claire leka here in new york.ok at the weather in some cities around the country. new york late day storms, 88. miami, 93. chicago, sunny and 70. denver 81. los angeles, sunny and 77. >>> and time now for a check on the national forecast. the latest satellite picture shows clusters of storms scattered across the southern plains and deep south. skies are turning gray over the ohio valley. more storms will build over the southern plains as it begins to turn cooler. it will turn stormy along the east coast with the strongest storms expected to form along the mid-atlantic states and northeast. >>> ryan howard now owns a major league record. the phillies first baseman hit his 200th home run last night. he notched 200 home runs in fewer games than anyone in major league history. they beat the marlins 4-0 for their sixth straight win. >>> manny ramirez returned home to dodger stadium for the first time since his 50-game suspension for violating the league's drug policy. but he wasn't much help. >>> and down in san diego,

claire reads a letter the family wrote. they apologize to the those he wounded in the gun battle on saturday. jerome shaurette and curtis mcmillion. >> we just want to let them know that we are truly sorry about what occurred. >> reporter: she says her cousin suffered from mental illness and had taken ecstasy pills that day. >> we took them constantly. he had occurred 30 of them that day. he was just irrational , no talking to him. >> reporter: police say he used is semiautomatic handgun and assaulted two officers. >> if our men weren't there to stop this maniac, who knows what he would have done to innocent people on the the street. >> reporter: his relatives say he was a family man, coaching ball games, working at foot locker. >> he works hard. >> reporter: but drug sent his life into a tail spin. a friend told 13 news at 11:00 earlier that day that he wanted to die. >> never, results like this. >> reporter: his family says they want to see him at shock trauma. >> it was a devastating situation. >> reporter: officer jerom

>> claire leka here in new york. claire, thanks. >>> the u.s. military announced this morning that two marines have been killed in afghanistan. they died yesterday in what's described as a hostile incident as some 4,000 marines pushed through southern afghanistan in a major operation targeting the taliban stronghold. meantime, in helmand province, a civilian helicopter crashed this morning. some casualties are reported. >>> as the august election approaches in afghanistan, the taliban has launched a new offensive. the taliban captured a small town in eastern afghanistan, but u.s. forces met it head on in a dramatic fire fight to take it back. mandi clark is on the front lines and has this exclusive look. >> reporter: this is the battle for bargh-e-matal. it started at dusk. insurgents high on ridges, pouring fire down on this exposed u.s. position. hundreds of taliban overran bargh-e-matal a week ago, the largest town in the eastern province of norstan. hundreds of troops from the mountain division backed by the u.s. army are now fighting to win

claire leka here in new york. claire, thanks. have a great weekend. >>> all right. there was beer and no tension, but no apologies either. an african-american harvard professor and the police officer who arrested him meeting with president obama at the white house say they will meet again. as joel brown reports, both sides agree to move forward. >> this is three folks having a drink at the end of the day and hopefully giving people an opportunity to listen to each other. >> reporter: it was the round of drinks heard around the world. president obama invited cambridge, massachusetts police sergeant james crowley and harvard professor henry louis gates for beers at the white house thursday evening. vice president biden also sat down with the men for a conversation the president called friendly and thoughtful. professor gates applauded the meeting, saying he hoped it led to education, not recrimination, and there were no apologies. >> this was a positive step in moving forward as opposed to reliving the events of the past couple of weeks. and an effort not just to move

>> claire leka here in new york. claire, thanks for the update. >>> it's reported that the national highway traffic safety administration withheld information about the dangers of drivers using cell phones. the former head of the safety agent, dr. jeffrey runt, tells "the new york times" he withheld the information for fear of an jurying congress and jeopardizing funding. driver distractions contributes to about 25% of all reported traffic accidents, and even hands free devices distract drivers. >>> the results of new crash tests releaseded this morning finds two of the smallest two-door cars on the market got high marks for safety. two-door versions of the ford focus and the volvo c-30 received top scores in front, side, and rear crash tests. all the vehicles were equipped with side air bags to protect the occupants' heads. the insurance institute for highway safety says the side crash test simulates being hit by a large pickup truck or an suv. >>> an all too real crash that prompted a heroic rescue in milwaukee on

