there are signs of progress, as ben tracy shows us. >> reporter: these are the sounds of resilience. just three days after the tornado, darren thought it was time to be mofrg. moving. >> get the girls back to work. >> reporter: his wife's beauty salon was torn down by the tornado. >> we have to move on with our lives. >> reporter: some are moving on the hard way. today 59-year-old dean wells was laid to rest. >> wish it was him. i wish i was with him. >> reporter: even as one life ends a new one together begins today in joplin. >> there has been a lot of obstacles but we finally made it. >> reporter: e-ron and brock were high school sweet hearts. he shot this video through the streets on sunday searching for his sister. >> it was pure chaos. >> reporter: they found her and grabbed brook's wedding dress from a tailor on main street. they thought about cancelling getting married today but thought this is what the town needs. >> i think everybody is ready to do something happy. you know, we had half the people helping us out in the church lost their houses, my sister, her brother, a bun

ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >> couric: in northeast china, a life-and-death drama played out seven stories up. a jilted bride in her wedding dress climbed out on a ledge. her fiance had run off with another woman days before their wedding. just as she tried to jump, a police officer grabbed her by the neck, and she was pulled to safety. she's now undergoing a psychiatric examination. up next, a tale of two cities in the heart of the flood zone. ,, million dollar effort by political foes to uncover scandal next on cbs 5 >> couric: we end tonight along the flooded mississippi. a new forecast says the river will not surge over a levee protecting thousands of acres of farmland near vicksburg tomorrow. and at natchez today a 15-mile stretch of the river of reopened to cargo traffic. it was shut yesterday for fear of the wakes from tugboats and tankers could put too much pressure on the levees. natchez hasn't just opened its shipping lanes. it's also opened its doors to its sister city across the swollen river, vidalia. dean reynolds reports any sibling rivalry has been set aside in the

ben tracy is in joplin. ben, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, harry. much of joplin tonight still looks like a war zone. streets like this completely impassable, and then look at this. the second story of this home was sucked right into the street by the storm. but, of course, the biggest toll here is still human and many families who are still waiting for news of their loved ones are finding that wait unbearable. >> i just wanted to at least hand it out, you know? >> reporter: all the hayward family can do now is wait. >> she was missing since the tornado? >> yes. >> reporter: for five days robert, caleb and their 14-year- old sister christina have been longing for this woman. her name is deeann. she's their mom. what's it like not to have your mom at home? >> kind of different. >> reporter: really different, i would imagine. >> yeah. >> reporter: what do you miss? >> um... her laughing. she always makes us laugh. >> reporter: just before the twister tore through joplin, deeann went to town to pick up sunday dinner at this pizza hut. >> they were goin

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from joplin, here's ben tracy. >> all of them, all of him memories are here.them. >> reporter: mary hazelbaker is 83, no children, no husband. >> yeah, he died in >> yeah, he died in '82. >> reporter: and now not much else. >> my stuff. this is my stuff. >> reporter: she does have eileen. she drove in from kansas. >> we're sisters, can you tell? >> reporter: but this mess is too big for two sisters to handle. >> i'm sore, too, and i didn't do a whole lot. >> reporter: yet shortly after the tornado left, help arrived. >> we prayed that morning that if there was a need that we would know it and god works these things out. >> reporter: tammy davis and her son daniel heard about mary on the radio. they showed up, even if this is where a 12-year-old wants to spend his holiday weekend. >> well, i would rather be places, that's the honest truth, but it's just a good feeling to be out here helping her. >> that's my keepsake. >> reporter: mary lived here for 50 years, she had countless things but only cares about one box. what's in the box? >> pictures. >> reporter: st

ben tracy is in joplin with more. ben, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, harry. it's been about four days now since the tornado basically turned this town upside down, and, as you mentioned, those missing people, the search for them is getting increasingly desperate. as you can see, the wreckage here stretches for miles, and while some families are still looking through it, others now have a reason to stop. for more than three days, michelle hare has been searching for something she can not replace: her 16-year-old son lance, tossed in his car during the tornado. >> his backpack was still inside of it. >> reporter: when we talked to her this morning, michelle was still positive. do you still have hope? >> i... obviously, i have to. >> reporter: but just minutes after our interview, a police officer arrived. what happened? >> um... i have gotten a visit from the joplin police department notifying me that my son has been identified. >> reporter: he's dead? >> yes, correct. but it is... it's in some way a comfort to at least know that he's in a better place and that

