john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >> mitchell: and that is the cbs evening news.es. thanks for joining us this sunday evening. i'm russ mitchell. cbs news in new york, scott pelley will be here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org they're getting tonight from a man who's suffered the same anguish of a missing loved one. >>> a family refuses to give up hope. the support they are getting from someone who suffered the anguish of a missing loved one. >>> the message from east bay protestors on the eve of johannes mehserle's release. >> when the signal is given we're going to walk out. >> an unusual gesture to make a point. why they say their protest proves a suicidal man could have been saved. cbs5 "eyewitness news" is next. i know you're worried about making your savings last and having enough income when you retire. that's why i'm here --

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john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >>> and in joplin, missouri, an amazing tale of survival.achshund buried in the remains of an apartment building for 11 days. that dog right there survived the tornado that destroyed much of the city. the dog after an exam by a veterinarian proved to be in remarkably good shape considering its ordeal. the woman who found him was delighted. >> that's amazing that it could make it that many days without any food or water or, you know, anybody to take care of him. >> now the humane society will try to reunite the dog with its owners. >>> this morning on "the early show" republican presidential candidate, mitt romney. i'm terrell brown. this is the "cbs morning news." [ female announcer ] in and out. out and in. now you can apply sunblock to your kids' wet skin. new neutrogena® wet skin kids with helioplex. the first sunblock designed to be applied directly to wet skin. ordinary sunblock drips and whitens. neutrogena® wet skin kids instantly cuts through water. forms a broad spectrum protective barrier. with wet skin kids, your kids have full st

john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >>> other bay headlines.taxi drivers plan to strike from noon until 2:00 tomorrow. they'll gather near city hall to protest a 5 percent charge on credit card transactions. a pricey car service is using it as an opportunity to connect with new customers, tomorrow the company is cutting its fares in half to lure people left without a ride. >>> getting a light to change may become easier for bicyclists, they have secured a 1 1/2 million dollars grant to try out devices that senses when a bike is at an intersection. they passed a law requiring these kinds of sensors when new signals are put in but the mercury news says they have not developed guidelines on the best methods. >>> a great white shark was spotted off stinson beach yesterday afternoon. the coast guard helicopter saw the shark 200 to 300 yards from shore. the lifeguard said it appears to be between 12 and 14 feet long and, as a precaution, the beach is closed to swimming and surfing until friday. marine biologists say, though, great white shark sightin

john blackstone reports. >> reporter: on a busy city street, it can be hard to guess who is unemployed bingham, 32 years old, with an mba, has been searching for a job for almost a year. >> i've never looked for a job as hard or as long as i am now. comparing today to, you know, five years ago, it's a completely different world. >> reporter: he last worked in the finance industry in san francisco. a metropolitan area that has lost 166,000 jobs since 2008. the study by the mayor's conference predicts it will be 2015 before that number of jobs returns to the region. and san francisco is recovering more quickly than many cities. detroit has lost 323,000 jobs and won't get all those back until sometime after 2021. likewise, the metro regions of atlantic city, new jersey, flint, michigan, and reno, nevada, will wait at least another decade to replace all the jobs lost in this recession. it means the competition for every available job is daunting. >> the feedback that we've gotten has been that there are a lot of candidates out there right now that have exactly the experience that they're l

of blackstone or stephen schwarzman so as a good local partner is essential in russia. may explain interest lies in the consumer sector as of risks associated with mortgages are relatively high. russia's biggest social networks going back to dot ru is going to hold an initial public offering in new york the company hopes to. get the lease to completed cheering twenty twelve analysts say the company could be worth up to three billion dollars given the high demand for tech stocks kentucky has around sixty million users worldwide with top of those in russia last month russian search engine gondek successfully listed on the nasdaq raising one point three billion dollars. that wraps up the business bullish you join me less than one us time for more. mission. couldn't take three. judges three. arrangement three risk free. loading video. of free media. bringing you the latest. from. the russian capital with. stories. to the us with. hundreds. of. mourning the fate of. syria's. agrees on another. already has them both in the. ukraine goes on trial for abuse of power. coming you

