mandy threw me for a loop as an adult. how are these young people handling it? thought it might be interesting. tavis: one of these shows called you in for a cameo -- "american idol." a whole new generation got exposed. >> i work with kids, and i did another where i got to talk to about 90 of them that were just going on the air. i really loved it. they were like sponges. once i worked with that were going on the air it in my songs, and i asked him a lot of questions they have never been asked before, and i think it helped. they really are looking for someone to give them a hand. they have not paid their dues. they have not worked in the theater. they just sing well, and suddenly they are on error singing a song, and they are good if they win, because they really work hard. >> a lot of people were not privy with the artists in a private setting. when people do get a chance to barry manilow, what are you sharing with them that might help them as they advance through their careers? >> i say, who are using it sioux, and she said, the audience, and i said, who in yo

mandy clark one on one with the top u.s. commander in afghanistan on the future of the war and the decision to begin pulling out. the man accused of the worst war crimes in europe since the natsys shows nothing but contempt for justice. mark phillips has the pictures from the court. and on this fourth of july as the space shuttle program nears an end, jim axelrod asks "what happened to the flags on the moon?" >> it's beautiful. >> pelley: do those star spangled banners yet wave? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, chantix is the most popular anti-smoking drug on the market with annual sales of nearly $800 million. but a study out today raises new safety questions about it. chantix has already been linked to an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and now to a higher risk of heart disease we asked dr. jon lapook to tell us what we need to know about these new findings. >> reporter: today's study is worrisome news for the more than seven million americans who ha

mandy clark in kandahar, afghanistan's most dangerous city. she comes under attack while wearing a berka. >> reporter: another stone was just thrown at me-- ow! >> just today the city's mayor was assassinated in a brazen attack. cell phone safety: to all those minutes add up to health problems for kids? dr. jon lapook reports. and it's a place where wounded warriors learn to hope again. david martin on the closing of walter reed. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> schieffer: good evening, scott's off tonight. i'm bob schieffer. the fallout from washington's inability to find a solution to the budget crisis and raise the debt limit has, apparently, begun. on wall street, the stock market was down for the third day in a row. the dow fell more than 198 point today. for the week, it's down nearly 400 points, and it has lost close to $105 billion in value. some of the bond rating services are now saying that even if congress does reach an agreement on a budget plan, it may be too late to avoid lowering

mandy clark reports that president karzai's brother was gunned down. laid off on day one. cynthia bowers in a city so strapped it's firing cops as soon as they get their badge. and the first, first lady of the modern age, bill whitaker remembers betty ford who forever changed how america views the white house. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley reporting tonight from washington. >> pelley: good evening. it was a striking thing, today, to hear the president of the united states say that he cannot guarantee the 27 million social security checks that you are due to be mailed august 3rd. august 3rd is the day after the government will default on its debts if democrats and republicans do not agree to increase the nation's borrowing limit. both sides say they won't raise the limit without a deal to massively cut the federal deficit. a u.s. default would shake the world economy. the stakes could not be higher. time is growing short. in our interview, president obama said the situation is dangerous. >> we met the president this morning at

mandy clark spoke with him today in kabul about the way forward in afghanistan. >> reporter: the last days of general david petraeus's command have been marked by two major events: the president's decision to begin withdrawing u.s. forces and days later an audacious attack on one of kabul's most important hotels. general petraeus told us the assault should not be seen as a setback. do you really think that the afghan security forces are ready if they can't protect a major hotel in the cap all? >> i can tell you that our special forces who were sporp not leading and not doing-- for the afghan forces who saw the crisis response unit said that they responded very courageously. in fact, that they took the loss of life with the wounded in action i think underscores that fact. >> reporter: but the training of afghan forces is uneven at best. witnesses at the hotel told us some afghan police ran away from the suicide assault. time for training afghan forces will soon be running out. president obama plans to withdraw about one-third of u.s. forces in little more than a year. it's no secret th

mandy clark, cbs news, kabul. >> mitchell: and that is the "cbs evening news.", "60 minutes." thanks for joining us this sunday evening. i'm russ mitchell, cbs news in new york. scott pellee will be here tomorrow. good night and happy fourth. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org what fire investigators believe people scrambling for ways to get cool. mother nature has some cooler plans in mind. >>> dozens of cars go up in flames. what investigators believe might have set them off. >>> celebrating savings, the tax change is giving shoppers an incentive to buy. ,,

