. >> he couldn't risk an allegation that he hit her, struck her, he was working at lawrence livermore lab and he has security clearance so any criminal record would have been difficult for him and put his job in jeopardy. >> with genna unconscious and not sure what to do, prosecutors think doug panicked and strangled her to death. he removed genna's clothing to eliminate possible trace evidence. when doug pushed genna's body into the back seat of his car, he displaced the carpet. the underside of the carpet and the seat belt buckle left signature marks on her skin that wouldn't disappear since there was no blood flow. doug chose a dump site 15 minutes away, pulled his car off the road, which picked up the bits of starthistle, the same stage of development that was found on genna's body. prosecutors think doug simply got lucky when the security cameras at both his office and the fast-food restaurant weren't working. but doug made a crucial mistake during his interrogation. he said he used his computer that saturday at the office. but his employer found no evidence that doug logged in.

in a lab rattery experiment reported in the journal nature, scientists at the lawrence livermore lab produced more energy as was contained in the fuel used to create the reaction. unlike nuclear fission, fusion forces parts together, rather than splitting them apart. fusion is the power that fuels the sun and stars. it does not create explosions, leaves behind no radioactive waste and produces no greenhouse gases linked to global warming. the fuel source is hydrogen, the most plentiful in the universe. it deploys 192 lasers. scientists did not reach the breakthrough point they call ignition, a sustained fusion reaction producing more energy than used in the entire process. researchers say they have a long way to go before reaching that goal. >> researchers say nuclear fusion could be used to develop safer weapons systems >> digging up history in egypt. archeologists discover a mummy dating back thousands of years. >> there's not a lot of restoring happening. this is a great opportunity. >> giving away homes for free in detroit. how one organization hopes to bring back the struggling

the lawrence livermore experience deployed 142 powerful lasers that focus energy in billionth of a second long pulses. scientists did not reach the break through point they call fission. researchers say they have a long way to go before they reach that goal. rob reynolds, al jazeera, los angeles. ♪ >>> wall street turning higher after spending most of the morning in the red. and now up right now 21 points, erasing its earlier losses. the commerce department reporting that retail sales fell .4 of a percent last month. consumers scaling back on things like cars and clothing. comcast is buying time-warner cable for $45 billion, the two companies will have about 30 million subscribers making it the largest cable system in the us. that deal ending, an eight-month takeover battle. deal is likely to face questions from congress. >>> this winter mother nature has been taking a costly toll on the economy. mary snow has our report. >> reporter: paralyzed cities, power loss to hundreds of thousands of homes, thousands of flights canceled, and that's just the southeast in the second major storm there

. >> remarkably development in science, scientists at lawrence livermore national laboratory have taken a major step towards making energy the same way the sun does. what they've managed to do. >> in livermore burns what may be the world's oldest working light bulbs. just up the street is a $500 trillion watt light. to to-to-focus energy on one tiny spot. >> recreating a small piece of the sun inside of the laboratory. it's never been done, before. >> the sun creates energy through nuclear fusion. squeezing atoms together they grow into one this, scene filmed right here at livermore lab. in reality, it looks like this. squeezing this tiny pellet of hydrogen fuel until atoms start to combine. now, by adjusting, scientists have gotten fuel to start heating itself. >> it's decades of research into fusion physics. >> it's a major step towards the ultimate goal which is ignition the nuclear equivalent of getting fuel to catch fire so it burns on its own. now, fuel giving off about twice the energy but only a tiny bit is reacting. ignition is a change >> kwaul to pounds of burning coal. >> it

. >> remarkably development in science, scientists at lawrence livermore national laboratory have taken step towards making energy the same way the sun does. what they've managed to do. >> in livermore burns what may be the world's oldest working light bulbs. just up the street is a $500 trillion watt light. to to-to-focus energy on one tiny spot. >> recreating a small piece of the sun inside of the laboratory. it's never been done, before. >> the sun creates energy through nuclear fusion. squeezing atoms together until they grow into one this, scene filmed right here at livermore lab. in reality, it looks like this. squeezing this tiny pellet of hydrogen fuel until atoms start to combine. now, by adjusting, scientists have gotten fuel to start heating itself. >> it's decades of research into fusion physics. >> it's a major step towards the ultimate goal which is ignition the nuclear equivalent of getting fuel to catch fire so it burns on its own. now, fuel giving off about twice the energy but only a tiny bit is reacting. ignition is a change reaction. >> kwaul to pounds of burning coa