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ben tracy on the slow signs of progress. >> these are the sounds of resilience.t three days after the tornado, darren cullen decided it was time to get moving. his wife's beauty salon was cut down by the twister. now it's growing again. >> a lot of people standing around staring a the the rubble and at some point we'll have to roll up our sleeves and start throwing stuff to the road and move on with our lives. >> some are moving on the hard way. today 59-year-old dean wells was layed to rest. he died in his orange apron when the tornado tore through the home's home depot. >> wish it was him. i wish it was him. >> but even his one life ends, a new one together begins today in joplin. >> there's been a lot of obstacles, but we finally made it. >> aaron and brock were high school sweethearts. aaron shot this video last sunday as they ran through the streets of joplin searching for his sister. >> it was pure chaos. >> they found her and also grabbed brooke's wedding dress from the tailor on main street. they are getting married today. they thought about canceling, bu

and ben tracy has the story of one person who survived the tornado and all of them trying to help her put her life back together again. >> all my memories are here. r mary is 83, no children, no husband. >> he died in '82. >> reporter: and now not much else. >> my stuff, just my stuff. >> reporter: mary lived here for 50 years. she had countless things but only cares about one box. what's in the box? >> pictures. >> reporter: stuff you want to see. >> pictures i can't replace. >> that's all we're looking for. >> reporter: suddenly about 30 volunteers appeared. i don't know them but that don't make no difference. i like them. >> reporter: they lifted her furniture and her spirits. >> on behalf of the disaster, we'd like to pray with you. >> i appreciate it. >> amen. >> reporter: the davis family took mary in for five nights and got her into this home set up for tornado victims. you're going to be all right. >> i'm blessed, i'm just blessed. >> reporter: when mary's new friends came to see her today. >> i have something to show you. >> reporter: they found a certain box. >> my marriage

i know. >> reporter: ben tracy, cbs news, joplin, missouri. >>> and another amazing story of survival here. after the april 27th tornado, remember that one that hit birmingham, alabama, a dog named mason was found by his owners 19 days after the twister carried him away. he had crawled back home with two broken legs. an animal surgeon operated to repair his legs. now mason is recovering, learning get around on those splints, and waiting to return home to his very grateful owners. incredible story. >>> quick break, just ahead on the "morning news," the latest spacewalk for shuttle astronauts. plus the just-released results of the best beaches in america. this is the "cbs morning news." my whole body hurt. it was an ongoing, deep pain. i didn't understand it. i found out that connected to our muscles are nerves that send messages through the body. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia -- thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. and l

ben tracy has more. >> reporter: this picture, taken in 2000, shows arnold schwarzenegger, an unknown and the woman he is believed to have fathered a child with more than a decade ago. mildred patricia baena was a housekeeper at the mansion of the former governor shared with his wife maria shriver. she worked for the couple for 20 years. she and her teenage son live in this four bedroom home in a middle-class neighborhood. >> just a really, really nice kid. it's a kid you want to have. you know. my husband taught school, high school for over 35 years, and there's not too many kids like this. >> reporter: the child was reportedly born in october of 1997. a week after maria shriver gave birth to the couple's youngest son christopher. divorce papers show that less than a month later, baena separated from her husband, claiming they had no children. schwarzenegger was supporting the child, and has been ever since. the former actor and politician has been hounded by cameras since admitting to fathering a child, and keeping it hidden for all this time. maria shriver, who moved out in january

but this week in los angeles, ben tracy met a few of the whiz kids he's counting on. >> i can get itck that blue ball in any 3-d environment. >> reporter: at the largest science fair in the world, there's no limit to the imagination, whether it's this virtual reality computer system. >> the connect sensor is pick you will all ten of my fingers. >> reporter: or a drum set built right into a pair of pants. 16-year-old marion bechtel from lancaster, pennsylvania, created this acoustic device to detect landmines. >> a lot of people say it sound likes a light sabre. >> reporter: right, it does, like star wars. >> yeah. >> reporter: austin of maryland has an idea with more legs. >> i'm applying what the human mind does to allow robotics to advance further than it already is. >> reporter: how old are you. >> i'm 17 and i'm a senior in high school. >> reporter: but there is growing concern that the united states is not producing off austins and marions. among 34 industrialized nations, american 15-year-olds currently rank 17th in science and a dismal 25th in math. that's why tech companies s