as mandy carp reports he's a lot older than the ones he treats. >> reporter: in afghanistan back from the men and women of the u.s. military have tough jobs and the medical problems to match. >> this one started today. >> reporter: an experienced eye makes all the difference and few are more experienced than dr. i don't know burston, at age 76 he may not bring it all but he brings a lot of history to his work at this military clinic in kabul. >> they're not sure if i'm a father figure or grandfather figure. >> reporter: what does he take with his experience? >> i carry an appreciation for the incredible sacrifice i see among the young people here. >> reporter: dr. burston is a volunteer with the reserves, his fourth tour since 2005, two in iraq, two in afghanistan. he joined the army in 1955. he was out of uniform for 26 years and says the nature of war has changed dramatically in this time. >> this is a complicated war and we're in a situation where troops communicate with home every day. >> reporter: he says this may be his last tour but really not so sure, hinting in two years' tim

mandy clark, cbs news, kabul. >>> here in new york this weekend police get the fourth of july holidayplosive start. that would be more than 2 1/2 tons of illegal fireworks destroyed by the police bomb squad. police arrested 70 people with illegal fireworks. >>> this morning on "the early show" with the year half over, look back and a look forward at the year's economy. i'm terrell brown. this is the "cbs morning news." brown. this is the "cbs morning news." discover customersl are getting five percent cashback bonus at the pump... and at many of the places their summer plans take them. it pays to switch, it pays to discover. >>> we're in the low 70s this morning. we're going to be on the hot and humid side. not quite stuffy like yesterday. 87 this evening. dinner time, fireworks should be in the comfortable low 80s. don, take it away. >>> here's what we'll be keeping an eye on today. turkey cut its ties with libya, pulling its ambassador. >>> saving greece. they're getting their worst bond ratings. >>> also, this serbian chief has been tossed out. >>> we're also updating several local

mandy clark, cbs news, kabul. >>> here in new york this weekend police get the fourth of july holidayplosive start. that would be more than 2 1/2 tons of illegal fireworks destroyed by the police bomb squad. police arrested 70 people with illegal fireworks. >>> this morning on "the early show" with the year half over, look back and a look forward at the year's economy. i'm terrell brown. this is the "cbs morning news." brown. this is the "cbs morning news." discover customersl are getting five percent cashback bonus at the pump... and at many of the places their summer plans take them. it pays to switch, it pays to discover. when it's time for lunch, a sandwich is a quick and easy choice. and with the right ingredients, it can be good and good for you. so i'm here today to see who can build the ultimate sandwich. all right, when the time is up, our judges will give you their scores. ready. set. go! okay, jason starts out with the multigrain roll. ooh. alyson's stuffing her pita with, yes, spinach! a great source of iron. jason isn't skimping on the protein, adding plenty of smoked tur

mandy whose teacher is one of the father one of the seven missing men. they range from toddlers to eighth graders they watched the story unfold in the media and wanted to do their part. >> they know the situation. they follow the news. their families also follow news and they understand that her father was on a fishing trip and the boat capsized and no one can find him. >> reporter: for the eighth consecutive day a coastguard plane participated that covered 1700 square miles. seven missing men have been missing since the boat sank in july 3rd in the sea of cortez. needless to say they are hoping the money they raise will help subsidize the cost of divers in the search effort. i want to learn more about the fishermen and efforts to help, go to our website at abc7news.com. live in livermore, nick smith, "abc 7 news". >> board of trustees at california state university is voting on another tuition hike. they are considering raising tuition by 12% in the fall, that is on top of the previously approved 10% increase on the 23 campus system. if approved the ann

