charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >>> the oldest person in the u.s.as died. 114-year-old delphine gibson of huntingdon, pennsylvania, died on wednesday. she had been living in a nursing home since 2004. when she was 100, she attributed her long life to good food, her faith in god, and her church. the nursing home manager said even though gibson was blind and deaf near the end of her life, she still enjoyed singing and humming songs like "amazing grace." >>> and america's oldest living world war ii vet celebrated his birthday today. he was inducted in 1940, served the south pasting and left the army when the war ended. he said he still enjoys cigars and an occasional whiskey. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," the royal wedding countdown. we'll take you to the castle where prince harry and meghan markle will tie the knot in just over a week. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." wakey! wakey! rise and shine! oh my gosh! how are you? well watch this. i pop that in there. press brew. that's it. look how much coffee's in here? fresh coff

charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >> glor: that is the cbs evening news tonight.ms 24/7 on cbsn. i'm jeff glor. have a good night. we'll see you tomorrow. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org pictures just coming in from chopper-5... showing >>> kpix 5 news begins with breaking news in the south bay. dramatic pictures just coming in from chopper 5 showing a tesla that plowed right into a busy starbucks store. it happened a little while ago in los gatos at the coffee shop on blossom hill road near los gatos boulevard. >> maria medina is there now. what happened? >> quite a dramatic scene. that tesla was removed from the starbucks. they're trying to reinforce the structure of the building. again, the tesla went right through those front doors. this is what the scene looked like a short while ago. when we got here, the entire car was pretty much inside the store. it stopped short of the barista and sales counter. and of course, many want to know if this tesla was on autopilot at the time of the crash. we've not been able

here is charlie d'agata again. >> going to push it nice and hard. >> reporter: he used to teach policeicers how to chase bad guys. >> aggressive with it. >> he has shown members of the royal family how to avoid them. >> oh! >> j turns. y turns. not to mention, high speed maneuvers with smoke bombs. >> charlie, are you all right? >> i'm fine. >> meghan markle may never need to pull off the moves. she will be trained to know how. >> you are not doing this for any other reason you have to escape. training comes through. and ultimately if you have this in your back pocket. last resort maneuver. then you still have got another option. >> driving and the driver, is kind of a part of the protection package. >> simon morgan is a former close protection officer to the queen. and other senior royals. >> it is going to be constant. she will no longer be able to pop to the shops. and buy a pint of milk and newspaper. protection officer will go with her. >> morgan says self driving is important among the new generation of royals which meghan markle is soon to become a key member. >> certainly withi

charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >> that is "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jeff glor. >>> this is the cbs overnight news. >> hi, everyone, and welcome to the "overnight news." i'm demarco morgan. president trump's decision to pull the united states out of the nuclear treaty with iran has apparently spurred two long-time enemies into open conflict. the battleground is syria. israeli fighter jets destroyed dozens of targets in syria, and claimed they first launched a rocket on its troops in the golan heights. what comes next? seth doane is in jerusalem. >> reporter: this dramatic footage shows israel's response to what it says were iranian strikes. while israel claims iran launched first, it says most of the 20 missiles iran fired fail. four were shot down by israel's iron dome interception system. today israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said iran's first ever direct attack against military position

here's charlie d'agata's report. >> reporter: good morning.s family arrives next week, they intend on spend something quality time with the queen and the entire royal family. in fact, her maggesty just happens to be here today at the wedding venue, windsor castle. the oldest inhabited castle in the world is getting ready to welcome its newest royal. on the morning of the wedding, meghan's mother will travel with her daughter by car to windsor castle and her father thomas will walk meghan down t aisle. it's not just the family of the bride delighted to be taking part. >> i'm sure it will be a very special day for everybody. >> reporter: and every royal, love and marriage, needs a horse and carriage. while they're getting ready to roll, we had a behind the scenes look at the famous household cavalry. a regimen close to harry's heart that will have a special mission on wedding day. but pomp and pageantry is only one part of what they do best. they are also an elite fighting force, serving on the front lines of iraq and afghanistan where prince ha

