reporter laura podesta tells us...his latest attack a higher lev >>> police in austin, texas believe a serial bomber is on the loose tonight after a fourth explosion in that city earlier this month. reporter laura podesta tells us this kind of attack requires a high level. >> reporter: police believe sunday's explosion is connected to three earlier bombings in the city earlier this month. >> we are clearly dealing with a serial bomber at it this point. >> reporter: this latest incident happened sunday night. two men in their 20s were hurt while walking their bikes in a residential neighborhood in the southwest of the city. police are asking residents if you see something suspicious, stay away and call 911. >> nothing like that happens around here, you know, that kind of stuff happens somewhere else. it's a block and a half away, so it's scary. >> reporter: investigators say sunday night's explosion was activated by a trip wire. the three previous attacks in a different part of the city involved package bombs left on pe

laura podesta, cbs news, new york. >>> we'll be right back. here's fresh grocier, tony tantillo. 0:02 >>> tip of the day? how to keep dill fresh from the farmer's market or grocery store. here's fresh grocer tony tantillo. >> reporter: ell, today's tip of the day is going to be dill. now, dill is one of those herbs that if you use too much of it, it's going to be overwhelming in that recipe and that dish. so you want to use just what you need to make that dish taste great with the flavor of dill. but the selection and storage of dill is also very important. number one, you see this? nice and green. it's got to have a feathery feel all the way around. oh, it's just so soft. when you -- no yellowing whatsoever and the bigger bunches like this are the best. now, never wash them before you store them, otherwise the moisture will decay them much quicker but always wash them before you enjoy them. now, when you bring them home and store them in the refrigerator, open up the bag that you buy them in so they can breathe. and you know what? shelf life

laura podesta is here in new york with more on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are approaching a situation similar to the cold war. that's according to a statement made by the u.n. secretary-general last night. but the white house says the action the u.s. is taking against russia is an appropriate response. tensions with russia reach new heights as 60 americans are ordered out of the country. the exact same number of russian diplomats president trump kicked out of the u.s. on monday. the decision came in response to the poisoning of former spy sergi skripal and his daughter yulia in the english city of salisbury. authorities blame russia for the attack. >> the message being sent is you cannot use a military grade nerve agent without a response. >> reporter: part of the response is president trump's decision to close the russian consulate in seattle. workers were seen packing up boxes and leaving thursday. in retaliation, russia said it would be shutting down the u.s. consulate in st. petersburg. white house spokesperson sarah huckabee sanders says this marks

laura podesta. >> reporter: 60 americans are ordered out of russia. the exact same number of russian diplomats president trump expelled from the u.s. on monday. it came in response to the spying of a former spy and his daughter in the english city of salisbury. authorities blame russia for the attack. >> the message that is being sent is you cannot use a military grade nerve agent without a response. >> reporter: part of that response is president trump's decision to close the russian consulate in seattle. workers were seen packing up boxes and leaving thursday. in retaliation, russia said it would be shutting down the u.s. consulate in st. petersburg. white house spokesman sarah sanders says this marks a further deterioration in the united states-russiaories. russia said there was no proof russia was to blame for the march attack. he compares it to misleading information she said the west used to justify the invasion of iraq. >> ask for additional materials on weapons of mass destruction. they just trusted the united states and great britain and they

laura podesta has nominated his doctor to fill the position. >> reporter: dr. david shulkin secretary of veterans affairs is no longer holding the job according to a tweet wednesday from the president which read in part, i'm thankful for dr. david shulkin's service to our country and to our great veterans. white house dr. rear admiral ronny jackson will replace shulkin as head of the va. >> the president's overall health is excellent. >> reporter: jackson is a naval officer who served as white house physician for the past 3 presidents. former va head shulkin came under fire after an inspector general report in february found that he used taxpayer money to purchase his wife's plane ticket to europe last summer and improperly accepted tickets to a wimbledon tennis match. he paid back the more than $4,000 after it became public. >> i made the decision to reimburse the treasury to follow the ig recommendations and i'm committed to doing what we have to do to focus on veterans and make this better. >> reporter: following the recent departures of national security ad

laura podesta has more. good morning, laura. >> good morning, anne-marie. the head of american vets, a nonpartisan group, says dr. jackson needs to be able to prove he's qualified to run such a massive agency, a $200 billion agency. as you mentioned he's replacing dr. shulkin who's worked in some department of the veterans affairs since 2015 when he was appointed by president obama. another member of president trump's inner circle is out. dr. david shulkin of veterans affairs is no longer holding the job according to a tweet wednesday from the president which read in part, i am thankful for dr. shulkin's service to our country and to our great veterans. white house doctor rear admiral ronny jackson will replace shulkin at the v.a. he's served as the white house physician for the past three presidents. former head shull cain came under fire after an investigation showed he used taxpayer money to purchase plane tickets to fly to europe with his wife last summer and for ticketed for a wimbledon tennis match. >> i'm committed to doing what we have to do to focu

reporter laura podesta has the details. >> reporter: facebook is under intense scrutiny about how it handles user information and today the company announced some changes. the tech giant is consolidating privacy tools onto a single page and allowing users to choose which apps can access their data. the idea is to make it easier to navigate the security settings. the company says the updates have been in the works for some time, but that the events of the past several days underscore their importance. >> this doesn't change any of the data that facebook is actually collecting. >> reporter: kurt wagner is a senior editor at recode. he believes the real sign of change at facebook is its ceo's behavior. >> this is like a bigger moment than we have seen in the past from some of these tech companies. mark zuckerberg may not testify in front of congress but these are real consequences of what's going on. >> reporter: mark zuckerberg has said he is willing to appear before congress to explain how a british consulting firm got a hold of data from 50 million facebook users, information that wa