. >> i just really hope that mandi gets better. >> the family had not given up hope that the man will be found alive. >>> firefighters say the fire that damaged a daly city school overnight is likely a case of arson. firefighters say they were able to extinguish the fire within 15 minutes. it appears that fire was started at three different locations outside the portable. >>> there were new concerns tonight about a widening debt crisis in europe. both italy and spain are showing troubling signs of mounting debt. portugal greece, and ireland are facing bailouts. >> now is the time to do with these issues. >> the president said democrats need to be open to making changes while republicans should be willing to raise taxes on the rich but neither side appears to be willing to budge and the deadline is just a few weeks a way. >>> the dow shed 151 points and the nasdaq fell 2%. >>> cisco is expected to announce layoffs tomorrow and as many as 5000 employees could lose their jobs. they are trying to trim $1 billion in operating expenses. the province during the last quarter were down 17% fro

mandy whose teacher is one of the father one of the seven missing men. they range from toddlers to eighth graders they watched the story unfold in the media and wanted to do their part. >> they know the situation. they follow the news. their families also follow news and they understand that her father was on a fishing trip and the boat capsized and no one can find him. >> reporter: for the eighth consecutive day a coastguard plane participated that covered 1700 square miles. seven missing men have been missing since the boat sank in july 3rd in the sea of cortez. needless to say they are hoping the money they raise will help subsidize the cost of divers in the search effort. i want to learn more about the fishermen and efforts to help, go to our website at abc7news.com. live in livermore, nick smith, "abc 7 news". >> board of trustees at california state university is voting on another tuition hike. they are considering raising tuition by 12% in the fall, that is on top of the previously approved 10% increase on the 23 campus system. if approved the ann

mandy grossy. emily lynn, my supervisor. and the director of housing developments at cnbc. i have now added 5 new tool to my project manager tool kit. number one, always be patient. number two, never panic. the problem is really not that bad. number three, always trust your team to find the answers. number four, try to find humor and irony in every situation. no. 5 -- which is pertinent to today -- take time to celebrate the miles talents and recognize the achievements of others. i would also like to take a moment to highlight our founder's spirit without their financial contribution and support, ccr would not have had the opportunity to be revitalized. they did to the city and county -- county office of separate discovery development agency, enterprise, our tax credit investor, a wells fargo bank, our construction lender, the federal home loan bank of san francisco through its affordable housing program, far east national bank, a program that sponsor, the california financing agency, the state of california department of housing community development, and finally, -- one m

. >>> children in the montessori school in livermore to help teacher mandy hong whose father is among the missing. >> my mom and i were talking 3 doing something to help her, just to find of make it easier on her. and my mom wanted to, like, like a -- like a bake sale. >> the bake sale was a huge success and they plan to do it again tomorrow. there's a web page and donations can be made there and the link to that website is at ktvu.com under "web links." you will find more coverage information in a video. >>> a family whose son was killed in a fight in san diego? filed a lawsuit today. the suspect -- fight in san francisco filed 5 lawsuit today. the suspect es seben nunez was sentenced and on the last day of arnold schwarzenegger's day in office, he cut that in half. the family is suing because they were not consulted. >>> maria shriver has reportedly bought a home. tmz reports her new home is in brentwood near the home she scared -- she shared 3 arnold schwarzenegger. she filed her divorce after word broke that her husband fathered a son with their housekeeper. >>> the state definite

> reporter: ma h, di lee recalls her dad donald was at a fishing shop when he and bruce mar met -- mandi lee recalls her dad. and bruce is among 19 passengers who survived the ship wreck. many headed to the bay area. >> he has to come here to his best friend's car and pick up his car and drop off his best friend's car. >> reporter: albert mar was also swept away after winds capsized the 115-foot boat. >> the swim was really hard. >> reporter: survivor dave levine told his wife how he let go of an ice chest he and four others clung to to swim to land a few miles away. it took eight hours against strong current, determination and some luck. >> when he was swimming ashore, he took a stroke and when one hand came out there was a bottle of water in. then he took another stroke and he came up with another bottle of water. >> reporter: survivors are driving home today, two in their group missing but not given up on. >> my dad would not want it any other way. you know these are his best friend, and he has always thought us that we don't leave our friends side or our family's side. so it's not ju

mandy grossy. emily lynn, my supervisor. and the director of housing developments at cnbc. i have now added 5 new tool to my project manager tool kit. number one, always be patient. number two, never panic. the problem is really not that bad. number three, always trust your team to find the answers. number four, try to find humor and irony in every situation. no. 5 -- which is pertinent to today -- take time to celebrate the miles talents and recognize the achievements of others. i would also like to take a moment to highlight our founder's spirit without their financial contribution and support, ccr would not have had the opportunity t

