prime minister nouri al-maliki is rallying shiite supporters to fight the sunni insurgents and iraqi troops and shiite militia fighters apparently slowed down the militants' progress today. we begin our coverage tonight of the crisis in iraq with clarissa ward in baghdad. >> reporter: in baghdad's shiite enclave of sadr city, men answered the call to fight jihad. taking up arms against the sunni enemy isis, who now control two of iraq's main cities. they've threatened to take the capital as well, and today security forces in baghdad were on high alert. thousands have poured into recruitment centers and shi

." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. and this is a western edition of the broadcast. the prosecutor in new brunswick, new jersey, is charging a truck driver with death by auto. death by auto after a crash that left the comedian, tracy morgan, in critical condition and killed another comic who was traveling with him. just after 1:00 this morning, he was airlifted from the scene of the accident on the new jersey turnpike just north of trenton. he was on his way home from performing when his limo was hit from behind by a tractor trailer. vinita nair picks up the story. >> reporter: police say a tractor trailer park slammed into the back of morgan's chauffeured limo bus, overturning it and causing a chain reaction that involved six vehicles. comedian james mcnair, one of morgan's writers, was killed. four other bus passengers are in critical condition, including morgan, who was taken by helicopter to a hospital in new brunswick, new jersey. his publicist released this statement to cbs news. "his family is now with him and he is receiving excellent care. we don't anticipat

i'm jim axelrod. in the the 13 months since becoming the head of the catholic church, pope francis has developed a reputation for straight talk on issues he feehe feelsstrongly about and ns going to question that reputation after his trip to southern italy today to a stronghold of an especially brutal branch of the italian mafia. there at an outdoor maz, the pope declared the mobsters are now excommunicated. as allen pizzey reports, it's been more than 20 years since a pope took on the mob. >> reporter: stepping boldly where angels might, indeed, fear to tread, pope francis used a mass in the heart land of onest most violent mafia organization. "they are not in communion with god," he said. they are excommunicated. pope john paul ii made similar condemnations of the mafia in sicily in 1993 and the mafia responded by bombing several churches in rome. the italian police say virtually everyone here knows who is connected to the mafia and they are too terrified to admit it. the ndrangheta are deeply invol

>> axelrod: tonight, the pope versus the mafia. at an outdoor mass in southern italy, the pope says members of the italian mob are excommunicated. allen pizzey has the story. coffee jitters-- starbucks joins the industry move towards higher prices. jill wagner tells us why the cost of your latte is about to surge. soccer star hope solo is arrested for assaulting her own relatives. carter evans has the latest trouble for the u.s. national team's goalie. and... ( speaking chinese ) ( applause ) you had to be there. the challenge of doing stand-up in china. seth doane on an american comic looking for laughs on a stage in beijing. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. this is our western edition of the broadcast. in the 13 months since becoming the head of the catholic church, pope francis has developed a reputation for straight talk on issues he feels strongly about and no one is going to question that reputation after his trip to southern italy today to a stronghold of

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and jim axelrod with the d-day debacle kept secret for decades. >> reporter: they went down with the ship? >> i'm sure there are 300 people on the ship right now, dead. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> dubois: good evening. scott is off tonight. i'm maurice dubois. this is our western edition. the prisoner exchange controversy is following president obama on his trip to europe. in poland today, he defended his decision to release five high- level members of the taliban held at guantanamo in exchange for u.s. army sergeant bowe bergdahl. asked about bergdahl's actions before he was captured in afghanistan, the president had this to say: >> regardless of the circumstances, whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an american soldier back if he's held in captivity, period, full stop. we don't condition that. >> dubois: members of congress are angry they were not notified in advance of the release of the prisoners from guantanamo. last night, through a top aide, the president sent congressional leaders an apology, but n

we like our brand a lot more. >> axelrod: and the ghost of the world cup. elaine quijano tells us how even after 64 years, brazil can't forget the win that got away.

david martin and margaret brennan have the lateset. >> i have done absolutely nothing wrong. >> axelrodpro golfer phil mickelson says he is cooperating with an insider trading operation. susan mcginnis reports. with a $2 billion offer on the donald sterling says he'srs getting robbed and files a billion dollar lawsuit of his own. bigad shaban on the battle for the clippers. and the brooklyn bridge, locked and loaded. why new york city has love in its cross hairs. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news."