ben tracy, cbs news, los an angeles. >> couric: now to a feat that seems superhuman.swiss daredevil flew over the grand canyon last saturday wearing custom-made wings strapped to his arms. a jet pack supplied the power. yves rossi, better known as "rocket man" flew for eight minutes 200 feet above the rim before deploying his parachute and landing on the canyon floor. and coming up next, can the forces of good defeat weevil? take action. take advil. save on advil with our special coupon in select newspapers on may 22. your advertising mail campaign is paying off! business is good! it must be if you're doing all that overnight shipping. that must cost a fortune. it sure does. well, if it doesn't have to get there overnight, you can save a lot with priority mail flat rate envelopes. one flat rate to any state, just $4.95. that's cool and all... but it ain't my money. i seriously do not care... so, you don't care what anyone says, you want to save this company money! that's exactly what i was saying. hmmm... priority mail flat rate envelopes, just $4.95 only from the pos

but today ben tracy reports the outside world learned the secret the former governor had been keeping from his wife and almost everyone for a decade. >> your governor for the next four years, arnold schwarzenegger! >> reporter: maria shriver was her husband's biggest backer. many say she's the reason he was elected california's governor. >> i know how many votes i got today because of you. ( cheers and applause ) yes. >> reporter: but what she did not know at the time was that schwarzenegger had a secret. at least ten years ago he father a child with a woman who worked in their home. he's reportedly been supporting the child financially ever since including his seven years in office. the bombshell of a headline in the "los angeles times" this morning forced shriver to respond. she said: shriver reportedly learned the news in january and moved out of their los angeles home. >> we both love each other very much. >> reporter: the couple announced their separation last week. now in a statement, schwarzenegger says: this revelation makes schwarzenegger's 2003 run for governor seem incredib

ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >>> coming up a little later on "the early show."est on the evacuations in the south as floodwaters continue to rise. >>> plus, an update on congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she will watch her husband lift off in space shuttle "endeavour." >>> and the ultimate redemption for boston rob mariano. he won "survivor" last night. this morning, he will get a check for $1 million. must be nice. all that and more coming up a little bit later on "the early show." for now though, that will do it for this morning's edition of the "cbs morning news." appreciate you watching. i'm terrell brown. take care, everybody. watching. i'm terrell brown. take care, everybody. .

>> cbs' ben tracy in joplin for us this morning. ben, thank you. >>> you see the pictures, you see the images that you've been, i guess, subject to the last couple of days and the damage, it seems beyond comprehension. the personal sense of loss beyond a personal understanding. what would this experience be like for a child? we visited a ymca that's being used as a makeshift day-care center. all the schools in joplin are now closed and the children told us of their experiences in their own words. >> hi, i'm ciera, c-i-e-r-a. >> how old are you? >> 8. >> my name's ebony butler. >> i'm 12, and she's 11. >> 10! >> oh. >> i live in joplin. joplin, missouri. >> let's go back. >> my mom was in the store and we heard the sirens going off, so we went into our basement. >> i was at church whenever the storm began. my grandma rushed me home, because the tornado was kind of coming. >> my heart was beating so fast, i could barely breathe. >> the scariest part whenever my dog freaked. >> i was so scared. we heard like strong winds and stuff. and

cbs news national correspondent ben tracy is in joplin with more. good morning, ben. >> reporter: good morning. this is not the holiday weekend people had in mind here in joplin. so much still to clean up. but you know, almost everywhere you go in this town right now you also see a lot of this, american flags are everywhere, signs of mourning and hope. for lisa hartman this is especially painful. her fiance, jay petty, was an army ranger for two years serving his country. >> he had this dedication to -- he never stopped. it was like he was always on a mission. >> reporter: but petty did not die on a battlefield. he lost his life here when the tornado tore through missouri he was outside, across the street from this building where both he and liza worked. >> my supervisor is the one that found him. and he came and just hugged me. said i'm sorry. >> reporter: but there is also much to be thankful for here. those who survived gathered for a moment of silence sunday at 5:41, one week earlier that's when the tornado so violently changed their town. also o