. >> reporter: claire michigan's downtown has seen a half dozen stores recently close the doors. the latest casualty, the local doughnut shop that shut down after 113 years in business. it was until a group of loyal customers stepped in at the last minute and saved the place. they already knew a thing or two. >> no calories added. >> reporter: about doughnuts. >> it's a cute idea. and now i know where all of the cops are. >> reporter: the claire police department now protects and serves doughnuts, ignoring that old cliche risking punch line. earlier this month, they bought the bakery. >> fighting crime one doughnut at a time. >> took us ten minutes to make the decision to keep it going and let's buying it. >> on days off, we're here. we're having so much fun with it. >> reporter: qufts are lining up all over the country both amused and heartened by the change in ownership. >> that the police would take their time and money and invest in a local business so that they can stay here instead of going under. that's pretty cool. >> since we've taken advantage of the stereotype, people

claire leka is here in new york. >> asian markets kicked off the week in the red.an's benchmark nikkei lost 1.5%. hong kong stocks slipped 1.33%. on wall street, investors are returning from a three-day holiday weekend and face a mountain of economic reports on the health of the consumer. this morning we get a key report on the service sector. dow component and aluminum giant alcoa will also kick off what is expected to be another tough quarter for corporate earnings on wednesday. profits for s&p 500 companies are expected to have fallen 21% last quarter. the dow does start the day down 223 points. the tech heavy nasdaq begins off nearly 50. >>> the road has been cleared for gm to exit bankruptcy in less than two months. a federal judge gave the automaker the green light to sell its best assets, including its chevrolet and cadillac brands, to a new company. the 95-page ruling said the sale was in the best interest of gm and its creditors, and would prevent the "death of the patient on the operating table." gm filed for bankruptcy protection on june 1st, saying it w

claire leka is here. >> reporter: tumbling oil prices sent asian stocks kidding.ei had a losing sixth day. in hong tongue stocks mored authorize 0.75%. now on wall street, the broader market starts at its lowest level since may. later today alcoa kicks off what is expected to be enough tough quarter for corporate earnings. investors will be closely watching the dow component for signs the global economy is rebounding from the shock of the financial crisis. the dow jones industrial average does begin the day down 161 points. the nasdaq starts off 41. the battle for domination between microsoft and google is getting nasty. google is upping the ante announcing this morning that it's developing a pc operating system based on its chrome browser. the new operating system named google chrome os will be an open source operating system initially geared toward netbooks that will be in the second half of next year. but it could be an uphill battle for google. microsoft already has the dominant windows operating system which controls more than 90% of the world's computers. >>

was taking drugs before he opened fire on police. . >> we the pamly of shawn sin clair would like to take this time and opportunity to apologize the cousin of shawn sin clair, the man accused of shooting two baltimore police officers reads a letter the family wrote. in it they apologize to those he wounded during a gun battle on saturday in west baltimore. officers jerome shaurette who was hit three times and curtis mcmillion who was treated and released from shock trauma. >> we want to let them know that we are truly sorry about what occurred she says her cousin suffered from a mental illness and had taken a lot of ecstasy pills that day. >> he started taking them constantly. he consumed 30 of them and it came to the point where he was just irrational. there was no talking to him he used a semiautomatic handgun and ambushed the officers who were responding to domestic violence calls saying that he'd assaulted two women. >> who knows what he would have done to innocent people on the street sin clair's relatives say he was a family man, coaching his son's ball games, working steadily

>> claire leka here in new york. claire, thank you. >>> a custody hearing scheduled today for michael jackson's children has been delayed. jackson's mother is the children's temporary guardian. his ex-wife debbie rowe is considering seeking custody of the two older children. >>> just ahead on the morning news, an unlucky strike for the shuttle "endeavour." and a race to get vaccines ready for the h1n1 flu before the next outbreak. >>> first, katie couric has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> across the country, over $1 billion stimulus are being spent for the airports. so why are they funding a new runway at this tiny airport when larger ones are in desperate need of help? we'll follow the money tonight. ct most for headaches. for arthritis pain... in your hands... knees... and back. for little bodies with fevers.. and big bodies on high blood pressure medicine. tylenol works with your body... in a way other pain relievers don't... so you feel better... knowing doctors recommend tylenol... more than any o

>> claire leka here in new york. claire, thank you. >>> just ahead on the morning news, the growing mystery surrounding the death of michael jackson. >>> plus powerful summer storms pound the midwest and east. >>> first, katie couric has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> why are struggling businesses in the cayman islands creating hardships for residents all the way to nantucket? our financial family tree series continues tonight. >>> all of the rooms at a motel in eastern kansas have a view of the sky after powerful storms ripped the roof off yesterday. those storms packed quite a punch with high winds and heavy rain and hail. a hangar at an airport in ottawa, kansas, was all but flattened, and at least two tractor-trailer trucks were blown on their sides. there were no reported injuries. rough weather near boston yesterday toppled trees and battered the area with hail. and just over 4 inches of rain soaked charleston, south carolina, a record for the date. >>> there is a report that michael jackson's fa

