i'm anthony mason. he was a combat naval aviator, space pioneer and the first man to set foot on the moon. today neil armstrong died from complications following heart bypass surgery. he was 82 years old. in a statement, his family called him a reluctant american hero. armstrong long shunned the spotlight, even though he played a leading role in one of the greatest moments in american history. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> a brilliant surface and the sunlight. it's an interesting place to be. i recommend it. >> mason: when neil armstrong set foot on the moon on july 20, 1969 he fulfilled the goal that had been set by president john kennedy just eight years earlier. it was a long, long way from his birth place near tiny wapakoneta, ohio, in 1930. armstrong's fascination with airplanes began with his first flight at age 6, and that fascination never abandoned him. he left purdue university in 1950 when the korean war broke out and flew 78 combat missions as a naval aviat

i'm anthony mason. mitt romney has filled out his ticket and drawn the battle lines for campaign 2012. with the republican convention just over two weeks away, the presumed presidential nominee has named congressman paul ryan to be his running mate. he made the announcement this morning in norfolk, virginia, the kickoff to a swing state bus tour. jan crawford is on the campaign trail in manassas, virginia, tonight. jan. >> reporter: anthony, paul ryan was a favorite of some conservatives who were urging romney to go bold, but still his announcement today came as something of a surprise. but as you can see from the crowds behind me, it instantly reset this presidential race. in norfolk, ryan stepped off the retired battle ship uss "wisconsin" and on to the national stage enjiegz the conservative base and injecting substantive issues into the campaign. >> a lot of people in the other party might disagree with paul ryan. i don't know of anyone who doesn't respect his character and judgment. >> reporter: as

these are -- >> these are blocks between mason and powell, south of o'farrell street. so if we can look at the population of those three blocks. >> are those the blocks? >> yes. >> that is a population of 365 people. it would bring the deviation for district 6 to 1.13%. i'm sorry. and the deviation for district 3 to negative 4%. >> negative 4? >> negative 4%, correct. >> i will propose that we make that change. question? >> yes. >> so there was the issue raised of first the hotel. this will address that but am i correct this is larger than that? >> it does. it goes two blocks up to the northernmost of those three blocks to include the maria manor property we heard testimony about. >> is that another borough? >> yes, i believe so. >> i ask we take those in turn. >> let's separate please. the bristol hotel. so that population. >> that is the population of 116 people. it would bring the deviation for district 6 to -- >> 0.79% and deviation for district 3 to negative 3.66%. >> my apologies. the room has gotten cool now. >> yeah. >> that's a good problem. >> population 116,

anthony mason, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: that's the news. pelley, i'm bob schieffer, cbs news in new york. see you here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> tonight, we are under a yellow weather alert. there was a tornado warning and a funky waterspout out there. >> everything is quiet. no tornado warnings and we'll show you a picture of this. also go to our website on our facebook page. here's the picture of it. law enforcement saw this waterspout. that's what led to the tornado warning. now waterspout is a tornado over water. in this case, over the river. i don't think it is reaching the ground. i mean, it is pretty well defined, like a rope. but this was courtesy of april nosek. that's what triggered all of the tornado warnings. right now, it's quiet. showers and thunderstorms south of us. and that is

kayden and mason. raise your hand, mason. closure eyes for a second. this is their mom before.> all right, kids, are you ready? take off your blindfolds, open your eyes and turn around. >> look at mommy. >> right here. she's over here, mason. >> she is over here. right here. >> that's your mommy! >> that's okay. it's your mom. >> it's okay. >> tell us about the hair. >> vanessa gave her this great haircut. she has beautiful hair. just needed to be put under control. shaped around the face slightly. then i just warmed up her highlights to give it a more modern look. >> did we let her see herself? >> oh, we forgot. >> oh, my god! >> ready? one, two, turn. >> i love it. i absolutely love it. >> don't you love it? >> it's fabulous. >> peek right there. what do you think? >> boys, what do you think? >> i love how her hair is so different. and it looks just even more prettier than it was before. >> awww! >> come say hi to your mom. jill, tell us about the outfit. >> we wanted to make her a little rocker like. so we gave her this leather jacket to make things different. this beautiful