. >> mandy lee hahy says no one knows more about the boat than he does. >> it keeps us moving forward. in our mind we just constant lip say, they're together. they're taking care of one another. >> now, the family members are actually inside the house right now. they've just told us that any minute now they expect to be included in a conference call with the u.s. coast guard updating them on the search. we'll find out shortly afterwards exactly where they are in this process. live in san ramon, tracy grant, bay area news. >> thank you. >>> new details tonight in a deadly shooting on a b.a.r.t. train plat fourm. the identity of a man shot and killed in san francisco. the city's medical examiner identified the victim as charles hill. we first reported b.a.r.t. officers opening fire on the 45-year-old man during a confrontation at the civic center station on sunday night. investigators with both b.a.r.t. and the san francisco police department are busy interviewing dozens of witnesses. b.a.r.t. is planning to release surveillance video that shows the moments before the shooting. both off

mandy clark, cbs news, kandahar, afghanistan. >> mandy clark in canada half, afghanistan, thank you very much. >>> in london this morning, wiki leaks founder julian assange in a hearing. he is appealing he should be sent back to sweden to answer questions about two rape charges. he worried sweden might send him to the u.s. over the release of classified documents. >>> texas baseball fan who fell to his death last week has been laid to rest. hundreds tourned out for the funeral of shannon stone who was a husband, firefighter and at a rangers game last week he reached for a ball and lost his balance and fell. >>> in phoenix, upper right hand corner of your screen here, watch. a guy dangling off a railing. he had been standing at a table during the derby trying to catch a ball. not smart. almost went over. luckily, his brother and others were there to pull him to safety. pretty incredible pictures. >>> by the way, that's where the home run derby, a special moment lasted night. a family affair for robinson cano with his father pitching to him, cano blasted 32 homers to win, including a recor

. >> but mandy lee hahn says she had a bad feeling about her father's trip. >> i did make a phone callis way to mexico and told my husband that i had a weird feeling that something was going to happen which is why i made the call. >> 37 tourists and crew survived including gary wong of san francisco. >> this guy was yelling for help, help me, help me, i was like oh, god. >> a san diego area man who rescued several of the survivors thinks the warm water could keep all of the others alive. >> everybody down there did everything they could physical looking and looking and spending days looking and i pray to god there isn't somebody left out there on an island. >> the missing include brian wong. don lee, al mean, are yo are yl bautista, gene, mark shallack and mark dorland. >> there is a lot of shoreline there not close to major highway so there is a possibility they are on land. >> in the water there is a 96 hour window of survival. we a little more than 24 hours to go. don lee's daughter says it is her understanding the group would not be sleeping on the boat during the first night. the

nations have multiples of what we have today and what little we have today is because of people -- like mandy. tom harkin was the architect of the phrase, fear not free on trade. it is just there. these gentlemen, these members know that 11 of them have failed to deliver their promises. we look ahead to the three on the table. it is not free trade, simply fair trade. >> no question about it. i have been covering this for the better part of the last couple of decades and have watched these proposals, getting back to this idea, is that -- it isn't it about time that before ideas, we have seen a near disastrous failure, this idea of a free trade and how we are supposed to raise all votes into american votes. the results are kind of in. why has the political environment not changed more than it has? even accounting for the distractions caused by the tea party, the all embracing focus we see now on cutting the budget. i am not sure why some of the economic thinking has not changed. these proposals, versions have been out for a while. now more than ever has been their moment. >> there is a sector o

mandy clark one on one with the top u.s.nder in afghanistan on the future of the war and the decision to begin pulling out. the man accused of the worst war crimes in europe since the natsys shows nothing but contempt for justice. mark phillips has the pictures from the court. and on this fourth of july as the space shuttle program nears an end, jim axelrod asks "what happened to the flags on the moon?" >> it's beautiful. >> pelley: do those star spangled banners yet wave? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, chantix is the most popular anti-smoking drug on the market with annual sales of