cbs news correspondent ben tracy is in joplin with the latest. ben, good morning. >> good morning, rebecca. it's hard to tell but i'm standing inside of what was once someone's home. this appears to have been somebody's bedroom. when you walk around here there are clothes and shoes from someone's closet everywhere. even a stack of intact and unopened mail. but, of course, the priority here in joplin right now is identifying those who have died and notifying their families. and while that process continues, so does the enormous task of cleaning all of this up. there is so much in the way, and yet so little left. >> just -- nothing. i figured the garage would survive. >> reporter: so now it's the small things that are big needs. >> hello. >> we need some food. >> food and water? >> food and water. this community just really came together and bonded together, and helped one another. and it's amazing. >> reporter: 20,000 volunteers have registered to help. shelters are housing the homeless. aid is pouring in from individuals and corporations across th

ben tracy is on the doomsday watch. >> reporter: hollywood has been obsessed with the end of days for decades. mankind has struggled with the implications for centuries. >> they talk about the signs of the times which we have seen some. >> reporter: if these signs of judgment are correct, welcome to apocalypse now. >> i have to think about that. but i won't have much time to think about it, will i? >> reporter: you may have seen one of these 1200 billboards. they are the work of this man, 89-year-old christian preacher harold camping, owner of the family radio network. >> you and i are living at the time of the end of the world. >> reporter: his followers have spread the word of the world's end all across the globe, reportedly using donations to pay for it. >> there's going to be a huge earthquake that's going to make the big earthquake in japan seem like a sunday school picnic. >> reporter: he says it will first strike figee and new zealand, then work its way around the world. it appears to be late. by camping's own estimates, it should have hit there already hours ago. >> it's parti

cbs news national correspondent ben tracy is in los angeles this morning with details. ben, good morning. >> good morning, jeff. in the long time couple announced their split last week, a lot of people were wondering why. well, now we know. we also know why maria shriver moved out of the couple's los angeles mansion months ago in a bombshell announcements, former california governor arnold schwarzenegger now admits to faring a child with a long-time household staffer, causing the previously unexplained rift in his marriage tomyria. he tells today's "los angeles times" "after leaving the governor's office i told my wife about this event which occurred over a decade ago. last week they announced they had separated after 25 years of marriage but made no mention of a reason for the split. immediately after that announcement, schwarzenegger sounded like a man hoping for a reconciliation. >> we both love each other very much. we are both fortunate to have a four extraordinary children and we're taking one day at a time. >> now a contrite schwarzenegger is sparing himself nothi

but ben tracy reports more families are getting an unwelcome reason to stop searching for their loved ones. >> reporter: for more than three days michele has been searching for something she cannot replace. her 16-year-old son lance tossed in his car during a tornado. >> his backpack was still inside of it. >> reporter: when we talked to her this morning michele was still positive. >> do you still have hope? >> obviously i have to. >> reporter: but just minutes after our interview, a police officer arrived. >> what happened? >> i have gotten visits from the joplin police department notifying me that my son has been identified. >> he is dead? >> yes, he is dead. but it is in some way a comfort to at least know that he is in a better place and that we don't have to wonder if he is out there needing us. >> reporter: many families are still looking for an answer. even with in list of the missing now posted there is a lot of confusion. >> we know their whereabouts. >> reporter: those that put the list together now admit it is not entirely accurate. >> we know there are individuals on that

ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >>> in the bay area, the judgment day prediction came and went. a group including gay activists, atheists, and a member of the church gathered outside the oakland radio station that has been spreading word of the rapture. they have been hearing about for months. >> distorted the truth of the bible and so we are just here to reach out to people and make sure that we counter harold's message. >> the man who made the prediction, harold camping, has not been heard from since the passing of the 6:00 p.m. deadline. his associates say he left the radio station and said he did not plan to return. >> an extensive man hunt for an armed robber. mill valley police say a masked man stole more than $10,000 from a precious metals dealer today. the robber went into the precious metals around 10:15 this morning and forced employees to open the safe. >> the business was open at the time the suspect came in the business with his handgun and i'm assuming demanded the money. there's no audio. there's only video. >> for two hours, police along with the sheriff's office

ben tracy cbs news, los angeles. >>> may have appeared to be another sign of the rapture. a volcano erupting in iceland. the volcano is the most active in the country and sent a huge plume of smoke thousands of feet into the air. but scientists say it is unlikely to cause the kind of air traffic disruptions we saw last year from another icelandic volcano. >>> a muni rider remains hospitalized tonight after being stabbed with a screwdriver on the 14 mission bus. police say a fight broke out between some teenage passengers around 8 p.m. last night. the victim is in his 30s. it is not clear how he became involved. surveillance camera video from the bus is being reviewed. >>> mill valley police are looking for a gunman who held up a gold dealer this morning. they say the masked man entered pacific precious metals and forced employees to open the safe. he got away with about $10,000 in cash. police are reviewing the stores surveillance video. >>> and what was once harvey milk san francisco campaign headquarters will become a suicide crisis call center. grand opening of the harv

we'll be stronger than ever. >> reporter: for sunday morning, this is ben tracy in joplin, missouri.od: alaska's former governor sarah palin kicks off an east coast bus tour in washington fueling speculation she'll soon become a candidate for the republican presidential nomination. former new york city mayor judy giuliani is expected to visit new hampshire later this week. he'll also be in the field of g.o.p. contenders. passengers and crew had to scramble to get off a delta airlines jet in atlanta yesterday. a fire broke out after touchdown. the cause, either a blown tire or jammed brakes or both. nobody was hurt seriously. lockheed martin the government's top information technology provider yesterday disclosed it had detected and thwarted what this company called a significant cyber attack on its information systems about a week ago. lock heed says no data was compromised. now for today's weather. some rain will fall in the midwest and on the northern plains. but it will be sunny and warm across the south and along the east coast. for most of us the memorial day forecast looks even

ben tracy is here this morning. good morning. >> good morning, chris.er husband's revelation is not forcing maria shriver into hiding. last night she was in chicago for a taping of one of the final oprah winfrey shows. despite her marriage falling apart, she seems determined to carry on. >> my partner, my best friend, welcome my wife, maria shriver. >> reporter: after years of support she is walking away, reportedly known about her husband's secret child since january, when she moved out of the couple's los angeles mansion. these headlines tuesday forced her to break her silence n a statement shriver said "this is a painful and heartbreaking time. as a mother, my concern is for the children. i ask for compassion, respect and privacy, as my children and i try to rebuild our lives and heal." the couple's 17-year-old son, patrick tweeted "some days you want to quit and just be normal for a bit, yet i love my family, 'til death do us apart." he signed it patrick shriver. his sister, katherine, who is 21, also twittered, this is definitely not easy but i app

cbs news national correspondent ben tracy is in joplin with the late tiff on that for us this morning. ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris thichlts the official missing persons list, 232 names on this. but later this morning, authorities here plan to release a new list that should have a dramatically lower number. in the meantime, many families continuing their search for their missing loved ones. >> i wanted to hand it out. >> reporter: these brothers and their 14-year-old sister are desperately trying to find this many would, dean hayward. she is their mom. she went to pick up pizza for her son caleb's graduation party sunday. she never came home. >> we've been looking ever since. we've been on the news and everything. >> all right, buddy. >> reporter: michelle hare's search for heir 16-year-old son lance ended on thursday. joplin police showed up to tell her his body had been identified. >> it's somewhat a comfort to at least know that he is in a better place and that we don't have to wonder if he is out there needing us. >> reporter: many families are frustrated an

