erin moriarty, cbs news in columbia, missouri. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morningction results. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." [ woman 1 ] why do i cook? to share with family. [ woman 2 ] to carry on traditions. [ woman 3 ] to come together even when we're apart. [ male announcer ] in stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy and more, swanson makes holiday dishes delicious. or giving the dog a workout, find your balance™. every delicious balance bar® has 40-30-30 balanced nutrition to give you energy that lasts. balance bar®... have you found your balance™? [ dog barks ] >>> 4 minutes before 5:00 on this wednesday morning. marty is over at first warning weather. >>> it's in the low 50s right now. it's not far away from yesterday's high. low 50s now. 62 at lunch going to a high of of 65. 55 this evening. this is going to be a cloud ier ier day than yesterday. don, take it away. >> thank you. >>> an edgewood man is facing je . jacob george admits to selling narcotics. >>> businesses along saint paul street downtown have water service again this morning

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erin moriarty, cbs news in columbia, missouri. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morningction results. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." [ woman 1 ] why do i cook? to share with family. [ woman 2 ] to carry on traditions. [ woman 3 ] to come together even when we're apart. [ male announcer ] in stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy and more, swanson makes holiday dishes delicious. or giving the dog a workout, find your balance™. every delicious balance bar® has 40-30-30 balanced nutrition to give you energy that lasts. balance bar®... have you found your balance™? [ dog barks ] >>> lift-off. >>> india launched its first spacecraft bound for mars on tuesday. hundreds gathered to watch the rocket lift off from the island's space center. the craft will travel 485 million miles to orbit mars by next september. if successful, india will become the fourth space program to visit the red planet. the u.s., russia, a and europe have all been there. >>> in a routine check by tax inspectors in germany has uncovered a treasure trove of art by some of the world's masters

. >> pelley: erin moriarty of 48 hours has the remarkable story. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. there hasn't been so much anticipation about a number since a record jackpot was at stake in powerball. today six weeks after the troubled opening of the federal health insurance web site, the obama administration finally told us how many americans have signed up. in the first month, it comes to just over 106,000. people who chose policies on both the federal and state sites, though they had not necessarily paid for them yet. that is only about 20% of the 494,000 that the administration had projected. major garrett at s at the white house for us tonight. major? >> reporter: scott, the white house said for weeks these enroll. numbers would fall short of expectations-- and they have. the poorly designed federal health care web site-- nearly unusable in its first days of operation-- severely limited the number of people who were able to sign up for coverage. of the 106,000 americans who

>> all right, erin moriarty. thank you. you can see erin's report "the >>> 25 minutes past 8:00.er harbor. sharon is here to wrap up the rush after marty's first warning weather. >>> 55 degrees is going to be the high. now 32 on tv hill. >>> here is sharon at wjz traff. >> good morning. we continue to have an accidenty on 97. it's in the southbound direction at general's highway. northern parkway at falls road, dundalk avenue at dunn hill and north long wood at wind chester. on 95 that's what your speeds look like between white marsh and the tunnel. that's a look at the topside of the beltway at harford road. not looking so bad there at 95. this traffic report is brought to you by mummy's of the world, the exhibition now open at the maryland science center. back over to you. >>> marylanders are continuing to help the people in need in the philippines. here is mike schuh with the story. >> reporter: good morning. the philippines is a vast collee sland. it's a nightmare to get the aid where needed. some countries and international aid groups are on the ground. the city is sending a

>> all right, erin moriarty. thank you. you can see erin's report "the >>> good morning, everyone.re we're raising money for those people devastated by typhoon haiyan in the philippines. we have people on the phones but we need to get more active. call in, a small donation, whatever you can give, 1-888-5- helps-u. it all goes to the red cross to help the folks down the philippines. now, when stuff like this happens, a lot of people to step you have first are the chefs in san francisco. mineta white is on the phone now from 1300 on fillmore. can you pick that up for us, liam? do a little transfer here. mineta, tell us what some of the restaurants are doing in the city to help out. >> well, you know, the restaurants are very tight community and we always come together in need and this is a time where all the restaurants and chefs are doing something to help the philippines. >> she has a gift certificate right there for 50 bucks and the next person that calls in and donates $200, you get a bonus. you will get a $50 gift certificate for 1300 on fillmore which is pretty good. >> chef da

. >> pelley: erin moriarty of 48 hours has the remarkable story. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. there hasn't been so much anticipation about a number since a record jackpot was at stake in powerball.

. >> pelley: erin moriarty of 48 hours has the remarkable story. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

. >> pelley: we have an update that "48 hours" correspondent erin moriarty has been following a longime, about a man named ryan ferguson. he spent nearly a decade in a missouri prison for a murder that he's always insisted he did not commit. well, tonight, ferguson, now 29 years old, is a free man thanks in no small part to erin's relentless investigation of this case and e vin with us tonight. erin? >> reporter: well, scott, his release came as a surprise. a special prosecutor in the case was just appointed last friday so no one expected that just four days later it would all be over. >> first thing i did was hug my parents and kiss my girlfriend. >> reporter: he's been out of prison for just 24 hours but ryan ferguson is already savoring the taste of his newfound freedom. (cheers and applause) before supporters and the press last night, he spoke about the time and effort it took to get to this day. >> to get arrested and to get charged for a crime you didn't commit, it's incredibly easy. but to get out of prison it takes an army. >> reporter: ferguson's release followed a nearly de

