captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, may 21st, 2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the national football league is facing another lawsuit concerning the long-term health of its players. it was less than a year ago that the nfl settled the case over concussion risks. this time hundreds of retired players charged the league illegally supplied them with risky drugs that led to addiction, and some say they were never told about serious injuries. omar villafranca has our report. >> reporter: eight player are named in the lawsuit including former san francisco 49er jeremy newberry. >> i'm 49 years old and i have kidney problems from playing football. >> reporter: newberry, who also worked as an analyst for station kpix said he received injections to numb injuries during the majority of his injuries during his career. >> it was almost like a cattle call, waiting with your pants down. they're sticking you one at a time as you're walking in and out. >> bears' quarterback jim mcmahon is one of the plaintiffs

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captioning funded by cbs ded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, may 22nd, 2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning a fast-moving wildfire in northern arizona is threatening hundreds of homes. the fire is burning near a state park between sedona and flagstaff, an area popular with tourists. at least seven square miles of land have burned. the smoky wind-driven fire quickly moved up canyon walls and forced the main road between flagstaff and sedona to close. greg argos of our phoenix station kpho says anxious residents are packing up valuable possessions. >> reporter: we're just three miles from the fire line. thick smoke surround this entire area. there are hundreds of homes and thole a mandatory evacuation has not been issued, for many people living here, they're still packing up and getting out. moments after word broke the slide fire had crossed a nearby wash -- >> it was overwhelming, to tell you the truth. >> reporter: -- hundreds of people rushed out of a community meeting to pack their belongings and evacuate. >> get ready

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, may 14th, 2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, nba hall of famer magic johnson says los angeles clippers owner donald sperling is delusional. he was responding to a very personal attack by sterling and now the players' association is making it clear if the league doesn't get rid of sterling, the players are ready to walk. bigad shaban has our report. >> reporter: magic johnson sat down with cnn's anderson cooper after clippers owner donald sterling accused him of doing nothing. >> my whole life is devoted to irvin america. i just wish he knew the facts when he was talking but he's a man who's upset and he's reaching. this is magic johnson's first television interview. sterling said he shouldn't be admired because he contracted hiv. >> is that someone we want to respect and tell our kids about? i think he should be ashamed of himself. >> the problem is he's living in the stone ages. he can't make those comments about african-americans or latinos, he just can't do it. >>

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, may 19th, 2014. good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm lauren lyster in for anne-marie green, and this morning a political firestorm over alleged treatment delays and falsified records at veterans hospitals is growing. more hospitals are under investigation and now there are new reports of deaths that could be linked to delays in treatment. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> good morning, lauren. here's the latest. the number of deaths related to deaths in patient care could be much higher than was originally revealed. this is coming from a report after an investigation by a newspaper in dayton, ohio, and now the president is demanding action from his veterans affairs chief. >> the president is madder than hell. >> president obama's top aide says the commander in chief is furious about the treatment of patients at v.a. hospitals and he's demanding the problems get fixed and never happen again. >> we've now deployed additional staff over to the veterans administration to dig

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, y 9t >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, may 9th, 2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning, recovery efforts are under way from the southwest to the great plains. the latest batch of severe weather including tornados and flood-producing rains caused significant damage from texas to minnesota. the storm system is moving east today, but the possibility of more heavy rain, hail, and the chance of tornadoes exists from texas to indiana. yesterday the dallas area was hard hit. the rough weather blew through the dallas area yesterday afternoon. winds clocked at up to 70 miles per hour, toppled trees, crushed cars, and collapsed buildings. >> when we were inside, it felt like it was lifting us, you know. you felt like you were getting lifting like an elevator kind of feeling. >> at one point over 30,000 homes lost power. part of the dallas rapid transit system shut down. the wind tore through homes. one family said there was no time to run. >> it happened really fast. it wa

captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, may 29th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the investigation into veterans affairs administration is expanding. a preliminary v.a. report found scheduling delays and efforts to cover that up throughout the v.a. system. 42 centers are now under investigation. a spokesman says president obama calls the findings extremely troubling. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. it is up to the president now. he says he wants to see the report and if the allegations prove to be true, there would be accountability. the question is does the accountability go all the way to the top of the v.a.? the inspector general's report found nationwide scheduling problems that led to long wait times for veterans seeking medical care. house veterans affairs kplit committee chair jeff miller led a tense hearing last night, pressing v.a. officials for more information. >> veterans died. get us the answers, please. >> i understand that, mr. cha

don dahler, cbs news, new york. >> it's truly remarkable. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning" after yoursastrous flooding in the east. we will be live from the scene. >>> plus, what's being done as far as rail safety after the latest derailment. >>> and a closer look at facebook's new privacy feature that goes into effect later today. we'll get the reaction from cnet. >> that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. tha thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ,, >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. >>> good morning, everyone. it's thursday, may 1. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. nearly 4:30. first day of may and we are starting out smoking hot! >> we are. those temperatures again going to soar around the bay area. very mild out the door right now. we have high pressure overhead. this will be the last day of the heat wave. we have some major changes coming our way for the weekend. we'll have more on that coming up. >> we're going to start off on this half hour with better news in cupertino.

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening, i'm jim axelrod. this is our western edition. we begin tonight in southern california where firefighters got just what they needed today, help from the weather. 20,000 acres in san diego county have been devoured this week by wild fires fed by 50-miles-per- hour winds. although some fires are still burning near camp pendelton, today, those winds calmed enough for 2,000 firefighters to contain most of the flames that have caused at least $20 million in damage. here is carter evans. >> reporter: as fire crews put out the last hotspots in the san marcos fire, evacuees are beginning to return home, but many like gary saunders and his family were only allowed to go on foot until the entire area is declared safe. >> all of these people are in the same boat. they just want to go home too. i mean, they have been displaced for however many, three, four days. >> reporter: they are fortunate they still have homes to go to, the wind driven fire moved so fast it caught many by surprise. how much time did you have

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, may 12 >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, may 12th, 2014. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm lauren lyster in for anne-marie green. this morning a slow moving storm system threatens the midwest with another round of severe weather. today's threat follows a weekend of damaging tornados and heavy snow. winter storm warnings are in effect in colorado and wyoming. in the midwest and plains, folks are cleaning up after dozens of damaging storms. several twisters touched down in south central nebraska causing heavy damage. there were preliminary reports of 34 tornadoes yesterday in nebraska, iowa, kansas, and indiana. late sunday several tornados caused heavy damage in southern nebraska. at least one person was injured. homes were torn apart, trees snapped in half, and power lines blown over. late saturday a tornado took dead aim at the missouri town of orrick just east of kansas city. the twister had winds of up to 135 miles per hour, damaging up to 300 homes. >> i pulled up, got the kids out, down in the b

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captioning funded by cbs >>> >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, may 7th, 2014. good morning, good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the u.s. is joining the hunt for hundreds of kidnapped nigerian school girls. eight more girls were abducted in northeast nigeria by suspected islamic militants yesterday. the u.s. is sending a team of technical experts but no armed forces. the kidnappings and the nigerians' failure to rescue the girls has sparked international outrage. susan mcginnis is in washington with the details. good morning, susan. >> anne-marie, good morning. the new kidnapping are bringing more attention on the nigerians' inability to rescue even wouf these girls who have been separate and may be tougher to find and the growing insurgency. now in a rare move the nigerian government is accepting the u.s.'s help and they say they can except a very, very rapid response. for three weeks they're searching to find hundreds of girls abducted from their dorms. president obama confirmed with megan glaros of our chicago station the white house is now stepping in

but cbs did not. they circulated this graphic, made to be shared on facebook and twitter, that implied that the family tie was affecting news decisions. cbs denied that, and the next night the evening newscast there did a long report about benghazi. here's one of the most interesting things about this rhodes relationship. cbs has at times been so aggressive covering benghazi that i've had sources describe it to me as overcompensating. in other words, a network perceived to have gone out of its way to pursue the story, and perhaps to appeal to conservatives and cbs sometimes gets tagged as liberal. but it may be that very zeal that led to disaster. last fall, larry logan's 60-minute report on benghazi originally cheered by conservatives when it aired fell apart. she's still on leave there. and this spring cheryl attkisson resigned. she talked about them having a cover hype up for months but she had a hard time getting her stories on the air. she declares some managers on the air, not rhodes, but some c

captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, may 23rd, 2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. firefighters in arizona made what's described as good progress overnight, fighting a wind-driven wildfire near flagstaff, but the fire has grown to more than 11.5 square miles in a canyon between sedona and flagstaff. 3,200 residents there remain on alert. lindsey reiser of our phoenix station kpho reports on preparations for evacuation. >> reporter: the community meeting tonight was packed with about 300 people in attendance. it was very tense at times as they fear the worst with these evacuations. >> there's a lot of uncertainty. people don't know. you know, there's one road in, one road out. and you've got over 3,000 people. >> i do a bird show at the arboretum at flagstaff. and from what i have heard, the fire is just five miles or sore away from there. >> reporter: most of the people in attendance are from cucina village where they have been told to evacuate but haven't been given the official notice yet. >> i h

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, may 30th, >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, may 30th, 2014. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm marlie hall in for anne-marie green. after a month of controversy that included racist statements from a billionaire owner, threats of a player boycott and an unprecedented penalty by the nba, the los angeles clippers have been sold. shelly sterling, the wife of donald sterling confirmed last night she sold the team to former microsoft ceo steve ballmer for a record-setting price of $2 billion, the most ever for an nba team. in announcing the sale shelly sterling's legal team said she was acting under her authority as the soul trustee of the sterling family trust which owned the clippers. now as david bagnell reports, the sale must be approved by the nba. >> reporter: it could be the biggest price tag in nba history. cbs news has confirmed former microsoft ceo steve ballmer has signed a deal to purchase the los angeles clippers for a record-break 2g billion. magic johnson tweeted steve ballmer owned the

captioning funded by cbs 2013. good morning. good to be with you. >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, may 8th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning we begin with a rapidly escalating violence in nigeria. the same islamist terrorist group that kidnapped hundreds of niger jan school grows, boco haram, killed hundreds of people during a brutal attack. monday's attack was in northeast nigeria, the same area where the school girls were abducted. advisers from at least four countries including the u.s. are headed to nigeria to help in the search. the mass kidnapping has ignited a social media campaign. first lady michelle obama joined in tweeting it's time to bring back our girls. and malala yousafzai says the world must speak out. >> if we remain silent, this will spurt. it will happen more and more. if you want to stop it, then we have to speak. and i'm already very sad when i think so much time has passed and these girls are still in this hard situation. >> nigerian police have of

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. tonight, hundreds of firefighters are battling another wildfire in the west, a fire fed by the heat and drought. today, government forecasters told us a change in the long- term weather pattern is coming that could bring more moisture to the area, and fewer fires, along with a slower-than-usual hurricane season. they predict eight to 13 tropical storms during the season, which begins june 1, with three to six of them becoming hurricanes. we have two reports on the extreme weather. first, carter evans on the wildfire tonight in central arizona. >> reporter: the fire is burning in a canyon just a few miles from the popular tourist town of sedona. high wind grounded water- dropping aircraft yesterday, and the fire grew from 800 acres to nearly 5,000 in just six hours. calmer conditions allowed the aerial attack to resume this morning, but by mid-afternoon, wind gusts reached 35 miles per hour. captain bill morse is with the flagstaff fire department. >> this

later on cbs, "60 minutes." i'm jeff glor. cbs news in new york.re tomorrow. good night and happy mother's day. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org a san jose landfill. it's sending up plenty of smoke that area right now. >>> breaking news, firefighters are trying to get a handel on a fire at a land fill, sending up plenty of smoke in that area right now. >>>it is already causing confusion, tomorrow's commute could be aggravating. the shift that you need to know about to keep you from getting on the golden gate bridge if you don't want to. >>> the first sign that temperatures are going to shoot up. the heat watch is in effect in the bay area. >> kpix news is up next. >> tonight's prime time lineup is sponsored by. ,,,,,, good evening, i'm brian hac. and i'm ann notarangelo. taking a live look oke-filled area. t >>> we start with breaking news. a fire burning, smoke pouring into the area. good evening. >>> taking a live look now at the smoke-filled area, the fire has been going strong since about 4:30