we asked john blackstone to find out what went wrong. >> reporter: for a brief moment, l.a. fans could rejoice with the team's come-from-behind win yesterday over the angels. but the mood changed abruptly today with the team's bankruptcy filing. long-time fans like george o'balle know exactly who they blame-- the team's owner frank mccourt. >> how can't he make payroll for crying out loud? >> reporter: the dodgers' financial troubles have been laid bare by the ongoing divorce settlement of mccourt and his ex-wife jamie. they bought two homes near the playboy mansion and two more in malibu. they paid $225,000 a month for a private jet and $300 a day for hair styling. the mccourts' lavish life-style was financed by at least $108 million borrowed against the dodgers. in many divorces it's the kids who suffer. in this one, it's the fans. >> i would love the old time family feeling to come back to the dodgers. >> reporter: john parker grew up faithful to the dodgers. >> i'd walk through the gate and the tunnel and see the field and it's like i'm home. >> reporter: his loyalty goe

blackstone stephen schwarzman says a good local partner is essential in russian. main interest lies in the consumer sector the risks associated with commodities are relatively high. that wraps up the business bought a new york to date now during the last in one last time for more. it is now at seven thirty pm here in moscow you with on. top stories declassified documents reveal that the u.k. was happy to hand over terror suspects to the u.s. with little regard to what would be waiting for them in secret prisons. washington's that jurisdiction hundreds ended up being tortured and abused without a trial. mourning the fate of the common currency is in serious doubt as europe agrees on bail out the debt laden greece but i just the country to get behind some savage spending cuts however some experts too late as the euro already has both feet in the grave. plus the former prime minister over the ukraine and goes on trial for abuse of power that's alleged to have cost the country millions of dollars yulia timoshenko faces up to ten years behind bars if convicted. by my c

john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >> smith: that's the "cbs evening news." i'm harry smith.ks for joining us. we'll see you tomorrow night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> firefighters call it a worst-case scenario. >> i saw from i think across the street a giant black cloud above that looked like it came from the back. >> the result, a tragedy not seen in san francisco in 15 years. >> the fire department is like a family. and we lost a family member today. >> an arrest, a line-up, a lie detector, but still no charges. tough questions for the los angeles police chief on the dodgers stadium assault case. >>> and the bay area officers accused of reselling confiscated drugs and even running a brothel? now starting to look like a federal case. >>> good evening, i'm dana king. >> i'm allen martin. >>> in san francisco tonight, the fire department is mourning the loss of one of

john blackstone investigates the la nina weather system. is gingrich out of the presidential race? bob schieffer says one of the best-known candidates has a wholesale mutiny on his hands. refugees flee as the syrian dictator cracks down. our elizabeth palmer is right there with them. and byron pitts shows us the hard times generation. an american school where 85% of the kids have no home. >> when i saw the children eating ketchup for lunch it just crushed me. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. wherever you are, chances are it's a scorcher. and we wondered what's behind it all. have a look at this. for the second day in more than half of the country the temperature reached 90 degrees or higher. baltimore and newark, new jersey set records when the mercury hit triple digits. in texas, more than 80% of the state is in a drought. in arizona, firefighters are in a losing battle against a huge wildfire. we check in first with bill whitaker on the fire line. >> reporter: this giant fire has scorched an area larger than ph

the world's largest private equity firm blackstone group is coming to russia the company maaco invest in a new state backed investment fund set up by president out of the c.e.o. blackstone stephen schwarzman says a good local partner is essential in russia as a main interest lies in the consumer sector as the risks associated with mortgages are relatively high. russia's biggest social networks come back to dot ru is going to hold an initial public offering in new york the company hopes to get the listing completed during twenty twelve analysts say the company could be worth up to three billion dollars given the high demand for tech stocks come back to his role as sixty million users worldwide but half of those in russia last month russia search engine again that successfully listed on the nasdaq raising one point we've been in davos. that's it from me you're up to date for news on our web site r.t. dot com slash business. culture is that so much different and there's a huge music issue on top of the front takes it strategy bombers long awaited plan to start drawing down troops levels