students held a bake sale this morning to raise money for mandy lee han.e planning to hold another bake sale tomorrow. the family has not given up hope that don lee of san ramon will be found alive. >>> an update now to a story we've been following for months. nearly two dozen san jose firefighters are getting their jobs back thanks to a federal grant. the $15 million grant allows the fire department to fill 49 positions that were lost in a controversial brown out plan last year. 22 of the 49 firefighters have accepted their jobs back. but they still have to retrain. the department says it will fill the remaining 27 openings with transfers. >>> you might have to carry extra cash to park in san francisco. by the end of the month, sfmta officials say they will change meter prices based on neighborhood with more crowded areas getting higher rates. officials say rates at nearly 1/3 of the meters will increase up to 25-cents an hour. the meter program started last year and uses sensors to collect realtime parking information. >>> san francisco presented an envi

. >> reporter: mandy lee remembers they were at a fishing shop when he and mar met. her father and six other men are missing. and bruce is among 19 pass injures who survived the ship wreck. many headed back to the bay area now. >> he has to come here to his best friend's house and pick up his car and drop off his best friend's car. >> reporter: albert line a cousin of lee was also swept away. >> the swim was really hard. >> reporter: survivor greg larn said how he let go of a cooler to swim back to shore. it took eight hours. >> he had a stroke and came up with a bottle of water. >> reporter: levine and two others are returning home. >> my dad would not want it any other way. these are his best friends, and he has always thought us that we don't leave our friends side or our family's side. so it's just not him. we want all six. >> reporter: and this house is still full of activity and optimism with a find our father's facebook page and volunteers here helping to keep the pressure on to keep the search going above and below water. we're live in san ramon, debra villal

students held a bake sale this morning to raise money for mandy lee han.tudents are planning to hold another bake sale tomorrow. the family has not given up hope that don lee of san ramon will be found alive. >>> an update now to a story we've been following for months. nearly two dozen san jose firefighters are getting their jobs back thanks to a federal grant. the $15 million grant allows the fire department to fill 49 positions that were lost in a controversial brown out plan last year. 22 of the 49 firefighters have accepted their jobs back. but they still have to retrain. the department says it will fill the remaining 27 openings with transfers. >>> you might have to carry extra cash to park in san francisco. by the end of the month, sfmta officials say they will change meter prices based on neighborhood with more crowded areas getting higher rates. officials say rates at nearly 1/3 of the meters will increase up to 25-cents an hour. the meter program started last year and uses sensors to collect realtime parking information. >>> san francisco present

. >> mandy lee is talking about the difficult trip home for one of her dad's best friends. walnut week's -- creek's bruce marr survived the cap sizing of the fishing boat in the sea of cortez. at last word he is driving back from mexico. his yellow suv is parked in front of the lee home. lee is still missing. along with another close friend. >> i know that this is painful for him. he has to come here to his best friend's car and drop off his best friend's car. bruce is coming in and driving my mom's car back with, out my dad. >> mexican and u.s. rescuers continue searching for for the seven men still miss oogt coast guard and mexican navy have picked 1500 square miles to concentrate their search. >> beyond the search, the family is working with jackie speir to organize a dive team. >> if this can answer questions out there and bring closure, family just wants to know they can move on to a grieve prog ses. >> we're drinking and having a good time. >> these photos were taken by a man who met some of the fishermen the night before they left on the tragic trip. donald lee and a

he spoke with mandy clark of cbs news about the president's plan to withdraw 1/3 of u.s. troops over the next year. >> it is no secret that you wanted a slower draw down. do you feel you have enough troops to do the job? >> first, it is probably time to stop second guessing the decision only the president can make. only he has the full range of issues and considerations he has to deal with. that decision has been made and it is now the job of military commanders and troopers to get on with it. >> well, in afghanistan, general petraeus led a re- enlistment ceremony for hundreds of our troops. >>> in just a few hours, the jury in the casey anthony murder trial gets back to work. it spent the 4th of july holiday listening to closing arguments and getting deliberations underway. melissa rainey has more on the tragic murder case that has people captivated. >> after six weeks of testimony, jurors in the casey anthony trial went to the deliberation room monday. >> members of the jury, you may retire now to begin your deliberations. >> reporter: the jury is made up of seven women