. >> reporter: people like mason hanson. his farm is 70 miles down river and was one of the worst hit. his biggest challenge? a four-foot-high wall of sand that spans 90 acres. this is like sand on the beach. >> yes. it's fine sugar sand. you can look at it. it raises nothing. >> reporter: for the last ten months, farmers have been using bulldozers to clear the sand. but environmental regulations prohibit them from dumping it back in the river because it's now been exposed to chemicals used to treat farm land. so what do you do with all this sand? hand son says he'll take the top two feet and bulldoze it into pits left by the flood. the rest, he says, he'll makes in the with the soil underneath and hope he can replant. olson has spent the last year surveying the devastation from the air, taking pictures to help his neighbors assess the damage. >> yeah, it's going to be a tough situation. very tough situation. and we will lose some farmers out of this. >> reporter: emotion runs deep. >> oh, yeah. just like the water did. you

and anthony mason on the obama and romney tax plans and how they would affect the middle class. captioning sponsored by cbs >> thi >> this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley reporting tonight from the republican national convention. >> pelley: good evening. republicans are gathering here for the biggest night of their convention, but we still have an eye on a crisis unfolding along the gulf. floodwaters are rising, the legacy of hurricane isaac. the storm is now a tropical depression moving north.are beig evacuated downstream, including the entire town of kentwood, louisiana. byron pitts is there. byron. >> reporter: well, scott, firefighters and deputies drove through neighborhoods here. they spoke on loud speakers. they gave clear and simple directions-- "you have 90 minutes. pack what you can and go." kim garmillion and her husband thought they were done running when they moved here from new orleans. they were wrong. >> i think it's crazy. we moved here after katrina, and we're just praying that everything will be fine. >> reporter: isaac has already dumped more than 2

-- to turk, masonic -- >> so and that's geary, up to california to sixth avenue to lake street to 25th avenue, back to california, and then west of 32. >> just an observe. know we have been struggling with the deviation between one and two for many weeks now. i know we had many discussions around the cathedral hill border but the numbers are district five is over deviation by 2%. i'm not necessarily proposing anything. it's just an observation there may be population within 55.2 border if the task force members are continuing to think or struggle with the 1-2 deviations. >> the pros poll as, we will take them one at a time but the is to reverse the 64 population decision. the second would be to go to the 25th avenue block. everyone clear on the questions? >> yes. apologize. >> can i ask the implication of creating an assembly district for the purposes of 64 people on the median? >> it's just more administrative work. that doesn't mean there are more registered voters there. >> we are cleaning up a lot of the lines. there are zero populations ones which are really annoying for them and

that is 520 mason st.. you can see it on the screen. it is also equipped with everything you need for electric vehicles, charging possibilities. you also have the drive now program there, valet service. $10 is a good price, i think, so let's consider booking mason street. here you can see, congratulations, you receive the best offer. by chance, we even have a special going on today. just by chance. if you will press the confirmed button, you will have booked the first parking spot on park now. here you can see, all you need is this qr code to enter the parking garage. the spot will be reserved for you. no more hassling with money. >> fantastic. >> thank you very much. >> congratulations. >> thank you. [applause] >> all i want to say is, if there any questions after that great explanation, we do have some speakers here for a few moments to answer any questions, so please feel free to ask questions around the cars, if you would like. thank you very much. [applause] j#qt x d-o Ç$n ++

here today, i'm here today to talk about holiday plaza and the block from mason to market street. and this is this block here. this block is a part of the tenderloin, not union square. it is a part of the district, if you look at your maps, you'll see these are the boundaries of the central market c.b.d. and, this block contains the bristol hotel at 56 mason and many social services organizations at 944 market, which is right here. which i have to be a volunteer at one of those offices. please, so please place this block back into district six where it belongs. again for the audience out there in never, neverland, here again is another map of the market c.b.d. and the block that we're talking about. and here is the actual description of the -- all this stuff is up on the screen up there. >> oh, because they moved it down stairs. >> all right, but anyway -- >> there it is. >> in closing, i would like to ask you to please keep district five in laguna. there are many reasons for this. ok, i can't multitask either. >> thank you very much, sir. >> hi, i'm lawrence lee from the lower ei