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. >> reporter: on the tough streets of chicago's gang-ridden woodlawn neighborhood, blackstone bicycles more than a bike shop. >> we want to tighten the spokes. >> reporter: here kids ages 9 to 16 are offered the chance to learn how to fix and maintain bikes and the best part is they can earn the right to pick one out for themselves for free, if they put in 25 consistent hours of work at the shop. >> take off your cap. >> reporter: last year about 180 kids took part. for some of them is it their first bike? >> yeah for some of our young people it is. seeing the child or youth earn the bike for their first time is a wonderful thing. >> reporter: aaron swanton is the youth program manager at the shop. >> i think that element of work, you know, it's really good, kind of hard work, you know, there's a lot of fulfillment you get out of learning how to fix a bicycle. >> reporter: kevin applewhite came here when he was 13 and stayed so long he's now 19 and an employee. >> you learn how to be all together i guess a better person because you learn how to be around other people. >> reporter: tha

john blackstone looks at what could be behind the unusual weather patterns. >> reporter: in hawaii, in there's snow! with people on sleds instead of surfboards. islands tallest volcanic peak does see snow in winter but its been at least 30 years since there's been anything like this. >> i don't know what it has to do with the world climate change or what but it's sort of cool. >> reporter: almost every part of the country has had extreme weather lately. some blame la nina, cyclical cooling of the pacific near the equator. in la nina years, rain patterns in the u.s. change, less in the south and more in the pacific northwest. but this la nina has been declared over and may be only a small part of a complicated mix. >> a lot of this comes down to chaos in the atmosphere. there are so many things going on and we just don't have the tools to measure every single one of them. >> one of the big things going on is a particularly strong jet stream. for much of the year, these high-level winds have been stuck in a pattern that brought lots of rain and snow to the west and north and kept the pla

. >> tom: blackstone group, one of the nation's biggest private equity firms, is being asked for more information on how it pays its executives. the company said the securities and exchange commission has requested details on a clause that gives chairman and c.e.o. stephen schwarzman sole discretion to adjust executives' compensation. the agency wants the company to disclose how pay decisions are made in future filings. >> susie: when it comes to >> susie: when it comes to digging the u.s. out of the deep jobs hole it's in, tonight's commentator thinks president obama is forgetting a key resource. here's bill rodgers, professor at princeton university. >> president obama's jobs and competitiveness council, recently offered recommendations on to quickly accelerate job creation. i applaud the council for its work, but its preliminary recommendations neglect to harness the nonprofit sector, a sector that employees over 12 million americans and has had a known increase in demand for its services. the great recession moved the nation into uncharted waters. as a result, we need to truly exp

we have two reports tonight, first john blackstone with the people behind the numbers in san francisco. >> reporter: on a busy city street, it can be hard to guess who is unemployed. lock bingham, 32 years old with an m.b.a., has been searching for a job for almost a year. >> i've never looked for a job as hard or as long as i am now. comparing today to five years ago it's a completely different world. >> reporter: he last worked in the finance industry in san francisco, a metropolitan area that has lost 166,000 jobs since 2008. the study by the mayors' conference predicts it will be 2015 before that number of jobs returns to the region. and san francisco is recovering more quickly than many cities. detroit has lost 323,000 jobs and won't get all those back until sometime after 2021. like wise, the metro regions of atlantic city, new jersey, flint michigan, and reno, nevada, will wait at least another decade to replace all the jobs lost in this recession. it means the competition for every available job is daunting. >> the feedback i've gotten has been there are a lot of candidates out

. >> reporter: on the tough streets of chicago in gang-riden woodlawn neighborhood blackstone bicycle works is more than a bike shop. >> we want to tighten the spoke. >> reporter: here kids ages nine to 16 are offered the chance to learn how to fix and maintain bikes. and the best part, is they can earn the right to pick one out for themselves for free if they put in 25 consistent hours of work at the shop. >> take off your cap. >> reporter: last year about 180 kids took part. >> for some of them is it their first bike? >> yeah, for some of our young people it is. seeing a child or youth earn a bike for the first time, it's a wonderful thing. >> reporter: aaron swanton is the youth program manager at the shop. >> i think that element of work, you know, it's really good, kind of hard work. you know, there's a lot of fulfillment you get out of learning how to fix a bicycle. >> reporter: kevin applewhite came here when he was 13 and stayed so long he's now 19 and an employee. >> you learn how to be... all together i guess a better person because you learn how to be around other people. >