. >> and, bill, what about erin moriarty, you know, who has been on this case from the beginning with "48 hours." >> they've been excellent. they were the leaders that brought attention to this case back in 2006. they started filming the trial in 2005 and they just stayed with it all the way through. that just means so much to us. >> absolutely. >> that was tremendous. tremendous. >> congratulations to you and your family and your father and your attorney who fought so hard to make this happen, and also to our own erin moriartys who coverage for "48 hours" i think, led to the attorney who helped do so much for them who was involved in the case. >> i think the focus on this case particularly now may have helped contribute to the fact they decided not to retry them. they didn't drag it out any longer there was so much focus on this case. >> great work. >> thank you. >> thank you, again, ryan and bill ferguson. >> thank you. >>> from good news to tragedy. leaf operations in the philippines are expected to pick up speed this morning five days after one of the strongest typhoons on record.

. >> and, bill, what about erin moriarty, you know who has been on this case from the beginning with "48 hours." >> they've been excellent. they were the leaders that brought attention to this case back in 2006. they started filming the trial in 2005 and they just stayed with it all the way through. that just means so much to us. >> absolutely. >> that was tremendous. tremendous. >> congratulations to you and your family and your father and your attorney who fought so hard to make this happen and also to our own erin moriartys who coverage for "48 hours" i think led to the attorney who helped do so much for them who was involved in the case. >> i think the focus on this case particularly now may have helped contribute to the fact they decided not to retry them. they didn't drag it out any longer there was so much focus on this case. >> great work. >> thank you. >> thank you, again, ryan and bill ferguson. >> thank you. >>> from good news to tragedy. leaf operations in the philippines are expected to pick up speed this morning five days after one of the strongest typhoons on record. t

. >>> a murder conviction tossed out only on "cbs this morning." "48 hours" erin moriarty talks with the man sent away with no evidence and lying witnesses. >>> plus how long can toronto's play mayor survive after he finally admits to smoking crack? >> but we begin this morning with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> maybe the folks in washington, d.c., should tune in their tvs right now, see how it's done. >> governor chris christie sends a message to washington. >> easily winning the election. >> that wasn't an acceptance speech. that was an announcement speech. >> he may begin his run for the white house even though he won't say he's actually doing it. >> democrat terry mcauliffe squeaked out a win in the governor's race. >> have you tried it? >> probably in one of my drunken stupors. >> mr. ford's approval ratings have gone up despite growing calls for him to step up. >> you know what that makes you? enablers eh? >> healthcare.gov getting another airing today as secretary cath leap sebelius testifies before the committee. >> the "sun sentinel" reporting that coach

. >> pelley: erin moriarty of 48 hours has the remarkable story.sored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. there hasn't been so much anticipation about a number since a record jackpot

we'll talk to ryan ferguson and 48 hours correspondent erin moriarty whose reporting played a major role in his release. we go along with a man to find his family after the typhoon haiyan. malcolm gladwell, the tipping point, blink, outliers, he will be in studio talking about his latest book. into us is back in the morning. see you at -- the news is back in the morning. see you at 7:00. >> thank you. >>> it is 6:51 now. it is the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction. what makes this piece worth over $100 million? coming up. >> reporter: typhoon haiyan's devastation crippling the central philippines and hitting many here at home. how one group is answering the call for help. ,, ,,,,,, at farmers, we make you smarter about insurance. because what you don't know, can hurt you. what if you didn't know that posting your travel plans online may attract burglars? [woman] off to hawaii! what if you didn't know that as the price of gold rises, so should the coverage on your jewelry? [prospector] ahh! what if you didn't know that kitty litter can help you out of a slippery situation? t

correspondent erin moriarty talked with ryan ferguson after he learned he would be set free and she washen his parents learned this great news, as well. you will see it all only on "cbs this morning." and he was inside folsom prison when johnny cash gave his famous concert. hear from the music critic with surprising details about the man in black. the news is back in the morning. see you at 7:00. so time for you to start thinking about your favorite johnny cas song. >> my name is sue? >> i walk the line! because you're mine. everybody knows that. >> thank you. thanks so much. >> not on her ipod, gale. i got news for you. [ laughter ] >>> it's 6:48. let's check traffic. i know liz is a big johnny cash fan? >> i am actually. walk the line is one of my favorite movies, reese witherspoon, love them all. thanks, guys. let's go out towards redwood city and menlo park. it is our hotspot. i'll give you the best advice. use 280, avoid 101. a couple of different accidents. first a traffic alert northbound 101 an overturn accident blocking lanes and then in the opposite direction, southbound 101,

. >>> this morning a man leaves prison after nearly a decade. "48 hours" erin moriarty has been sheddinges on ryan ferguson's case. tuesday his conviction was thrown out. she was the only one to i lied. ferguson's appeals were denied until yesterday when the appellate court threw out the conviction. >> it's the best feeling in the world. >> the court said prosecutors were aware of problems with the testimony but concealed them from defense. >> ryan remains behind bars. the state will decide whether or not to retry him. he hopes to be home soon. >> i've been looking forward to thanksgiving for so long. to know i might have that and that might be my first holiday with my family with the people i love. >> it looks like thanksgiving dinner on the table. >> i feel good but i haven't been able to actually enjoy it yet, be in the moment. once i'm with my family you know, i think that is when it will hit me. i can step foot out there hug my mom and dad. >> reporter: as we speak, ryan ferguson is still in prison. technically he has not been convicted of any crime. his attorney kathleen has alread