. >> axelrod: tonight, a call to arms.aqi shiites rally against sunni militants moving toward baghdad, while the u.s. sends a carrier to the persian gulf just in case. clarissa ward, holly williams, and juan zarate have the latest on the crisis in iraq. pro-russian separatists take down a ukrainian government plane, killing all 49 aboard. charlie d'agata has the latest. who without want to put the "maid of the mist" out of business? vanita nair on the tour boat rivalry shaping up at niagra falls. >> we think it's a great company, and we like their brand. we like our brand a lot more. >> axelrod: and the ghost of the world cup. elaine quijano tells us how even after 64 years, brazil can't forget the win that got away.

it was just part of duty. >> reporter: jim axelrod, cbs news, frederickson, wisconsin. >>> coming upis morning" more on the call on bowe bergdahl. jan crawford has the latest from washington. >>> plus, plans to build the so-called space fence to monitor dangerous space debris. >>> and comedian john oliver journey joins us in the studio. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. i'm anne-marie green. thanks for watching. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. griego. and i'm frank mallicoat >>> good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, june 4. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. it is nearly 4:30. have a little and traffic and we kick it off with mr. lawrencela, ladies and gentlemen. >> yes. thank you very much. hey, guys. we have some changes. we have some clear skies in the valleys, high pressure now building in. and those temperatures going to be heating up at least in spots. we'll talk about that coming up. >> and we have a lot of overnight roadwork out there including the northbound lan

jim axelrod reports this time it's camaros. and steve hartman "on the road" with chris rosati's father's day gift to his daughter. >> he wants me to have a wonderful life. i wouldn't trade him for a million dollars. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. once again, an american president is weighing military options in iraq, this time to try to preserve a democracy created at the cost of thousands of american lives and billions of american tax dollars. islamic extremists have seized large parts of iraq. they're getting closer to baghdad this evening, and the government there is pleading with president obama for help. today, the president responded. >> we will not be sending u.s. troops back into combat in iraq, but i have asked my national security team to prepare a range of other options that could help support iraq security forces, and i'll be reviewing those options in the days ahead. >> pelley: he's confronting a war between two bra

jim axelrod, cbs news, new york new york. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight.d -- use patents. and he's >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. >>> a bold move by the ceo of tesla telling everyone go ahead, use our patents. he is promising he won't see. good evening, i'm allen martin. >> i'm veronica de la cruz. the electric carmaker has hundreds of patents on batteries and other key features. kpix 5's simon perez is live at tesla headquarters. simon. >> reporter: this may not be as altruistic as it seems at physical blush. one marketing expert said tesla had no choice. there is no future in being a neat manufacturer of really expensive cars. >> he is trying to create the android for electric cars. >> reporter: this professor says tesla's ceo elon musk's announcement that the company will share its patents and won't sue people who use them has a lot of parallels with the cell phone battle with apple and android. >> tesla is exactly the opposite of apple strategy. >> reporter: apple says here's our product, take it or leave it. a lot of people take it. c

jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight.od night. illegal hosta-taking. ♪ homeowner draws the line, ortho deer b gon. safely keeps thieving deer and rabbits away from your plants. guaranteed. ortho deer b gon. get order. get ortho®. >>> j. lo and max? rumors are flying that these two are hooking up. but is it true? and if so, who is gonna lead that dance? >> i'm not one to really follow rules. >> j. lo will do. >> he likes to date stars, she likes to date dancers, they look like this. are they hollywood's most combustible couple? >> moving on with somebody who is a bit of a ladies man. >> tell you what she is saying as jennifer kicks off the world cup in brazil today. ♪ >>> and we have some other star couples to talk about. why is bieber posting pics with his ex, selena? >> trying to win her back? >> maybe so. >>> kim kardashian west in her honeymoon bikini. >>> also tonight, the making of paula deen's comeback on her home cookinse