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new york university, a russian scholar, chrystia freeland of the "financial times", claire shipman of abc news and thomas pickering, the leading american diplomat and former u.s. ambassador to russia and undersecretary of state for political affairs. >> we expanded nato, we left the a.b.m. treaty, russia helped us win the ground war in afghanistan more than any other country in 2001 and 2002 and we gave them nothing, we just expanded nato and withdrew from the treaty and the political class looked at him and said "fool. weakling. we look like pushovers, we give; they take." that's why... that's the real issue of what happened and is happening in moscow. >> i think the big choice for russia still is the choice that it faced in '89, '91, '96, 2000, which is between democracy and pluralism and authoritarianism. and i absolutely do not see how appeasing, placating this sort of neo-imperialistic mood which

i was an eau claire wisconsin -- eau claire, a wisconsin, he and people were quote -- eau claire, wisconsinnd people are quoting you. -- were quoting you. also, by the way, on the health- care bill, which should all listen to that center on that health care bill. they have not read it. -- listen to that senator on that health-care bill. a lot of times, they do not give them time. the leadership does not give them time. greco, harry reid right now and tell him, "give them time" -- greta: called harry reid right now. -- call harry reid. acquiring other banks, some lending. all right. why in the world is not the treasury getting that information, putting that on the internet? why are they hiding it from us? >> it is our money. there is no rationalç reason. look. this was supposed to be the new era of accountability and the new era of transparency. greta: while you areç writing harry reid, right to the secretary of treasury. what are the banks doing with the money -- write to the secretary of treasury. >> taxpayers have a right to know. this is the interesting part about this entire story. th

claire hoffman is the contributing editor who wrote the cover story. she joins us now.laire, one of the things that stuck out in this article was that apparently, according to you or your sources, la toya jackson after michael jackson died basically rushed over to the house, trying to take stuff. what happened? >> there were numerous reports that she went over to the house, within a day of him dying, and looked for these bags of cash that he was known to keep around the house in duffel bags. >> and you also write that with regard to the number of shows that jackson was scheduled to do, you say he wanted to do the number he agreed to do, not only because randy phillips from aeg wanted that to make the money but there was a runway rivalry that he believed he had with prince. how did that come about? >> right. i feel one of the misconceptions of michael jackson that i've gotten from reading about him, he was a passive person in his life. and my sense after reporting the story is opposite. he was particular, controlling about what he did. one of the things that he wanted wa

claire shipman, thank you. ambassador pickering, thank you. i look forward to more conversations about the global zero commission of which you are a member and a step by step plan to eliminate nuclear weapons by the year 030. thank you all. >> thank you very much. >> rose: when we come back, we'll take note of robert mcnamara who died today, age 93, in washington. >> rose: robert mcnamara died today at his home in washington. he was 93. he served as secretary of defense for seven years under president kennedy and president johnson. his ten-year span, the bay of pigs invasion, the cuban missile crisis and the escalation of the vietnam war. later in the week we'll run a larger appreciation with clips of his appearance on this program but for now, this brief excerpt of robert mcnamara on our program. >> i believe today that hoe ho chi minh was not a follower of stalin and kruschev, which i thought he was at time. he was a tito, he was an asian tito. i believed the war in south vietnam was not a war of foreign aggression. i believe it was a civil

claire hoffman wrote the story. she'll join us.ext your question to ac 360. 22360. >>> most trusted man in america remembered. family, friends and colleagues gathering to say good-bye to cbs newsman, walter cronkite. that help protect the health of your heart, eyes and bones. age-adjusted centrum silver. and now get centrum silver in a new smaller tablet formula. >>> still ahead, more on the breaking news. new details into the investigation of michael jackson's death. randi kaye knows what police and federal agents took in that raid of the clinic. >>> we begin with the raw politics. president obama taking his health care message to ohio today where he told a town hall meeting he's okay with congress not meeting his deadline to pass a reform bill as long as they're working. >>> raw and dirty politics meantime in new jersey where mayors of three cities, two state assemblymen and five rabbis are more than 40 people arrested in a sweeping federal corruption investigation. the bust began as a probe into an international money laundering