anthony mason cbs news new york. presumed republican presidential candidates he compared it to the struggling european nations. a bunch of cars and business people around the world's if your home think that some point america is going to become more like research spain or italy or californian and just kidding about that one that they think it's some ways rummies it attempted joke was estivate jerry brown today in was not all that and it amused he called on his remarks pretty silly. in a state that's is 122 trillion of last year when there is a stickup richest economies in the world the governor better rethink some of his thought that is not accurate. scores rejected comparisons between california's budget in the financial problems. noting a part that californian has a much more diverse economy. still warehouse right now? if he thought today was tossed get ready for more. the bay area is in the middle of what's expected to be the longest heat wave in years. reporter elizabeth cook with the push to stay cool. did waves

people like james mason, a former student at a religious boarding school, pine haven christian ranch in montana who said he was physically disciplined by a house parent after being accused of misbehaving. >> at that point he lifted me up by my neck against the door, and held me up until i pretty much went limp. and i was subdued, and i was contained. and i was no longer a threat, as much as a 14-year-old can be to a former army full grown man. >> it turned out that accused house parent at that school still works there. gary tuchman talked with him. >> reporter: some of the kids who are now adults tell us that you used to choke them. >> that's totally false. >> what is it that you did to them? >> used pressure points to restrain them. >> what does that mean? >> you have places on your body where nerve endings -- >> show me, where on my body. >> right there. >> show me. >> right there. >> you're going to hear more from the house parent and his accusers in the hour ahead. gary is investigating another religious school. what he found is shocking. students said they were forced to panhand

which is located on 56 mason. mike nolty has showed you the little map area of where we want to stay. it is very, very small as you can see this little section right here. that's what we need to keep in district six. so if you guys will help us out, and remap that, it will be a great deal to us and the tenants in the bristol hotel that we deal with on a daily basis. thank you again for your time and your preparations and you guys do a wonderful job. keep up the good work. >> thank you. >> following mrs. scott will be shelby, lisa shin, pierre and natalie brown. >> good morning task force. my name is lois scott, and i live by cathedral, i live on cathedral hill by st. mary's cathedral about two and a half blocks from the proposed hospital site. i'm on the board of the cathedral hill neighbors who were dispointed that our neighborhood who was going to be reunited in your quest and necessity to have the numbers come out was still split. i guess we joined russia hill as one of those neighborhoods that will be permanen

james mason said he was sodomized by another student. >> i was raped. i never told anybody that.ers to my throat and to my testicles if i would ever tell anybody. >> reporter: this is former student brian dare, who says he was also raped by a pinehaven student. >> i started cutting myself after that. i stole some wire from the shop we were working in, and would cut my inner thighs. because that was the only place they wouldn't see it. i would just cut and cut and cut. because it was the only -- pain, physical pain felt better than the mental pain that i was going through. >> reporter: two years ago, a sheriff's office detective in lake county, montana, investigated abuse allegations against pinehaven. no charges were filed. but the case files indicate only one alleged victim was interviewed. we talked to the detective's boss, sheriff jay doyle, who was elected sheriff after the case was closed. >> it can be reopened. there are alleged victims out there that may or may not have come forward, and if they wish to come forward, and report a crime, we will look into it. >> what would

that is 520 mason st.. you can see it on the screen. it is also equipped with everything you need for electric vehicles, charging possibilities. you also have the drive now program there, valet service. $10 is a good price, i think, so let's consider booking mason street. here you can see, congratulations, you receive the best offer. by chance, we even have a special going on today. just by chance. if you will press the confirmed button, you will have booked the first parking spot on park now. here you can see, all you need is this qr code to enter the parking garage. the spot will be reserved for you. no more hassling with money. >> fantastic. >> thank you very much. >> congratulations. >> thank you. [applause]