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scientists at lawrence livermore national laboratory have taken steps to make energy the same way theloom explains what they have managed to do at a firehouse in livermore, and what may be the world's oldest working light bulb. it it uses just 4 watts. how ironic up the street is the 500 trillion-watt light. most powerful laser in the world. it's the national ignition facility. the size of three football fields. all to focus a giant wallop of energy on one tiny spot. >> we are basically recreating a small piece of the sun inside the laboratory, which has never been done before. >> the sun creates energy through nuclear fusion, squeezing atoms together until they merge into one, giving off a massive heat. fusion powers the warp drive on the starship enterprise. >> if we go in there we will die. the radiation will kill us. this scene from the latest star trek was filmed here at the livermore lab. in reality the inside looks like this. dozens of laser lenses. it squeezes the tiny pellet of hydrogen fuel until the atoms start to combine. by carefully adjusting the pattern of this pulse li

. ♪ >> scientists at lawrence livermore national laboratory have taken steps to make energy the same e sun does. jonathan bloom explains what they have managed to do at a firehouse in livermore, and what may be the world's oldest working light bulb. it it uses just 4 watts. how ironic up the street is the 500 trillion-watt light. most powerful laser in the world. it's the national ignition facility. the size of three football fields. all to focus a giant wallop of energy on one tiny spot. >> we are basically recreating a small piece of the sun inside the laboratory, which has never been done before. >> the sun creates energy through nuclear fusion, squeezing atoms together until they merge into one, giving off a massive heat. fusion powers the warp power on the starship enterprise. >> if we go in there we will die. the radiation will kill us. this scene from the latest star trek was filmed here at the livermore lab. in reality the inside looks like this. dozens of laser lenses. it squeezes the tiny pellet of hydrogen fuel until the atoms start to combine. by carefully adjusting the pa

in a laboratory experiment reported in "nature", scientists at the lawrence livermore ad contained morergy out of fusion than was contained in the reaction. unlike nuclear fusion, fusion produces energy by forcing atomic party concludes together, rather than splitting them apart. it's the power that fuels the sun and stars. it does not create an explosion, leaves no radio act active waste and produces no greenhouse gases linked to global warming. the fuel source is hydrogen, the most plentiful element in the universe. the experiment deploys 192 powerful lasers focussing energy in billionth of a second-long pulses. scientists did not reach the breakthrough point called ignition, a sustained reaction that produces more energy than used in the entire process. researchers say they have a long way to go before they reach that goal. >> a bomb attack op a police van in pakistan killed 11 officers. it happened in karachi. 25 other people are reportedly injured. >> we have more from islamabad. >> a deadly attack on a police bus in the eastern part of karachi city leaves at least 11 killed and a

scientists at california's lawrence livermore said they produced more power from a source than they puteek, they have crossed a thro threshold moment.te they've achieved a fusion reaction in which you get more energy out than you put in. that's the threshold for any successful energy-generating system. so they've managed to do this. now, the energy was fleeting. it's certainly not ready to power los angeles, but it's a proof of principle thing, much like the wright brothers flying. once the wright brothers showed h you could build an aircraft that was capable of heavier than air flight, you knew you were off and flying. >> this is something they've been trying to do for decades? >> for 50 years, and have never been able to cross this ld do threshold. the idea is nuclear fusion is ea very different from fision, which breaks atoms apart. you have hydrogen compressed into helium, and it releases energy in the process. the sun doesn't need our help to do that.ion. it has 27 million degrees of to temperature there that does it. we need artificial ways of heating and compressing hydrogen to d

livermore. here's lawrence. >>> we have patchy fog along the coastline.nshine coming our way. mount vacuum -- v a, c looking grad. let's plan on 60s and spring like 70s again. things change as a few clouds roll in. rain expected on wednesday through the weekend. bulldog: you know not all heroes wear capes. some wear fur. and mattress discounters good deed dogs is here to help them. meet yara. she helps veterans like marv stay independent. this is caspin. he helps wallace with things she can't do on her own. and goldie helps children with developmental disabilities while suzie works with people in the hospital. you can be a hero, too. give it mattressdiscountersdogs.com, or any mattress discounters. mattress discounters good deed dogs: helping dogs help people. a camera rolling the whole time and he was able to land safely. i tell you, these gopro camerass everywhere. he was able to land safely. >> $56 billion was made. mark phillips looks at what happens noekt sochi. that's ahead. >>> this morning tech companies are rolling out new phones and other device

livermore. and 61 degrees becoming mostly cloudy in pacifica. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence. everything is dry so that's wa