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, may 5th, 2014. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm marlie hall in for anne-marie green. this morning firefighters are battling a fast-moving wildfire in central oklahoma that's destroyed alt least six homes and several other buildings. the fire has burned through at least foursquare miles near guthrie northeast of oklahoma city. the wind-driven fire broke out yesterday afternoon. a man who refused to be evacuated has been found dead in his home. officials say the fire started when someone lost control of what was supposed to be a controlled burn. >> we're not under a burn ban, and out in the county unless there's a county or statewide burn ban, there's really no regulations we have to enforce it. >> fire crews from around the state have been called in to fight the fire. heather hope of our oklahoma city affiliate kwtv is on the fire line where temperatures are expected to reach 97 degrees today. >> reporter: it was a frantic scene for so many residents as they watched their homes go up in flame

welcome to "cbs this morning." cbs news correspondent clarissa ward and her crew are free and safe after being detained in ukraine. clarissa will give full story. >> new developments in the donald sterling drama. the clippers owner reportedly has cancer. >> and memphis gets ready for a british invasion. what prince william and prince harry will be doing together. >> but we begin with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> embroiled in scandal, donald sterling has reportedly been battling prostate cancer. >> a new twist in the l.a. clippers controversy. >> sterling has fled his home paranoid the mansion might be bugged. >> and the head of the naacp in los angeles stepped down amid questions about his past dealings with sterling. >> a 17-year-old in minnesota is making charges after police uncover a masterful plot. >> police found three fully functioning bombs and numerous firearms in his home and storage locker. >> he seemed like a good kid. you'd never expect it from him. >> and the health of

joining us our cbs news chief medical skront dr. jon lapook and cbs contributor holly phillips.p progress in the internal search for youth. first they found that blood from young mice can reverse the aging in older mice. elaine quijano talked to some of the scientists. >> reporter: research at harvard may have unlocked the research. it's called gdf f1fgdf11. >> they could recover from muscle injury more quickly, they could pull harder on a metal bar, sort of like a pull-up, and they could run for a longer time period closer to what younger mice can do. >> reporter: the protein also led to changes in the mice's brain. the colored areas show the formation of new blood vessels in the brain of an older mouse. increasing the amount of blood flow to more closely resemble the brain of a younger mouse. lee ruben led the brain research. >> this suggests that it will be possible under certain conditions to improve cognition in people with senile dementia or alzheimer's disease. >> these are amazing possibilities, jon. is this a real breakthrough? >> it's fascinating but we're talking abou

and that is the cbs evening news for tonight. later on cbs, "48 hours."im axelrod in new york, and for all of us here at cbs news, thanks for joining us and good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org the chain of events that le a fatal crash. the teen who stowed aw >>> a bay area freeway shut down for hours. the chain of events that led to a fatal crash. >> the teen who stowed away on a flight to hawaii has returned to the bay area but he is not back with his family. >> thousands turned away without being interviewed. why the job fair at tesla had to be shut down. >> kpix 5 news is next. ,,,,,, slamming into the center di on a bay area freeway. the series of events that led to the close of all eastbound lanes. good evening, i'm ann >>> an suv on its roof after slamming into the center divide on the bay area freeway. the series of events that led to the closure of all eastbound lanes. good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. >> i'm brian hackney. brian webb is live where the freeway just reopened. >> reporter:

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. >> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, may 16th, 2014. >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. lighter winds and lower temperatures are forecast today in southern california where firefighters are battling a slew of destructive wildfires. this morning just in san diego county, seven fires are burning out of control. more than 10,000 acres and more than a dozen homes have been destroyed and a badly burned body has been discovered in carlsbad. since the fires began tuesday, 125,000 evacuation notices have been issued. the city of san marcos is one of the hardest hit. the fire there surged late yesterday. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning. the fire is burning out of control in san marcos. you can see some of the burned out rubble behind me. the good news is crews are actually starting to gain control of some of the other fires that are burning across san diego county. the question now is what is the weather going to do when the sun rises. from the air and on the ground, firefighters remain focused on san marcos as a raging wildfire co

captioning sponsored by cbs >> this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening, i'm jim action and this is, axelrod and there is a western edition of the broadcast. the sheriff of santa barbara california called it a case of premeditated mass murder and a hollywood film maker says his son was the gunman. at least six people were shot and killed in a student neighborhood near the university of california santa barbara, law enforcement sources have confirmed to cbs news the gunman was a 22-year-old named elliot rodger. he also died of a bullet to the head, although it is not clear if he killed himself or was shot by police. recently, rodger's mother had apparently seen youtube videos where rodger mentioned suicide and shooting people and called the police. a family lawyer say the police interviewed rodger and found him to be a quote, "perfectly polite, kind and wonderful human." danielle nottingham begins our coverage. >> we have another gunshot. shots fired. shots fired. >> the calls came in to 911 starting 9:30 last night. the streets near the campus of u.c. santa barbara were

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. western edition and news is breaking in the west tonight. the drought, a heat wave and strong winds are the elements for the disaster unfolding in southern california. wild fires are burning out of control in san diego county. this is carlsbad, the city sent notices today to 11,000 homes and businesses ordering people to get out. the calls about fires is one of four in the county, another is threatening homes at camp pendleton. >> cbs news correspondent carter evans is on the fire line in carlsbad, carter. >> reporter: about 15 homes have been damaged in this fire so far, some are a total loss. right now, firefighters are trying to save this apartment complex behind me and keep the flames from spreading. >> the fire began mid-morning in the brush outside of carlsbad, but by noon, it had moved into the upper middle class neighborhoods of this coastal town. the only thing in its way were firefighters moving from house to house, wind gusts of up to 50 miles

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> good evening, i am jim axelrod and this is a western edition of the broadcast. the voice is calling the voices calling for action against the boko haram terror network in nigeria are growing wider and more wide spread. it now nearly four weeks since boko haram kidnapped more than 300 girls in the northern part of the country. we saw demonstrations today in chicago where several hundred pressed for the nigeria government to intensify its efforts to find the girls. similar calls were made in brooklyn, in kosovo, and great britain. first lady michelle obama added her voice in the weekly white house address saying she is outraged. >> in these girls, barack and i see our own daughters. we see their hopes and their dreams. and we can only imagine the anguish their parents are feeling right now. >> axelrod: the pope tweeted: the nigerian military says it has two army divisions assigned to finding the girls. as deborah patta report people there want more. much more. >> reporter: outrage over what nigerians say is the government's i

vinita nair, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. >>> new at at 6:00 a kpix 5 exclusive this time it's chrysler, cars in danger of suddenly stalling out leaving drivers in jeopardy. >> only on 5, our julie watts on the notice that was supposed to be sent out to thousands of chrysler owners months ago. julie. >> reporter: chrysler's finally notifying more than 150,000 drivers tonight that their fuel tanks can overfill causing a stall in the road. meanwhile, nhtsa is under fire for failing to hold the carmaker accountable. >> reporter: he is filled with fear every time he fills his tank because once gary pulls out into traffic, he knows eventually -- >> oh, there it goes. >> reporter: -- his 2006 chrysler 300 will lose power and stall often forcing other drivers to slam on their brakes and swerve while he tries again and again t