c, approve the plans and specifications, and award wastewater enterprise contract ww-442, mason and powell street sewer system improvement and pavement renovation, in the amount of $4,920,357, of which $504,223 is funded by wwe/cip, $3,570,114 is funded by wwe/r&r and $846,020 is funded by dpw, to the lowest, qualified, responsible and responsive bidder, shaw pipeline, to replace or rehabilitate existing sewers and construct associated appurtenances and perform pavement renovation on mason, powell and bay streets. d, approve the plans and specifications, and award wastewater enterprise contract number ww-490, oceanside water pollution control plant digesters and facility improvements, in the amount of $15,373,000, to the lowest, qualified, responsible and responsive bidder, shimmick construction company inc., to repair corroded digester infrastructure and perform necessary improvements to the existing digestion process to achieve class a biosolids at the oceanside plant. e, approve the plans and specifications, and award wastewater enterprise contract ww-535r, wastewater enterprise facilit

laid the first stone. >> come down probably the top -- >> today, he's in charge of the cathedral's masonscarvers. for 21 years, the job was all normal restoration and upkeep. >> then that all changed on august 23, 2011 at 1:53 p.m. >> you realized you were going to be in charge of putting this mess back together. >> having worked on the construction of it and immediately knowing wow. >> was that two pieces of stone? >> no. that was all attached to here. it was like this. it broke free up there and started creeping over with the vibrations, but the quake ended. again, another couple of seconds, i hate to think what would have happened. >> 2.5 tons of stone came down from one of the eight pinnacles. luckily, it fell 30 feet on to the roof of the tower. >> had it gone the other way, it would have fallen almost 200 feet through the roof of the transept here and i hate to think what would have happened then. we were very lucky. >> the other pinnacles also suffered damage. >> we give you thanks for the gift of stone. >> the quake's one-year anniversary was marked with a service and ringing of t

. >>> it is move-in days 59 george mason univeity. thousands of students are getting ready to start the next chapter of their lives. as julie carey reports, the university is starting a new chapter with its first new president? 16 years. >> the freshmen moving in weren't the only newblies on campus. they were greeted by new president angelica brera. he replaced the president who retired last spring. he moved to fairfax just six weeks ago. >> it's so exciting. i feel like a freshman. >> reporter: with 40 years as an independent university, george mason is the youngest virginia campus, but also the largest enrollment the past two years and nearly 34,000 students are expect this had year. george mason shook off its commuter school reputation years ago, though a majority of the students still do live offcampus. that's slowly, but surely changing. >> two new dorms just opened. and that they are helping forge gmsh -- >> they just -- everything is so new, the dorms are fantastic. >> that's kind of what i like about the school, it's still rel

it stars marcia mason known for her work in the goodbye girl, only when i laugh and chapter 2. >> mason pretty much disappeared from the sbaer tanment scene when she decided to buy a farm in new mexico. we talked approximate that on news 4 midday. >> i just hit that place in hollywood when the business was changing and i was getting the older and the work wasn't coming. i decided i needed to throw the pieces of my life into the air and see how they come down. i wound up becoming a farmer in new mexico. >> have you ever done anything like that before? >> no. i never planned it either. >> how do you start that? >> i bought raw land. my friend shirley maclaine told me about. she said i'm going to buy the mountain behind me. i said, okay i'll buy the valley. >> you did it? >> but mason said she's planning to sell that farm now and move back east to concentrate on the theater. looks like they're calling her up and she's getting pub these days. >> lots of great work. >> lots of great work. >> still ahead, d i'm barack obama and i approve this message now mitt romney's attacking the >> stpresi

anthony mason tells us foreclosures are down, prices are up. win or lose, these women are making history at the olympics. mark phillips is in london. and byron pitts is on a farm that's cropped up where you'd least expect it. >> i had such a burning desire to grow captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. food. >> schieffer: and good evening. scott's off tonight. i'm bob schieffer. lawyers for james holmes, the man charged in the "batman" movie massacre said today holmes is mentally ill. the disclosure came when the lawyers appeared with holmes at a colorado court hearing in the attack that left 12 dead and 58 wounded, an attack that has left holmes facing multiple murder charges that carry the death penalty. john blackstone is at the courthouse in centennial, colorado. john. >> reporter: bob, it was a one-hour, 20-minute hearing in which james holmes did not seem to be engaged in any way. he sat with his hand shackled, folded in his lap, often just staring at the courthouse ceiling. when james holmes first a