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john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >>> and joining us now the news and business and economics you see steve jobsish had not to see how thin he is, as encouraging it is to see him on stage there. it's speculation not with just his health but the status of the company. >> every time steve jobs takes the stage, everybody watches him, not only for what he says but also how he looks. there's a lot of speculation given yesterday's appearance about his health, yet, as far as apple is concerned, they've yet to come out and say anything about a strategy going forward without steve jobs. it's hard to think about or talk about because steve jobs the heart and soul of this company. what's interesting to know, however, is the stock price. if people thought yesterday steve jobs unfortunately isn't going to be around for a significantly longer time, you may have analysts say see the stock price get hit a lot more significantly than it was hit yesterday. >> it was hit yesterday? >> it was. this is something we have yet to see. any time apple makes a big announcement, the stock runs up in adva

john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >> there are a few things that are better than fresh honey.n that honey is good. >> yeah. >> a tough sell for people allergic to bees or can't stand them. >> i found out the hard way i am allergic to bees. >> really? i'll never forget that first sting. >> the first and hopefully the last. >> you got them, right? >> my wife has -- they always harvested honey and got the beehives back at the place. >> bring them in, i mean the honey. >> fresh honey nothing like that. tomorrow a picture of the big white suit with the helmet. your local news is next. have a great day. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, former giants slugger barry bonds... back in court in about 30- minutes from now. he may learn today whether he will be re- tried on perjury charges. oo is >>> former giants slugger barry bonds will be in court in a half hour. he may learn today whether he will be retried on multiple perjury charges. >>> oakland police are weeding out prostitution. some residents will be watching out for johns and cars off the so-called track off international boulevard, write down l

john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >>> 41 minute past the hour now.just 20 years ago. today they're everywhere from our phones to our computers even in our cars. that means cameras that use actual film are quickly becoming obsolete. great to have you with us, seth. >> good morning, rebecca. an entire generation has grown up never having had its picture taken by a film camera. film hearkens back to a time when people were careful with every click. when photographers were considered master craftsmen. ansel adams was just 14 when he used a kodak brownie to take his first picture back in 1916 in yosemite park. >> this is one of ansel's famous prints. >> reporter: adams brought his film here at the family owned adolph gasser's in san francisco. >> the greats took a lot of time to learn how to do it right. >> reporter: amateur photographers have been pointing and shooting since 1888. film cameras have given us some of the most enduring images of the 20th century. >> always use dependable kodak film, the film in the familiar yellow box. >> reporter: but anal

john blackstone has more. >> reporter: the vastness of the earth's oceans may be matched only by the not seen since the dinosaurs disappeared 65 million years ago. says the report to the united nations. that doesn't surprise mel wickliffe who has been in the commercial fishing business for 48 years. >> humans were given their free hand, they'd wipe everything out. >> reporter: the report blames industrial fishing for scraping the ocean nearly clean of some species and crowing carbon dioxide emissions from the world's cars and factories making oceans acidic, creating dead zones. as san francisco's aquarium by the bay biologist kristina slager is surrounded by fish. but worries the worst case scenario in today's report could leave the oceans baron. >> hundreds of thousands of species go extinct, the planet is changed. >> reporter: but the scientists also say it's not too late. and mel wickliffe says he's already seen the changes can work like banning the pesticides. >> when i first started in '63, it was a big effect on the bay. now there is a viable fishery in mobt ray bay for sar dea

john blackstone, cbs news, los angeles. >> and the other good part about the dodgers, they still haveastro? >> they sure do. they sure do, jeffrey. good morning, everyone. let's take a look at the severe weather for today. this is by the way a very slow-moving system. denver you could expect to see some thunderstorms and some hail by the afternoon hours and then we're also looking at memphis and atlanta. >>> thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now over to chris. >> marysol, do you know who donny baseball was? >> don mattingly? >> do you know what number he wore? >> you think i can remember? >> just checking. now to the latest on the not so great news on the economy. new government figures show consumer spending was mostly flat in may compared to a year ago. and that's the weakest result in nearly two years. and bad news for an economy that needs more consumer spending to fully recover. obviously not great. joining us now is joann lipman a financial columnist for news week magazine. what do the newest numbers tell us about consumer spending? >> what we see with the newest numbe

john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >> what an incredible story. concussions, let's turn to dr. carolyn brocking ton at st. luke's hospital here in new york city. what a remarkable story we saw here. >> incredible. >> are injuries like his fairly common? >> his was very severe. there's a variety of the different concussions depending on the type of injury, the trauma, the force, et cetera. what's important to understand is what is a concussion. a concussion really is a trauma to the brain. and the reason why is the brain is not attached to the skull. so when the brain gets hit or the head gets hit hard, the brain bounces against the skull. that's what produces the injury and subsequently the symptoms you may see. >> let me ask you about this. a lot of parents are going to see their kids out playing, the football season starts in a couple months, not too far away. how should parents be concerned about what their kids are doing out there? >> it's very important. if your child gets hit in the head, it has to be taken seriously. any brain injury is a s