lawrence. we showed you those slowdowns on westbound 580 through the livermore valley.vel time for you, nearly a half hour between the altamont pass and the dublin interchange. you're looking live as you approach 680. the san mateo bridge sluggish. they just cleared a stall westbound 92 past the high- rise. no longer blocking lanes but it is a little sluggish on that side of the span. and also in fairfield westbound 80 approaching highway 12. an accident there continues to block one lane. it was a four-car fender- bender. so they are working to clear it but in the meantime, you may find slight backups in the area and san jose this is a mess since an early-morning crash no longer blocking anything northbound 101 approaching old oakland road but the backups now extending into capitol expressway. so definitely give yourself some extra time. or consider using the guadalupe parkway. here's a live look at the nimitz, 880 in oakland, flowing nicely this morning into downtown oakland. that is your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> elizabeth, thank you. >>> kpix 5's ki

lawrence. you nailed it again. boy, it was such a foggy drive here to western nursery, which is kind of on the corner of pleasanton and livermoreout here because, sure, it's february but is it too early to start thinking about your nursery -- what should i say, needs? your nursery needs? and planting? the general manager and also owner here, is it too early to start planting? >> no, it is not. actually your shrubbery, that will depend on some of this wonderful rain that we'll be hoping to have, will definitely get that in the ground now. >> sure, we had a lot of rain recently. but we're still on a drought situation. what are you doing to help us out with our planting? >> we're partnering with zone 7 and bay-friendly people to promote drought tolerant plants. >> reporter: okay. i'm thinking these are succulents? >> these are succulents and basically when you think drought tolerant you think succulents and this is definitely a wonderful assortment here of drought tolerant succulents here that you can use in the landscape. it's a little early to plant in the landscape because they are a little cold-tender but you can plant them in

the altamont pass to livermore valley is considerably cleared up. that's the traffic. here's lawrencele on the coastline line overlooking san francisco. low clouds there, going to start to break up and leaving behind actually a nice valentine's day outside. high pressure still overhead so we are sending most of the rain to the north but that will change. today planning on temperatures into the 60s in the south bay as high as 66 in san jose. 63 in oakland. 59 degrees in san francisco. tomorrow though the storm clouds roll back in. a chance of rain developing late in the day more like the evening around the bay area. could see some lingering showers early sunday morning then more showers possible into next week. ♪ >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, we go inside the challenges and triumphs of life as a child in new orleans. looking at the power of music. >>> and one colorado couple, having fun means camping out, but their campground is the side of a cliff. dangling thousands of feet in the air. it's just like marriage, right? tagging along with no limits

livermore. and 61 degrees becoming mostly cloudy in pacifica. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence. everything is dry so that's always a good start for the morning commute and we have a couple of incidents out there. but first i want to talk to you about the golden gate bridge. they are doing lane changes right about now. they are getting four southbound lanes open in the commute direction but you can see that everything is flowing smoothly across this bridge. bart is on time. they are running all their trains on a normal regular schedule. this is one of the incidents i had mentioned westbound 580 at north first street. they are working to clear this diesel truck off to the center divide. and we are seeing some unusual slowdowns now for this time of the morning. look at this. it is already busy especially from the truck scales but now we are seeing even delays coming through the altamont pass. even on 205 now out of tracy, so again, give yourself some extra time if this is your normal commute. 23 minutes already between the altamont pass and the dublin interchange. that's your late

livermore, about 67 degrees in san jose. we're looking at 67 degrees in oakland. 64 in san francisco. all right. let's check the traffic now with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence. mainly just your overnight roadwork that could slow you downright now including once again the antioch bridge closed down until 5 a.m. so at this hour, it's kind of a long way to get around. both directions of 160 closed on the approach so use eastbound 4 to i-5 instead. here's the sensors and traffic heading toward the bay bridge toll plaza. everything looks great. there are several lanes blocked, the left side from the incline to midspan until 5 a.m. so not too much longer. we're not seeing big delays in either direction between oakland and san francisco on westbound or eastbound 80. and here's one more live look at traffic. this time in oakland, northbound and southbound 880 still moving at the speed limit this morning past the oakland coliseum. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> a new shoe bomb warning has airlines on alert. u.s. intelligence officials say terror groups have been chatting lately about possible new designs. they are warning airl