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, may 28th, 2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. two american citizens are recovering from injuries when a u.s. consulate vehicle is attacked in western afghanistan. the u.s. embassy in kabul says the americans were attacked as they traveled on the main rote to herat, afghanistan's third largest city. they were injured and are being treated at the hospital in the city. president obama plans to withdrawal u.s. forces from afghanistan by 2016 is being criticized as short-sided by critics. the president will discuss foreign policy at today's commencement at the u.s. military academy. he's expected to announce a deeper american involvement in syria. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. the president will use this speech to west point grads today to chart a new course on u.s. policy, a policy that will bring u.s. troops home from one conflict but head into another. president obama will talk to grads at west point today about their futur

welcome po "cbs this morning." "bring back our girls," the call to act in nigeria grows louder this morning. >> stos stronger than a freight train. plus tornadoes and extreme heat. millions face the threat of severe weather today. >> he gave up football for country, only on "cbs this morning," the decorated ranger getting a new chance at glory in the nfl. >> but we begin with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> we want to report we have a tornado on the ground. >> we ran into golf-ball size hail. >> severe storms hammer the heartland. >> tornadoes touching down in the eastern part of colorado. >> 80 to 90 mile-an-hour winds in kansas forcing this train right off the tracks. >> and today more severe weather on tap from texas to wisconsin. >> islamic militants who kidnapped 200 girls opened fire. >> and michelle obama joining the message of bring back our girls. >> vladimir putin insisting he's pulled his troops back from the border but u.s. intelligence reporting no signs of that approximately. >> don

welcome to "cbs this morning." yet another mid-air disaster narrowly averted over an american airport. >> plus arizona's ragi nearly doubles in size while tornadoes strike in the east. only on "cbs this morning," inside the las vegas lab where students learn to cash in on casinos without betting a penny. >> we look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> if they give the order, how long before you're out of here? >> a minute two minutes? >> here comes the test. >> firefighters working to contain an out of control wildfire. >> hundreds already evacuated, thousands of acres burning. >> debris everywhere. i'm still look very shootken up. >> to delaware to a possible tornado. >> and skylights shattered in a mall in pennsylvania. >> it seemed like all hell broke loose. >> the aircrafts were moments away from impact. >> i have no idea what was going on up in the tower. >> and tennessee governor bill haslem signed a bill into law last night bringing the electric chair back in service. >> and mark cuban -- >>

welcome to "cbs this morning." wildfires rage across southern california, flames tear through homes and more dangerous wind is ahead today. >> never forgetting 9/11 on this opening day of the national museum. rudy giuliani joins us. >> and this video is all over media. you'll hear about a 4-year-old boy saved from a vicious dog by a cat. >> and we begin with today's" opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> oh, my god, oh my god! [ bleep ]. >> this has really flared up. >> wildfires roar through southern california. >> in carlsbad north of san diego, more than two dozen homes were destroyed. >> the fire is coming up the hillside. the garden hose is not going to do anything for that. >> tens of thousands have been forced to leave. >> it's a selfie for crying out loud. >> in turkey 282 confirmed dead. the grief is turning into anger. >> and the moments as a tornado tore through central ohio. fortunately no injuries were reported. >> casey kasim has now been found in washington state. >> arrangements are being made to br

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welcome to "cbs this morning." cbs news talked with boko haram, what the terror group tells debora patta about the fate of more than 200 kidnapped school girls. >>> another airline disaster narrowly averted, this time at one of america's busiest airports. >>> plus, the new mission for drones, saving wildlife from poachers. >>> but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> today's primary the will shape the ballots for critical contests come november. >>> primary voters head to the polls in six states. >> we're all watching kentucky. >> a big win for senate minority leader mitch mcconnell would deliver a blow to the tea party. >> the army in thailand has declared martial law after months of unrest but insist it isn't a military coup. >> actor michael jace has been arrested in the fatal shooting of his wife. >> jace is best known for his role as an lapd officer on the program "shields." >> the oscar pistorius trial on hold as he will spend 30 days undergoing a mental eval

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. the crisis in ukraine that threatens peace in europe took a dangerous new turn today. the ukrainian government launched an offensive to try to take back eastern parts of the country now controlled by pro- russian forces. two ukrainian helicopters were shot down. the violence spread to ukraine's third largest city, odessa. supporters of the ukrainian government there fought with pro-russian activists. dozens are reported dead, and russian troops are massed on the border. clarissa ward is in ukraine. >> reporter: early this morning, ukrainian forces pushed towards slavyansk, a city that has been under the control of pro-russian rebels for nearly a month. but few in this crowd welcome them. "we want them to leave. that's it," this woman said. "we don't have weapons. we don't have anything." many here in eastern ukraine support russia and view the government in kiev as hostile. today, both the government and the separatists say two ukrainian helicopters were