,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> axelrod: tonight, the pope versus the mafia. at an outdoor mass in southern italy, the pope says members of the italian mob are excommunicated. allen pizzey has the story. coffee jitters-- starbucks joins the industry move towards higher prices. jill wagner tells us why the cost of your latte is about to surge. soccer star hope solo is arrested for assaulting her own relatives. carter evans has the latest trouble for the u.s. national team's goalie. and... ( speaking chinese ) ( applause ) you had to be there. the challenge of doing stand-up in china. seth doane on an american comic looking for laughs on a stage in beijing. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news."

. >> axelrod: tonight the benghazi suspect on american soil.he libyan accused in the attack that killed four americans is brought before a federal judge in washington. mark albert and juan zarate have the latest on the case against him. iraqi forces battle sunni militants to retake the northern city of tikrit. d'agata in iraq on the fight for saddam hussein's hometown. e blacbirds are dying in alarming numbers in california. bigad shaban on what's killing them off. ♪ and a final bow-- how the retiring concert master of the new york philharmonic preserved the harmony for more than 6,000 performances. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news."

for lesley, justin all of us here >> axelrod: tonight, the pope versus the mafia. at an outdoor mass in southern italy, the pope says members of the italian mob are excommunicated. allen pizzey has the story. coffee jitters-- starbucks joins the industry move towards higher prices. jill wagner tells us why the cost of your latte is about to surge. soccer star igot soldo is arrested for assaulting her own relatives. the latest trouble for the u.s. national team's goalie. you had to be there. the challenge of doing stand-up in china. seth doane on an american comic looking for laughs on a stage in beijing.

jim axelrod reports this time it's camaros.the road" with logan rosati's father's day gift to his dawght. >> he wants me to have a wonderful life. i wouldn't trade him for a million dollars. captioning sponsored by cbs

and jim axelrod with the d-day debacle kept secret for decades. >> reporter: they went down with the ship? >> i'm sure there are 300 people on the ship right now, dead. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

jim axelrod reports this time it's camaros.nd steve hartman "on the road" with chris rosati's father's day gift to his daughter. >> he wants me to have a wonderful life. i wouldn't trade him for a million dollars. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

gibbs, axelrod, all the guys are gone, there's a b-team and the boss is up to 170 rounds of golf. not sure they're all that smart. not sure i'm willing to give them credit for being that smart. lou: how smart do you have to be if you don't obey the law, you don't worry one little bit about destroying, it appears, e-mail after e-mail on government servers. you simply tell congress you're not going to reply and stonewall across every one of these scandals. whether it's benghazi, whether it's the va, whether it's the irs spying on journalists, fast and furious. the list goes on and on, it's unthinkable here that we would have -- half of these would not have been possible. >> they've learned to cover. yeah, well, i've learned the lesson, the benghazi, too big a trail for somebody to follow. the irs, they learned you can pull the hard drive out, take it to the driveway, smash it with the hammer and say we don't have the evidence anymore and you will never get it. nothing anybody can do know that sit there smugly and say it's over. lou: mr. gamble, they come before congress to inform th

i learned a lot thanks to others in the vp office, axelrod, gibbs, others on the president's team. to go to the other part of your question -- you know, i was talking to someone yesterday about this. i tried very hard. i was not a traditional old-school reporter in that i was not an advocate i did not take sides in my reporting. i did not feel like i had a straitjacket but on me. i felt liberated. that only works if you actually believe in and agree with the policies you are advocating. i certainly did. but the problem for people not only in this job at other jobs in a white house or administration. you take a job because it's a good career move but you don't agree with what you're doing? that's a risky proposition especially if you're having to articulate and speak about it publicly. there are strongly differing views inside the policy process. those are expressed and the president and vice president insist on that. you obviously know a lot more about what's going on when you are a press secretary. i understand what mike was saying when he said you tell the truth slowly. you only