cbs news correspondent john blackstone has the story. >> reporter: the sentencing of phillip and nancyst two decades after they snatched then-11-year-old jaycee dugard as she walked to her school bus. in april the couple pleaded guilty to kidnapping dugard, and holding her captive for 18 years in a grotesque backyard compound that some described as unfit for animals. phillip garrido, 60, faces a sentence of more than 400 years. nancy faces 36 years. >> they know that garrido will go behind bars and will never have an opportunity to victimize another young girl. and the same thing with his wife. >> reporter: the guilty pleas have spared dugard, now 31, from testifying about her long captivity, during which time she raised two daughters, fathered by garrido. >> she was ready, willing and able, if called to testify. and she was prepared to do that. but, i think there's also, as a mother, the practical reality of should her children be called and drug in to all of this? >> reporter: since being freed almost two years ago, dugard has maintained her privacy. except for a photo session with "

>> >> blackstone elementary. >> did you? but you're here now. >> yeah. i go to boston college, but i was -- [inaudible] >> okay, excellent. hey. okay, so i've got to tell you -- do you know orchard gardens? check me if this is not accurate. i went out to visit a school called orchard gardens which is in the boston public system. how should i describe it? it's the school where, you know, no matter what is going wrong in your school, what people would say is at least we're not orchard or guardens, right? [laughter] -- gardens. and orchard gardens took all of the elements of the achievement act gap that i signed last year which is the, all these different tools to have, to intervene in the schools that aren't performing. every single one. they, he asked the teachers to reup. 80% of them said, this is not for me. he said, see ya later. 80% of the faculty. so he recruited from around boston, around the commonwealth and around the country. he extended the school day for an hour and a half. by the way, i've got the tell you, you know, our calendar is based on f

i believe they understood that, as william blackstone had explained, the most powerful individual in the state will be cautious of committing edney flagrant invasion of another's rights when he knows that the fact of his oppression must be examined and decided by 12 indifferent men. now determine different has achieved an entirely different meaning now but the point is clear that the jury and the fact that the powerful may have to face a jury is an important part of our constitutional structure. it is a particularly important part where money has such sway in the executive branch of government, where money has such sway in the legislative branch of government, try bribing a juror. tampering with a jury is a crime. is protected in the american system of government as our last chance for a reason. de tocqueville observed the jury is before everything apolitical institution. one on two considered as a mode of the sovereignty of the people, and in that context i think there is an additional constitutional and structural worry in a country that prides itself on its operation of government

john blackstone has been browsing with a publisher who is bound to succeed. >> reporter: at a time whennd books themselves seem threatened, benedict taschen, publisher and bookstore owner, doesn't seem worried. this store in beverly hills is one of a dozen he owns in the united states and europe. he says he's doing fine in a business where others are struggling. >> bookstores are doomed. there is no doubt. >> reporter: taschen stores stock only books he publishes. many are art books priced at hundreds, even thousands of dollars. at this event the artist cristo is signing a 754-page $1500 illustrated biography. a book cristo says only benedict taschen would publish. >> i have the best way to put the book how it should be done. >> reporter: taschen grew up in colon germany where he started in the book business as a teenager selling comics. >> i was a comic book collector. later i had a small mail order company. >> reporter: he discovered there was a market in catering to collectors and that's what he does today. publishing books as varied as $40 volumes on record covers and t-shirts to a

i believe they understood that as william blackstone had explained, the most powerful individual in the state will be cautious of committing any flagrant invasion of another's rights when he knows that the factor must be examined and decided by 12 indifferent men. now the term in different has achieved a different meaning since then but the point is clear that the jury and the fact that the powerful may have to face a jury is an important part of our constitutional structure. it is a particularly important part where money has such sway in the executive branch of government, where money has such sway in the legislative branch of government but try bribing a juror. tampering with the jury is a crime. it is protected in the american system of government as our last chance for a reason. de tocqueville observed the jury before everything apolitical institution. one-eyed to consider it as a mode of the sovereignty of the people and in that context i think there is an additional constitutional and structural worry in a country that writes itself on operation of government when it is the jury