laura podesta. >>> you might want to wait to take a road trip. drivers are noticing a spike in gas prices. the bay area is seeing some of the highest prices in the country. kpix 5, jessica flores is live in emeryville with more. not good news, jessica. >> reporter: no, michelle. we already deal with high rent prices. now higher gas prices. if you compare it to this time last year, you're going to pay about $5 more to fill up your tank if you have a normal sized car. here in emeryville we're looking at $3.59 here at the 76 gas station, and i can tell you that across the country gas prices shot up $0.07 in the last two weeks. the average across the country, $2.66. that's $0.32 a gallon higher than this time last year. here in the bay area, the current average in oakland is $3.48. in san francisco, $3.59. san jose you're looking at $3.48. rising crude oil prices are to blame. industry analysts say we can expect to see prices climb into the summer. aaa says even though this is some of the highest gas prices we've seen since 2014, families are still g

laura podesta, cbs news, new york. >>> the award for the three previous blasts is $115,000. >>> heads up drivers, you may have to pay a fee to enter downtown san francisco. that's a new bill aimed at easing congestion in big city passes. a 2011 study found charging a 3- dollar fee to enter downtown san francisco could reduce collisions with pedestrians by 5%. one lawmaker suggests the money raised will go to public transportation programs to give commuters more options. the measure is expected to be discussed later today in sacramento. >>> a mama bear and her cub ventured out of the woods and entered a quiet neighborhood to the surprise of many. take a look at this. neighbors say this cub had been sleeping in the crawl space of a home in los angeles county over the weekend. they say that it was roaming around backyards and eating acorns. what they didn't know was that its mother was right behind it. >> we were watching the little one and came back and saw the big one, the mama bear with a tag in the air, and she came out just to get by on things, and so now it's a whole new ball game,

laura podesta has more. >> reporter: at a restaurant in brooklyn, something is missing.tic straws. these colorful straws are made out of thick durable paper. owner todd enany says he banned plastic ones for environmental reasons. >> from time to time, people do want that plastic straw. again, once we tell them the why behind it, i think they change their mind a bit. >> reporter: 5 million plastic straws are used in the u.s. every day, according to the national park service. environmental services say they often end up in landfills or the ocean. >> i suck. >> reporter: celebrities have joined a campaign called strawless ocean to push consumers to stop using them. >> i will stop sucking. ♪ we will all stop sucking >> if you do. >> reporter: not only are some businesses getting rid of them, so are several cities. in seattle, a ban of plastic straws and utensils goes into effect in july. malibu, california, is making a similar move in june, but not everyone is happy about it. this eatery owner says alternatives like disposable wooden utensils are more expensive. >> we have t

laura podesta has the story. >> reporter: william bell is a concierge at a busy new york city hotel.etimes he gets work e-mails at 3:00 in the morning. >> i think it's overwhelming. i think it's too much. 9:00 to 5:00 is good. >> reporter: the proposed bill would make it illegal for an employer with more than 10 workers to require employees to answer work communications outside of work hours. new york city councilman espinal introduced the bill, hoping to draw a line between work and personal life. >> checking on work e-mails, waiting for an impending call from our bosses. we lived under that anxiety and never really take a chance to decompress. >> reporter: the law would fine employers who retaliate against workers who don't respond to e-mails and texts sent after hours. critics say it won't work for most businesses which operate outside normal hours in order to provide customers immediate assistance. >> a law like this doesn't understand how business operates in 2018. a lot of businesses have to operate around the clock. >> reporter: researchers found workers spend eight hours a we

laura ingle live in miami. the bridge was not supposed to open to podesta traffic for months if not close to a year sounds likepany that installed it, and this is something that is standard these days where busy traffic you essentially drop a bridge into place. ainsley: you build it on the edge and put it all together. steve: sounds like they were doing some sort of a stress test yesterday. the bridge was not complete. they still had to put up towers that supported the cables. they weren't there. so now they have goin have got o figure out what went wrong. ainsley: that bridge clawpsed in minnesota years ago. everyone fears. this you stand on a balcony and you fear it there are so many balconies in new york city, all these apartment complexes have this. i do think about that. you put faith in these engineers they are going to do the right thing. pete: absolutely you do. in anner ar an era where our infrastructure isn't what it ought to be. it's a terrible story. steve: let's see, jeff sessions has got 11 hours to decide whether or not he is going to fire andrew mccabe. you know andrew mccabe was the former dep

podesta brothers' dealings, shady dealings, and russia, the gas deal, the banking deal. this is all a matter of public records. she was the candidate in bed with putin, not donald trump. >> laura: by the way, roger, i know you love this story, jeff sessions is dining at a very high-profile restaurant tonight with rod rosenstein and newell francisco, and this is being interpreted a big show of force, doj, in the face of the trump to beat this morning your thoughts? >> rod rosenstein approved the use of the phony russian dossier as the legal rationale for surveillance of the republican candidates for president. rod rosenstein should be terminated immediately. he has a conflict of instrument or make interests in the appointment of robert mueller, who gave him his first appointment, up to his neck in uranium one as the u.s. attorney. rosenstein must go first, then, sadly, jeff sessions should go next. >> laura: all right, roger, thanks so much. we've got big news from the century state, yeah, california, coming up. we are also mentally why the nation's top immigration official is blasting the mayor of oakland for helping hundreds and hundreds of criminals escape the authorities. c