california values senator dianne feinstein reporter charlie d'agata on why the l-g-b-t community saysthis is another sign that the pope >>> pope francis is receiving praise for his reported comments to a gay man. a reporter from the lgbt community says this is another sign that the pope wants to make gay people feel welcome in the catholic church.>> carlos cruz is a victim of chile's most abusive priest. pope francis invited him to the vatican this month to offer a heartfelt apology.>> i met a man that is sincere.>> cruz says his conversation with the pope quickly moved from abuse to the nature of homosexuality. >> he immediately said to me god loves you that way. god made you that way. the pope loves you. you have to love yourself. >> the vatican declined to comment on the private conversation, but if concerned -- confirmed, it would be a stance of tolerance. >> people i don't even know have been writing to me. it is changing lives. >> the catholic church teaches gays should be loved and respected, and not discriminated against, but they consider homosexual activity intrinsically dis

charlie d'agata shows us how the royals steer clear of trouble. . >> reporter: good morning to you. and a good time to talk about security. they've closed some of the roads here in windsor as a practice run and put up these barriers to stop vehicles from reaching the public. what we don't hear about much is security training for members of the royal family. until now. nick used to teach police officers how to chase bad guys. he's also showing members of the royal family how to avoid them. j-turns. y-turns. not to mention high-speed maneuvers, with smoke bombs. >> charlie, are you all right? >> i'm fine. >> reporter: meghan markle may never need to pull off any of these moves, but she'll be trained how. >> training comes through, so ultimately if you have this in your back pocket, then you still got another option. >> reporter: driving and the driver is a part of the protection package. simon morgan is a close protection officer to the queen and other senior royals. >> it is going to be constant. she will no longer be able to just pop to the shops a

charlie d'agata is on the streets -- >> i'm impressed. hat does it take to become a royal, charlie? good morning. >> good morning, kevin. well, it takes an awful lot. and one of the things it will take is the fact that meghan has said she wants to become a british citizen and if she does that that means passing the british citizenship test, which i, of course, did last week with flying -- well, i don't know if it was ming colors. i passed anyway. it's a difficult test, something like 144,000 people took it last year. 43,000 failures. we're going to ask some actual british people actual questions and see how they do. okay. jane? joy. jane and joy. okay. the age of big ben. >> the age of big ben? how old is big ben? oh, my goodness. 151. how tall is the london eye? >> these are questions? actual questions. we should have looked up history. >> 443 feet. oh, my goodness. you should know this. the people who supported the king known in 1642. [ laughter ] it's not easy, is it? i had to memorize it. >> 42? the cavaliers. oh, yeah. >> which two ki

charlie d'agata is there. >> reporter: prince harry and meghan markle's wedding in windsor may look likeairy tale, but compared to prince william and kate's wedding, it's a security nightmare. just ask mark billingham, who yeent almost 20 years with british special forces. >> for the security forces it really is a massive headache and a lot of planning and a lot of time, effort, and cost to prepare for this. thank god i'm not on duty. >> reporter: unlike london, where william and kate made their journey to buckingham palace, windsor is a medieval town, a warren of confined streets and tightly-packed buildings, with rooftops and balconies overlooking the procession. >> this is a hell of a job to secure. >> reporter: dai davies is the former head of royal protection. >> it has narrow streets cobbled in parts. how do you secure several miles an very small township and parts which are open and green? >> reporter: roadblocks and barriers like these will stop vehicles from getting anywhere 10ar the crowds. and even with more than 100,000 people expected, the police commander of this wedding as