they had axelrod in national security meetings. i don't think this president respects the generals. think this was done on the fly to distract. >> harris, we were talking before the show started about this and listening to the secretary speak. talk about what you were telling me. >> what is interesting. you gave a list of people whom the president had you'lled with, those are people you might exchange talking points with. you will not do that with general or a guy who is head of the military. you're not going to do that most likely. what you get as a guy that comes across, someone who is very confident, very smart but perhaps taking his time catching up politically. that's what we're watching today. >> right. >> he went out there and swinging at everything that is flying. one of the things earlier on, ranking democrat from washington or representative adam smith said, exactly whom were we negotiating with? we didn't get a straight answer on that. he said well, it wasn't the haqqani network who we know who are declared terrorists. can you narrow it down? do you have any idea exactly

. >> i think it is david axelrod to call your relationship with president obama a romance.[laughter] he did try the talking matter of choosing him as treasury secretary. talk a little bit about the relationship? >> i did not know him. we met -- i got a call as comedic mcm before the election. we talked. we had a little bit of common background in the sense we both lived in southeast asia when we were kids. our parents were sort of in the same profession. his mother and my father. he said to me after we talked, come to washington. i had a bunch of good reasons for not wanting to come. i think that helps because a new that i wasn't eager to come this and tried to document the. but then we had this been a lot of time together. three went through a lot of ugly , nasty, horrible decisions together. i just have the most amazing admiration for him because he is, i think, for me at least, all that you want and much more than you could hope for a president because he -- all he cared about was trying to figure out what was the right thing to do, what was going to be the most effectiv

. >> reporter: michael axelrod was one of the hosts of seaport museum event of which schneider was a guest. his take on d-day veterans. >> they saved the western world. they saved democracy. they saved freedom and they saved liberty. >> reporter: schneider is like many world war ii veterans stoic when describing his war efforts. just another soldier doing his job. but he has a lingering question after all of those fire fights. >> i don't know why i wasn't killed. >> reporter: later to become father, grandfather and great grandfather, 92 year old harry schneider thinks he was spared for a reason. >> i think i -- somewhere along the way in future generations someone is going to come through from my family and do something great. >> reporter: more than 16 million americans served in world war ii only about a million and a half are still around to share their stories first hasn't. they are stories worth hearing. told by folks who gave us the life we now enjoy. iain? >> all right. bruce, thank you very much. >>> documentary makers are raising money to send harry schneider back to normandy

. >> reporter: michael axelrod was host of seaport museum event at which schneider was a guest. his take on d-day veterans. >> they saved the western world. they saved democracy. they saved freedom. and they saved liberty. >> reporter: schneider is like many world war ii veterans stoic when describing his war efforts. just another soldier doing his job. but he has a lingering question after all those fire fights? i don't know why i wasn't killed. >> reporter: later to become a father, grandfather and great grandfather, 92 year old harry schneider thinks he was spared for a reason. >> i think i -- somewhere along the way in future generations someone is going to come through from my family and do something great. >> reporter: more than 16 million americans served in world war ii. more than a million and a half are still around to share their stories first hand. their stories worth hearing told by folks who gave us the life we now enjoy. in the newsroom i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. ♪ >> a suburban doctor arrested for child porn. what neighbors tell fox 29 they witnessed when cops

. >> i think it's david axelrod who called relationship with president obama a bromance.[laughter] you did try to talk you out of choosing your for treasury secretary budget independent longest-serving member of his economic team. talk little bit about that relationship. >> well, i didn't know him come and we met in -- i got this call in october before the election, and we talked, and we had a little bit of common background in this as we both lived in southeast asia when we're kids, when we were younger. our parents were sort of in the same profession. his mother and my father. but we did know him. he said to me after we talked, come to washington. i said you shouldn't do that. i had a bunch of good reasons for that. i think that helped all of it because he knew that i wasn't eager to come to this and tried to talk him out of it. but then we had spent a lot of time together and we went through a lot of ugly, messy, horrible decisions together. i just had the most amazing admiration for him because he's i think, for me at least, all that you want and much more that you co