claire leka is here with more from new york. good morning. >> good morning, michelle.we'll get to that mistake in just a moment. but news of china's economy accelerated last quarter sent asian markets higher last night. japan's benchmark nikkei rose 1%. hong kong stocks jumped .5%. >>> an intel report restarted the rally on wall street. the dow jones industrial average starts the day up 256 points. the nasdaq jumped 63. jp morgan chase releases its quarterly earnings report before the start of trading. tech bell weathers google and ibm will roll out after the closing bell. and we get reports on manufacturing in the mid-atlantic region. foreclosures keep soaring as more homeowners continue to lose their jobs. according to realty track, the number of people on the verge of losing their homes surged 15% in the first half of the year as more people were unable to pay their mortgages. the news comes despite the $50 billion in financial assistance the obama administration has handed out to lenders to help stem the problem. >>> walmart is planning green labels. walmart is ask

claire is here with details. >> they ended mixed overnight despite merrill lynch raising its growth forecast for china's economy. hong kong's index jumped nearly 2%. the bulls are hoping to break out for higher ground on wall street today. mixed economic signs kept the gains in check yesterday. the dow jones industrial average starts the day up 15 points. the tech-heavy nasdaq added two. new consumer confidence numbers are due out this morning. they are expected to show continued weakness as consumers remain on edge about their jobs which mean they'll be less likely to spend. consumer spending makes up 70% of the economy and is key to any sustained recovery. >>> now to the health of the housing market there's new reason to hope the end of the slump may be in sight. the government reports the sales of new homes jumped 11% last month. that's three times as much as analysts were expected bchl u the new housing market is still facing its worst year on record and home builders continue to struggle because prices keep falling. the median price of a new home in june fell to $206,000, down 12% from

claire lake is here in new york with more. good morning. >> good morning to you. asian stocks turned in a second day of gains. strong earnings from u.s. companies gave modern investors hope that the world economy is on the mend. the hang seng jumped more than 2%. the kospi surged 2.5%. >>> the tech giant said business is picking up fast and it sees a strong second half of the year. the dow jones starts the day up 27 points. the tech heavy nasdaq begins higher by six. >>> economic news will be in focus today. higher costs for oil and gasoline probably set consumer prices higher in june by the largest amount since oil prices peaked near $150 a barrel last summer. but economists aren't worried about inflation. they say price of most other goods and services are still flat. many continue to fall because demand is still on the weak side. aside from the cpi, we get reports on manufacturing, inventories and industrial production this morning. in the afternoon, the minutes from the last federal serve policy meeting are due. bernard madoff moved into his latest and most li

claire is here with the detaet tails. >> asian markets bounced back a bit.hanghai stocks rebounded 1%. hong kong and japan's benchmarks rose half a percent each. now, on wall street three dow components are on deck to report earnings today. exxon mobile, insurance giant travellers and walt disney. investors are walking the daily unemployment rate. the number of americans filing new claims for unemployment is expected to have risen to 585,000 last week. the dow jones starts down 20 points and nasdaq off 7. sony turned in a quarterly loss of $390 million. the stronger yen slammed its bottom line. electronic sales also continue to suffer in the global recession. the company doesn't see things getting better anytime soon. it kept its forecasting for red ink ahead. >>> communities in california, florida, and nevada top the charts in foreclosure activity for the first half of the year. realty tracks rates the las vegas area has the highest rate of foreclosures at 7.35%. the cape coral, for tt. myers rn was second and merced in california came in third. >>> one mor

claire leka is here with details. >> that's right. a rush of profit taking sent china'ses plunges overnight. investors are worried that the two-week rally came too far to too fast. shanghai stocks closed down 5%. the hang seng slumped 2.75%. asia's losses could weigh on wall street today. the dow jones starts the day off 12 points. the tech-heavy nasdaq was up eight. this morning we get the latest durable goods numbers which probably fell in june for the first time in three months. watch out google, microsoft and yahoo! are on the verge of sealing a long-awaited search deal. the "wall street journal" reports the partnership is expected to be announced as early as today. the companies would share revenue generated by search ads on their website. and yahoo! would use microsoft's search engine bing. microsoft made a failed attempt to buy yahoo! last year for $47.5 billion. >>> japanese automaker honda reported a 96% drop in first quarter profits. the tokyo-based company does not seem worried. honda raised its full-year forecast. could th