lawrence. >>> yeah, a lot of fog around the bay area this morning. visibilities down to a quarter mile now in livermoreile in santa rosa around the rest of the bay area. cloudy this morning, fog the major concern. ware seeing some delays no at sfo. more rain looks like for the whole bay area saturday night into sunday. hazy into the afternoon with passing clouds and looks like most of the rain is going to read to the north with that jet stream there. delays at sfo up to about 45 minutes. and that's because we are seeing the low clouds and the fog out there this morning. i think around the country of course they have that major winter storm impacting many of the flights headed toward the eastern half of the united states so watch out for that. 52 degrees mostly cloudy in denver. a chilly 28 degrees in new york. around the bay area today, we are going to see some clouds early on. that's giving way to some more mid- to high-level clouds and even a chance of some sprinkles. most of them mainly to our north here. looks like just a weak system sliding through. we are getting clipped by it. otherwise, numbers

livermore valley to the dublin interchange. the roads are still very slick. gets get the latest on the forecast. here's lawrence. >>> we're not done with the rain just yet, elizabeth. of course the heaviest amounts of rainfall have moved on by. some of the mountains over 2." boulder creek about 3.5" of rain. out the door we are seeing pockets of scattered showers as storm number one heads east. hi-def doppler radar picking up on some of the storms. we had lightning strikes overnight as well and strong winds of 40 to 50 miles per hour. looks like the winds will ramp up again tonight. wind gusts could get up to about 60 miles per hour across some of the mountaintops. we are going to center to watch that closely into tomorrow morning. likely going to see some trees coming down and some power lines too. brief break in the stormy weather as we head into the afternoon with some partly cloudy skies. highs will be in the 50s and the 60s. but time now to get ready for the next storm. mobile weather is on the road with roberta gonzales with how the morning's drizzle and the rain is impacting the commute. roberta! >> repo

scientists at lawrence river moore national laboratory has taken steps to make energy the same way the sun does. jonathan bloom explains what they have managed to conk at a firehouse in livermorest 4 watts. how ironic up the street is the most powerful laser in the world. it's the national ignition facility. the size of three football fields. all to focus a giant wallop of energy on one tiny spot. >> we are basically recreating a small piece of the sun inside the laboratory, which has never been done before. >> the sun creates energy through nuclear fusion, squeezing atoms together until they merge into one, giving up a massive heat. it is the warm power on the star ship enterprise. this scene from the latest star trek was filmed here at the livermore lab. inside it looks like this. dozens of laser lens. it squeezes the piney pellet of hydrogen fuel until the atoms start to combine. by carefully adjusting the pattern of this pulse light, it has the fuel to start heating itself. you can cull it smoldering, 9 smoke that comes before fire. >> the fusion. >> the achievement is the major step toward the ultimate go of the facility which is ignition. the nuclear equivalent of gettin

westbound 580 sluggish, delays beginning in livermore valley continuing through westbound 580 through the dublin interchange. that's your latest traffic. here is lawrenceward, weather will be improving over the next couple days. high def doppler radar shows things quieted down as far as rain and likely will stay that way for a while. temperatures mild, upper 50s towards the coastline, mid-60s inside the bay and valleys. next couple days, passing clouds, a few more clouds wednesday into thursday, but any chance for rain stays to the north. chance of showers for everybody looks like as we get in toward saturday night and into sunday. ,,,,,,,, >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, charlie's conversation with bill murray. "the monuments star" talks about what makes him keep acting and why he replaces his agent and manager with an 800 number. >>> plus an author of o huge book says die officers caused skpings. she's in the toyota green room with professor michio kaku. what we can. that's ahead. >>> and right now it's time to show you this morning's headlines. the "washington post" reports experts are warning about the next wave

livermore after an earlier fender-bender. it is still very slow though coming out of the altamont pass. drive time 24 minutes between there and the dublin interchange. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." here's lawrencedoor we go. cloudy skies over the financial district in san francisco. so far remaining dry there. but that's about to change. our hi-def doppler radar showing you the first part of the storm system that's going to be moving onshore that rain will be spreading to the south throughout the day today and once it gets going probably not going to end until sunday night. temperatures today will be mild. that rain picking up toward the commute ride home. looks like some heavy rainfall expected over the weekend. finally drying out on monday and tuesday. ♪ >>> good morning to you. it's 8:00 in the west. welcome back to "cbs this morning." russia lifts the curtain on the winter olympics and mark is in sochi where they begin. >>> you have heard about an app. parents don't know a thing about it. we will show you the media apps designed to protect your privacy. >>> and then ringo and the beatles changed everything 50 years ago today. but first on this february 7th 2014, here is a look at today's "e