bob orr has more.coughing] >> the order from governor cuomo means new york pharmacists now have authority to give flu shots to children between 6 months and 18 years of age. across new york, the number of flu cases is exploding. 19,000 have been reported so far. nearly 5 times as many as last year. at this immediate care collin nick rochester, janet williams sees a steady flow of patients. >> we're setting records here at urgent care center in terms of the number of patients we're seeing per day. >> it's not just new york. the 15 states in red are reporting especially high levels of flu. they include utah texas, minnesota, and virginia. only five states shown here in green, are reporting minimal flu levels. and according to the centers for disease control the 2013 epidemic is taking a deadly toll across the country, claiming the lives of at least 20 children. in south carolina, over the counter cold and flu medications are at a premium. pharmacist ken rogers said he down to just four doses of tami flu

. >> pelley: and bob orr on a new national treasure. thousands of hours of interviews with true sports heroes including mickey mantle's memory of his father's tough talk. >> he said "i thought i raised a man, you're nothing but a coward." captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this national flu epidemic is getting worse by the day and today boston's, population 600,000 plus, declared a public health emergency after the virus killed more than a dozen people. at least three more states-- montana, south dakota, and arizona-- are now reporting widespread flu, bringing the total to 44 states. and the c.d.c. said the percentage of people going to the hospital for treatment has doubled in the past month. we asked dr. jon lapook to give us the latest. >> reporter: the emergency in boston was declared after confirmed cases of tphrur reached 700. there were just 70 at this time last year. across the state, 18 patients have died. dr. barbara ferrer is the executive director of the bos

bob orr, cbs news, fairfax, virginia. >> and that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday.ing. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> hi, everyone. and good morning. you snuck in, didn't you? [ laughter ] >> it's wednesday, january 23rd. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now is just about 4:30. goo how are you doing? >> big changes. we have some rain showing up outside now, our high-def doppler radar is finally picking up some showers. this will be the first rain in some time. how long will it stick around? we'll talk about that coming up. >> and we just got a lot of overnight roadwork out there including up and down 880 between fruitvale and 66. various lanes blocked plus more "timesaver traffic" coming up. >> you just love the camera, don't you? >> i know. keep my arm in there the whole time. [ laughter ] >>> new this morning, oakland is hiring more help for its police department. william bratton will become the consultant. anne makovec has the vote that happened a

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bob orr, cbs news, culpepper, virginia. >> and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight.nd the world, good night. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >>your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. >>> good evening, i'm allen martin. >> i'm elizabeth cook. >>> we begin tonight with breaking news. on the effort to find a girl from hayward missing since 1988. we learn late this afternoon a bone fragment found in a well where several victims of the so- called "speed freak" killers are buried is not that of michaela garecht taken from outside a hayward shopping center in november 1988. the bone fragment was found last october. because of the estimated age, it was thought it could bring closure in the garecht case. her mother has been notified of the findings. the bone is linked to a previously identified murder victim. >>> a bizarre twist tonight in what looked like an open-and- shut case with a home invasion robbery in the east bay. we already knew the man breaking into an apartment in pittsburg was stabbed to death in a struggle with the man living

bob orr shows us the changing and aggressive strategy for confronting a gunman on campus. >> what you are watching is a training exercise at george mason university near washington. it began with reports of an active shooter, lately armed police officers rushed into the basketball arena and towards the sound of gun shots. they did not know the number of gunmen or if hostages had been taken. drew says the officers made the right move, first responders should not wait for backup. >> do all the teaching now. if one officer can respond and have the visual on the suspect or know where that individual is, we're telling them to make entry immediately. >> the officers moved fast. following their training, they bypassed the wounding and focused on finding the shooter. the goal, to cut off paths and corner the gunman. >> if you look at the incidents that occurred, and when have they taken their lives? >> getting one officer in there, can put pressure on the suspect and disrupt what he is doing. >> that's correct. >> this kind of accelerated police action has rethinking of tactics, prompted by t