mandy clark, cbs news, in afghanistan. >>> the transportation security administration is star starting to install new screening software in the controversial airport scanners. many passengers had expressed outrage over the scanners that show naked body images. the new software will substitute the image for a genic body outlightly and highlight areas of concern. >>> here in new york a solemn ceremony at ground zero. a 30-ton fire truck was lowered yesterday into the site's underground museum due to open next year. the truck was crushed on 9/11. it carried 11 firefighters to the world trade center, all of whom died when the towers collapsed. >>> 15 minutes past the hour. now let's take you outside to marysol castro in washington, d.c. how is the weather out there? >> reporter: betty, it is steamy. down right steamy. good morning to you. good morning, everyone at home. >>> let's go to the maps and take a look at the heat dome. it has moved into the east coast from raleigh to boston. temperatures in the upper 90s to 100. 10 to 15 degrees above normal. raleigh, by the way, broke a record of

. >> did you have a dog named man mandy in ohio, sir?> the focus was not on how the animals died but how george would bury them, often wrapped in plastic with tape. >> when you found out that your granddaughter was found and with a blankett and with a plastic bag and with duct tape, did you tell law enforcement at any time over the last three years that that is the way you used to bury your pets? >> reporter: but with cindy anthony on the stand, the prosecution pointed out crazy also knew the ritual. >> definitely by the time she's a senior in high school she was aware of the burial and the method of burial in the yard? >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: cindy anthony was also the focus of legal arguments today. casey's mom has said that she was the one on the home computer searching information on chloroform. the prosecution wants to introduce employment records they say show cindy was at work that day. the day ended with jurors reading the suicide note george anthony wrote when he attempted to kill himself six weeks after caylee's body was fo

. >> raleigh news and observer reporters mandy locke and joe neff refewed more than 15,000 page es ofocuments in a month's long investigation of the sbi. they found sbi agents cut corners, bullied the vulnerable, and twisted reports and court testimony. >> there was language in their reports that told lab analysts how to testify in court in a way that most of us would agree favored the prosecution. they were told that a good testimony would enhance their conviction rate. >> problems with the sbi crime lab went far deeper than the taylor case. >> and in several cases, the work just seemed to be abysmal. we found that tests were done but the results were not reported. and so theefense never learned about them. >> in one case that came out at trial, a lab's test videotaped by the by the sbi shows an agent trying to replicate a blood stain in an effort to prove the prosecution's case. until they get it right. >> that's a wrap, baby. >> and the blood stain pattern unit its agent, a they had no policy for over 20 years to guide them, and b, they were just running the most bizarre, unscienti

cnbc's mandy drury is at the new york stock exchange. mandy, we closing out on a good week there? >> yeah, that's absolutely right. kicking off the new quarter with a pile of economic data, both local and global, to sift through and to guide the markets. yesterday we closed out the quarter. it was a volatile quarter but we did end on the biggest four-day rally since september, and partly thanks to some better economic data. manufacturing data here at home which is encouraging. and are you driving this weekend? well, here's some good news for drivers. gasoline, the national average for a gallon, is sitting at 3:55 $3.55 right now. that is of course a lot higher than this time last year, but it is lower than a week ago. happy fourth of july. >> to you too, mandy drury at the new york stock exchange. thanks. >>> snakes on a plane only happen in the movies but a scorpion on a plane was all too real. jeff ellis was stung by a scorpion while napping on a flight to alaska. a doctor on board examined the sting and said ellis wouldn't die -- probably. on the ground -- that's reassuring. on

joining me now is cnbc ace mandy drury. stocks, we see, are down. these red arrows.e fears that the asian and the european markets will really fall off a cliff when they reopened after the weekend. that didn't happen, so explain what are we seeing as we kick off the new workweek? >> you're right. markets are kaushts and jittery, but they're certainly not falling off a cliff. we're really down to the wire here with only eight days more to go, and congressional leaders have yet again failed to agree on a deal or even a compromise to raise the nation's debt limit to avoid default. well, president obama wants to raise revenues by letting tax cuts for the wealthy americans expire. republicans have rejected that idea of higher taxes, and they're pushing for more spending cuts, but whileç equities are nervous, those believe that will will be an 11th hour deal. if you look at the treasury, this is the market most sensitive to the credit worthiness of the united states. there isn't panic at all about the potential for the u.s. to be downgraded. so when you can really feel th