>> claire leka here in new york. claire, thanks. >>> president obama's healthcare reform deadline is dead. the president wanted congress to pass legislation by next month. senate leaders balked. the president says he's okay with that. joel brown reports. >> reporter: president obama is trying to rebuild the momentum for healthcare reform. >> hello, everybody. >> reporter: at a town hall meeting in ohio, he admitted it won't happen as fast as he wants it to. >> we may not be able to get the bill out of the senate by the end of august or the beginning of august. that's okay. i just want people to keep on working. >> reporter: while lawmakers worked in washington -- >> i want to promise you this, ohio. >> reporter: -- the president worked the crowd in ohio, hoping to win back the growing number of americans skeptical about his healthcare overhaul plan. >> as badly as i think it's necessary, i won't sign it if that reform adds even one dime to our deficit over the next decade, and i mean what i say. >> reporter: the whit

claire leka here in new york. as always, thanks. >>> just ahead on the morning news, a serial killer is gunned down in north carolina. >>> plus new violence flares up in western china on the heels of a deadly protest. >>> first, katie couric with a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> our coverage of "michael jackson the farewell" continues from l.a. we'll take you live to the memorial service with a complete wrap-up on the cbs evening news. and later a 48 hours primetime special. >>> there are new reports of street violence in south western china this morning where at least 156 people have died in clashes with troops and police since sunday. chinese government says more than 1,000 people have been injured and upwards of 1,500 have been arrested. the china's largest region is home to china's largest muslim group, the uighurs, who have been bothered by large numbers of people migrating to their cities. >>> the former girlfriend of steve mcnair bought a gun just days before the shooting. a neve sue of 21-year

claire, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, to you, michelle. the asian marks kicked off the new week in rally mode. jumping 1.5%. hong kong stocks shot up 1.3%. major hurdles in the bull's path on wall street and it's the biggest week for corporate earnings yet and also a slew of market moving economic reports ahead on housing, manufacturing and consumer confidence and economic growth. the dow average starts the day up 24 points. the tek-heavy nasdaq begins down (m stocks have staged an explosive 11% rally in two weeks after 77% of companies that have already reported earnings have had better than expected profits. but analysts say those improvements come mainly as a result of cutting costs, which means cutting jobs. dow component verizon rolls out its quarterly profits this morning and we get new-home sales numbers which are projected to rise to a four-month high in june. federal reserve chairman, ben bernanke defended the billions of dollars in bailouts last night at a town hall meeting in kansas city where he answered angry questions from th

in downtown claire, michigan, a half-dozen stores have recently closed their doors.latest casualty, the local doughnut shop, set to shut down after 113 years in business. at least it was, until a group of loyal customers stepped in at the last minute and saved the place. and they already knew a thing or two. >> no calories added. >> reporter: -- about doughnuts. >> it's a cute idea. and now, i know where all the cops are. so -- >> reporter: the claire police department, now protects and serves -- doughnuts, ignoring that old cliche, risking punch lines. earlier this month, they bought the bakery. >> if it were farmers and doughnuts, it wouldn't have that big draw to it that it does. since we had to take advantage of ts so-called stereotype, we had to people are drawn to it. >> reporter: t-shirt records are pouring in from all over the world. >> you have the right to remain glazed. >> reporter: they had to hire 15 employees. the store only used to need two. and the line, it's almost always out the door. >> they know where the good doughnuts are. >> reporter: they're t

claire leka is here in new york with details. >> good morning. foreign investors were in a buying mood in asia overnight. japan's benchmark nikkei soared. hong kong stocks soared 3%. the dow jones industrial average starts the day down 35 points. the tech heavy nasdaq was up 10. now, ford, the only one of the big three u.s. automakers not to seek a federal bailout, released its second quarter earnings report today. we'll get some more clues on consumer and business spending when microsoft, at&t, u.s. airways and jet blue also roll out their quarterly earnings reports. >>> a joking, smiling california governor arnold schwarzenegger appeared in an online video posted on tuesday wielding a giant knife. he also suggested he might even autograph some state cars being sold to raise money to help cash-strapped california. the video comes as the governor and lawmakers struggle to erase a $26 billion state deficit. the state senate and assembly are expected to vote today on a tentative budget plan. >>> customers at a vista, california, jack in the box are

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. >> reporter: in downtown claire, michigan, a half dozen stores have recently closed their doors.he latest casualty, the local doughnut shop, set to shut down after 113 years in business, at last it was until a group of loyal customers stepped in at the last minute and saved the place. and they already knew a thing or two -- >> no calories added. >> reporter: -- about doughnuts. >> it's a cute idea. now i know where all the cop cars go. >> reporter: the claire police department now protects and serves -- doughnuts, ignoring that old cliche, risking punch lines, earlier this month, they bought the bakery. >> fighting crime one doughnut at a time. >> it took us about ten minutes to make the decision we want to keep it going, let's buy it. >> on days off, we're not home, we're here. we're having so much fun with it, too. >> reporter: customers are too, lining up all over the state and country both amused and heartened by the change in ownership. >> that the police would take their time and money and invest in a local business so that they could stay here, instead of going under. it's