bob orr, cbs news, culpeper, virginia. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs morning news," anupdate on the flu epidemic. we'll go to boston which has been hit especially hard. >>> plus, talks over u.s. troop withdrawal in afghanistan. we'll hear from general chief of staff richard myers. and cnn's host piers morgan stops by. we'll have that and more coming up a little bit later on "cbs this morning." for now that's the "morning news" on this thursday. as always, i appreciate your watching. in new york i'm terrell brown. take care, everybody. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com take care, everybody. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> hi, everyone. and good morning. it's thursday, january the 10th. good to have you with us. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now 4:30. let's start with a check on the weather with elizabeth. >> all right. thank you, guys. and we're bringing out the hi- def doppler this morning. as you can see, we're talking very light scattered showers out

. >> pelley: and bob orr on a new na thousands of hours of interviews with true sports heroes, including's memory of his father's tough talk. >> he said, "i thought i raised a man, you're nothing but a coward." captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

after a school shooting in texas today, bob orr will show us the new police strategy for stopping a schooler. and nancy cordes on the state where all of the top elected officials are women. >> we don't have binders full of women, we have ballots full of women. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. 38 below-- that was the low today in northern minnesota. schools are closing, shelters are opening as waves of arctic air sweep into the northern states.

bob orr has more of the newest allegations. >> that one is driven deep to right field. there it goes. see ya. >> reporter: "miami news times" says rodriguez is one of those who bought the performance-enhancing drugs from anthony bosch. his name appears 16 times in clinic records from 2009 to 2012. a spokesman for rodriguez denied the drug charges saying the reported documents referenced in the story at least as they relate to alex rodriguez are not legitimate. in a 2009 interview on espn, rodriguez admitted using steroids earlier in his career but insisted he stopped in 2003. >> i did take a banned substance, and, you know, for that i'm very sorry and deeply regretful. >> reporter: if it's proven that he did taked band performance drugs he could face a 50-game suspension. as baseball's highest paid player that could cost rodriguez more than $7.5 million in lost salary. washington nationals' gio gonzalez was also named one of b bosch's customers. he said i've never used performance-enhancing drugs of any kind and i never will. some of its biggest names have been accused

bob orr has more of the newest allegations. >> there it goes! >> reporter: "miami new times" says he was one of seven players to buy performance-enhancing drugs from anthony bosh who ran the defunct clinic now biogenesis out of this office building. a-rod's name appears 16 times in clinic records from 2009 to 2012. spokesman for rodriguez denied the drug charges saying the purported documents referenced in the story, at least as they relate to alex rodriguez, are not legitimate. >> what's the truth? >> reporter: in a 2009 interview on espn rodriguez admitted using steroids earlier in his career, but insisted he stopped in 2003. >> i did take a banned substance, and for that i'm very sorry, and deeply regretful. >> reporter: if it's often a-rod recently did take banned performance drugs he could face a 50-game suspension. as baseball's highest paid player that could cost rodriguez more than $7.5 million in lost salary. washington nationals pitcher gio gonzalez was also named as a biogenesis customer. he too, strongly denied the charges. in a twit

miller is a former fbi assistant director john good morning. >> good morning. >> listening to what bob orrg on behind the scenes at this moment with so many people and the president on view? >> well, bob talked about part of that the behavioral detection teams. you know you see a lot of the security. behind the scenes you've got two things biological radio technical things. they'll be moving all day who have that detection equipment and more sophisticated stuff. and, you know when you get right down to it somewhere in a room, and we had this the last time, too, you know there's a bunch of guys sitting around playing cards, reading their blackberries and are standing by. that is a rendered save team cobbled together from two or three different agencies to dismantle a nuclear device if it were found. all of that is behind the scenes. >> there were incredible threats in 2008 but so far no credible threats as they see it? >> no, nothing on the radar this time. this there's a lot of threats they sort through. they move u it through like a machine. they assess it run it down. last time there wer