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. >>> when we come back jim axelrod with a sailor's friend in the night for 2 1/2 centuries. >> the lighthousegreen gets jabbed by the coach in the black jersey and then he grabs his neck and falls to the turf. but he's okay. he got up and argued again. >> what if he was and then recovered. what if he -- >> i think he's a faker. he's a faker. >> guys can hit you in the right place and take your breath away. >> okay mama gayle. >> tony, you agroorks right? anybody, anybody. okay. moving on. a beacon on the new jersey coast -- why would you fake that? >> because you get more time and attention. >> all right. a beacon on the coast marks a major milestone. the lighthouse at sandy hook harbor is the oldest standing. jim, good morning. >> it's not just america's oldest standing lighthouse. it's america's oldest lighthouse still in operation. the lights went on here back in 1954 254 years ago today. sandy hook lighthouse than historian tom hoffman. >> how many steps have you got here? >> you've got 95 on this staircase. >> he's been giving tours here since 1975. >> how many times in 35 years have you

jim axelrod is here with a story you'll see only on "cbs this morning."techt is only 32 years old but has already sustained a concussion that required eight months of rehab. retired from football, he's now fighting a new battle to do what he can to save what's left of his memories. >> and i will remember your smile and laughter -- >> reporter: ben utecht remembers writing these words to his wife and young daughters on an airplane. >> with the brim of my hat tucked down to cover the tears coming out of my eyes on this plane, writing this love letter this song. you will always be my girls. probably the most difficult thing i've ever had to do. ♪ and i will remember your smile and your laughter ♪ >> reporter: he put his love letter to music and asked his family to help him make the video. ♪ you'll always be my girl ♪ >> reporter: but this is not just a high-end home movie, they're memories for the day he finally loses his. >> one of the things that scares me the most is to be trapped in a coffin inside my mind. to be surrounded by people that i know and that

i learned a lot thanks to others in the vp office, axelrod, gibbs, others on the president's team.o go to the other part of your question -- you know, i was talking to someone yesterday about this. i tried very hard. i was not a traditional old-school reporter in that i was not an advocate i did not take sides in my reporting. i did not feel like i had a straitjacket but on me. i felt liberated. that only works if you actually believe in and agree with the policies you are advocating. i certainly did. but the problem for people not only in this job at other jobs in a white house or administration. you take a job because it's a good career move but you don't agree with what you're doing? that's a risky proposition especially if you're having to articulate and speak about it publicly. differingstrongly views inside the policy process. those are expressed and the president and vice president insist on that. you obviously know a lot more about what's going on when you are a press secretary. i understand what mike was saying when he said you tell the truth slowly. you only do this job s

david axelrod actually said something i was agree with -- i agree with. he was trying to defend president obama in the middle of one of the scandals. there have been so many it's hard to keep track, but this is what he said -- he said the federal government is so vast, so expansive, the president could not possibly be responsible. you know, he is exactly right. that is the problem -- the government is too fast and too expansive. we have seen things that i never would have believed would have happened in the united states of america. i can build a time machine and go back in time, if i were standing in front of you years ago before president obama had taken office, if you really believed that the federal government would run up a $17 trillion debt, would you have believed me? no. if i had gone back in time and asked if you really believe the federal government was going to use the irs to go after conservative groups because of their beliefs, would you have believed me? no. if i had gone back in time and asked if you would really believe the department of j

david axelrod actually said something i was agree with -- i agree with. he was trying to defend president obama in the middle of one of the scandals. there have been so many it's hard to keep track, but this is what he said -- he said the federal government is so vast, so expansive, the president could not possibly be responsible. you know, he is exactly right. that is the problem -- the government is too fast and too expansive. we have seen things that i never would have believed would have happened in the united states of america. i can build a time machine and go back in time, if i were standing in front of you years ago before president obama had taken office, if you really believed that the federal government would run up a $17 trillion debt, would you have believed me? no. if i had gone back in time and asked if you really believe the federal government was going to use the irs to go after conservative groups because of their beliefs, would you have believed me? no. if i had gone back in time and asked if you would really believe the department of j