ben tracy tells us the former california governor wants to stay out of the movie spotlight for a little>> i always said that i will be back. >> reporter: just last month, arnold schwarzenegger was in cannes. schwarzenegger was also said to start in three upcoming big budget films, including two new "terminator" installments. now that's all on hold. in a statement thursday, his entertainment lawyer said, governor schwarzenegger is focusing on personal matters and is not willing to commit to any production schedules or time lines. we will resume discussions when governor schwarzenegger decides. of course, those personal matters are now very public. this week, schwarzenegger admitted to fathering a child 13 years ago with his long-time housekeeper and keeping it secret. his wife of 25 years, maria shriver left him and hired a high-powered divorce lawyer. >> a week ago, i would have said it was a near certainty that he was going to be the terminator again. but now, his action hero career is in serious jeopardy. >> reporter: yet others say schwarzenegger who has movies have grossed 1:7 billi

ben tracy, cbs news, joplin, missouri. >> the hospital is such an icon to that community. >> yeah.> just incredible. i still mark the resilience of the folks in joplin. >> continue to follow it and see how they continue to rebuild. it will be a lengthy process. we'll be there for them. >> jeff glor has a check of the headlines for you. good morning once again. >> good morning once again to you. good morning to everyone at home as well. this morning in serbia, the appeal of ratko mladic to stop his extradition has been rejected. cbs news correspondent elizabeth palmer is in london with more on that. hey, liz, good morning to you. >> yes, ratko mladic's lawyers had fought his extradition on the grounds that he was neither physically nor mentally fit to stand trial. they sent a request yesterday by mail. it was received by the serbian court. we just heard it's been rejected so he'll be on his way to the hague soon. jeff? >> but liz mladic briefly got out of jail this morning, right? >> yes, although it was in a heavily armored convoy. he feels allowed to go and visit the grave of his

ben tracy, cbs news, santa clarita, california. >>> it is 42 minutes past the hour now. joplin. marysol and the danger is not over today, is it? >> it is not, jeff. you're absolutely right. as you take a look at the national picture, you can see about three quarters of the united states is getting some form of precipitation. the same area as yesterday. it's expected to get more severe weather >>> thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now over to chris. >> marysol, thank you so much. over labor day weekend in 2006, 48-year-old kathy wangler died from carbon monoxide poisoning. her husband is serving time for murder. though he says it was an accident caused by a faulty water heater. the story was featured on cbs' "48 hours mystery" friday night before we speak with dr. wangler's second wife and his son, we look at the case which started with an emergency phone call. >> 911, what is your emergency? >> my carbon monoxide detector has gone off and my wife is having a seizure. >> okay. is she still conscious? i mean is she breathing? >> reporter: dr. mark wangler has alw

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ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >>> and joining us now is cbs news legal analyst lisa bloom. morning. >> technically, this woman was arnold schwarzenegger's employee for a period of time. could sexual harassment charges be factored in at all? >> it's a great question. now, sexual harassment has a one to three-year statute of limitations. so that means he would have had to have done something within at least the last three years to bring in the older acts. he says this all happened a decade ago. nothing happened since then. if that's true, then she couldn't bring any sexual harassment claims. >> now we're only hearing about this affair now, but like you said this has been a decade. could be as long as 13, 14 years. what does it say about a potential confidentiality clause that was maybe in place? >> we have to assume that he reached an agreement with her, right? by which he paid her child support, he took care of her, potentially bought her a house, and in exchange he got confidentiality. child support sauce modifiable by a court in california. so she could always go in and sa

cbs news national correspondent ben tracy reports. ♪ men men >> reporter: these open credits are about says "two and a half men" will soon be starring an actor from that '70s show. >> he just called and offered me the job! >> reporter: ashton kutcher has signed on to fill the void left by charlie sheen's now infamous departure. >> good-bye, everybody. >> reporter: kutcher left the tv sitcom world five years ago, becoming a producer and big screen movie star. in a statement kutcher says, i can't replace charlie sheen. but i'm going to work my [ bleep ] off to entertain the hell out of people. >> if ashton fits in and people accept him for the show, who's to say it can't go on for at least three, four more years. >> reporter: charlie sheen was pulling in nearly $2 million an episode. kuchar is rumored to be making half that. sheen tells tmz the show will tank in the ratings without him. as for his replacement, sheen says kutcher is a sweetheart and a brilliant comic performer. oh, wait, so am i. >> you married a stripper. you're living every guy's dream. >> reporter: while kutcher has a