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, may 26th, 2014. good morning. thanks for joining us this memorial day. i'm marlie hall in for anne-marie green. this morning we're learning just how close police came to stopping elliot rodger before he went on a murder spree in california friday night. his parents knew their son was in trouble. they had seep chilling online videos threatening suicide and violence. they notified authorities and raced to his side the night of the attack, but were too late. police had visited rodger three times, the last time a month ago, to check on his mental health. in a chilling manifesto rodger wrote investigators never searched his apartment. he was relieved because, quote, that would have ended everything. for a few seconds i thought it was all over. rodger convinced the officers he was okay. >> he was polite and courteous. he was able to convince the deputies that this was all a misunderstanding. >> police say rodger's first victims were killed in his apartment. cheng yuan honk, george chen and wehan wang were

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>>> welcome to "cbs this morning." good morning, nora. >> good morning, charlie. >> we may be getting our first look at some of the hundreds of school girls kidnapped in northeast nigeria. their captives released a video this morning. it shows dozens of girls in veils praying at an unknown location. >> in the video, the head of that islamist terror group, boko haram, says it is willing to exchange the girls for prisoners. deborah, what could this mean? >> our source tells cbs news that this video is a coded message to confirm that informal contact has been made with the organization, that they are ready for a prisoner swap and that back channel negotiations may be under way in some form. in the video the abducted school girls are talking clearly to show proof of life. the leader says he is ready to swap the girls for boko haram militants being held in nigerian jails. this confirms the government has a twin strategy, a rescue mission on the one hand and on the other, a dialogue committee possibly to negotiate with boko

that's the cbs evening news.ott pelley, i'm norah o'donnell, and i'll see you tomorrow on "cbs this morning." good n >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. >>> tonight, the battle lines are drawn with less than one week until the primary election, two powerful special interest groups dividing democrats in the state. >> new at 6:00 phil matier is following the money over in contra costa county. i have gotten those mailers, phil. i know what you're talking about. >> reporter: exactly, ken. from the secretary for schools in california to the assembly race here in the contra costa county, there is a fight between labor and business interests millions pumped in, in the last few days and in this case is the last year's bart strike is a big issue. >> a sacramento political consultant who profited from oil companies and developers, that's steve glazer working for the special interests, not you. >> reporter: that pretty much sums up the tone of the hottest and ugliest stated assembly fight in california. it's rig

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. fire and water are causing major problems on opposite sides of the country tonight. the storm system that brought tornadoes to the south and the midwest earlier this week have now caused torrential rain and flooding in the northeast. this is philadelphia. flooding in the florida panhandle is suspected as the possible cause of a deadly gas explosion at a jailhouse. and heat, drought, and strong winds are feeding a wildfire in southern california. we have a team of correspondents covering the extreme weather. >> reporter: more than 700 firefighters have built containment lines to protect the homes along the foothills east of l.a. smoldering brush could re-ignite at any time so captain louis delarosa and his team are digging them up and dousing them with water. >> i'd say we got pretty lucky. we had the people in the right place. they got in. they took aggressive action safely. and they at least slowed it down. kind of lessened the intensity of it. >> report

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod, scott is off tonight. this is our western edition of the broadcast. on this memorial day, santa barbara remembered the victims of a killing rampage. six people, all students at the university of california santa barbara, were stabbed or shot to death. tomorrow, classes will be canceled for a service. one of the makeshift memorials. this one near the scene of one of the shootings on friday night. this is a tragedy with no shortage of warning signals. and the question being raised tonight: were they missed? we have team coverage tonight beginning with danielle nottingham. danielle? >> reporter: jim, police had contact with elliot roger three times over the last year. but district attorney joyce dudley ere was nothing in those incidents or a series of internet videos that signaled the 22-year-old was planning to kill. >> elliot roger here. >> reporter: elliot roger's first run-in with police happened last year after a fight at a college party. he had been pushing women,