here's charlie d'agata. >> reporter: reporters rushed to the scene of yet another bomb blast, not knowing they were about to become the next victims. a second suicide bomber flashed police a fake press card before joining the crowd of journalists and blowing himself up. among the dead, a.f.p. shah marai, whose poignant images chronicled life and death in his war-ravaged homeland for 20 years. he started as a driver, but his keen eye and courage saw him rise to the role of chief photographer. isis claimed responsibility for the attack and has targeted journalists in the past. while the terrorist group's foothold is just a tiny fraction compared to the taliban, both are responsible for a surge in violence that's left hundreds dead in the past year alone. adding to today's violence, jeff, an attack on a nato convoy in kandahar, southern afghanistan, killed 11 school children. the school was just on the roadside where the explosion took place. >> glor: charlie, thank you. c turn now to a cbs news investigation of the national flood insurance program. it was founded 50 years ago, and is suppos

charlie d'agata reports. >> reporter: prince harry and meghan markle's wedding in windsor may look likery tale. compared to prince william and kate's wedding a security nightmare. ask mark billingham who spent almost 20 years with british special forces. >> for the security forces it really is a massive headache and lot of planning and lot of time effort and cost. to prepare for this. thank god i am not on duty. >> reporter: unlike london where william and kate made their journey to buckingham palace, windsor, a warren of confined streets and tightly packed buildings with rooftops and balconies overlooking the procession. >> this is a hell of a job to secure. >> guy davis the former head of royal protection. >> it has narrow streets, cobbled in part. how do you secure several miles of very small township and parts which are open and green? >> roadblocks and barriers like these will stop vehicles from getting anywhere near the crowds. even with more than 100,000 people expected, the police commander of this wedding assured us today each person will be screened. >> the technology is very

charlie d'agata is in witness with more on their story. orter: i am charlie d'agata in windsor and these are my new friends. >> melissa smoot, birmingham, alabama. >> we followed them all the way from the united states. here's a story we're going to tell you in just a second. >> i just can't wait to just be there. >> reporter: debbie howard and melanie smoot were on board with the couple long before they were on board the plane to london. >> they're young, they're hip, they're cool. he's marrying an american girl. >> reporter: at the hotel, a bit of bubbly to kick off the fegsiveties. >> to meghan. >> to meghan. >> to harry. it's all about harry. >> reporter: then the conversation moved on to fashion and fascinators, but yet not like any other royal wedding, what will megan, an american bride in a royal court wear? >> i'm trying to see if she's going to go traditional or something fitted. >> it ooh going to be edgy. >> i think she's going to do something with her hair up and straight line and a little bit of lace. >> i one der if she'll wea

here is a question for you -- what does charlie d'agata have in common with james bond?e else's aston martin. >> reporter: that sound, like it its reputation, precedes the aston martin. beneath the deep growl of its latest model its the echo of more than a century of british car making. it is a brand intrinsically linked with that other british icon. >> bond. james bond. rob smith fell in love at the tender age of 14 when he joined the owner's club, despite not being an ownener. i hav no idea how i would afford an aston martin. knew i would get there eventually. >> reporter: he did eventually. he now owns four. it's got soul. it is more than just a -- a collection of nuts and bolts and oil and petrol. the love that has gone night. >> reporter: the united states is aston martin's biggest overstaez market. yet each vehicle is hand made to the customer's specifications here at its uk factory. >> we don't seep thee as just being cars. it's a piece of art really. >> steve wadingham is aston martin's senior market specialist. >> any color leather. stitching. how important is i

charlie d'agata experiences it all from the security driving course to the complicated courtesy rulesin 90 seconds. see you at 7:00. >> have you tried to courtesy? it's a little difficult. >> and there are all these rules about who is, you know, in the room you courtesy to that person based on their rank, whether they're a duchess or princess. it's complicated. it's a lot t%to keep in mind. >> it is. thank you. we'll see you at 7:00. áso much. >>> all right. new details in last week's tesla crash in utah. the company says that the off the steering wheel dozens of times while the car was in autopilot. according to tesla's investigation, the driver's hands were also off the wheel when the model s rear-ended a fire truck. police say that the tesla was going 60 miles per hour at the time of the crash. the only injury was to the tesla driver, who had a broken ankle. >>> more americans are filing for unemployment benefits and a ébech heavyweight is under pressure after the latest earnings report. joining us z2onow with those stories is kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks brooks. >>