and on this veterans day,, michelle miller reports it's not just service members scarred by post-traumatic stress disorder, it's their families, too. >> i was having nightmares about iraq, a place i've never been. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening an american soldier accused of a horrific war crime watched in a courtroom as children described the murders of their families. there were two days of testimony in the case of staff sergeant robert bales. bales is charged with 16 counts of pre-meditated murder and six counts of attempted murder. prosecutors say that for reasons unknown bales walked off his post in afghanistan in the middle of the night then shot and stabbed civilians in two villages. the hearing at a military post in washington state was called to decide whether there is enough evidence to court-martial bales. john blackstone has been covering in the courtroom. >> reporter: staff sergeant bales watched the video feed from afghanistan show nothing reaction as ten afghans told of the night their two villages were a

michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> axelrod: ahead, china, whatalize ahead for its new leaders. >> axelrod: it is another leap forward for china in space. china announced plans to launch its fourth man mission to space in june. ed shenzhou rocket would carry three crew members to continue work towards a manned space station. china has said it it is also working on landing a person on the moon. now the world's number two economy, change has come quickly to china, and next week, a new lineup of leaders will be chosen. bill whitaker is in beijing. >> reporter: by the time the people's congress ends next week, vice president xi jinping will be chine's new president. his job for the next decade? to keep this powerhouse economy growing and the communist party in power. i was last on assignment in china almost 20 years ago. a lot has changed in that time. i certainly have. who would have thought that a nation of more than a billion people, the most populous in the world... china has changed tremendously. back then, beijing was low rise with bicycles. beijing now is one big traffic jam wi

as michelle miller reports, replacing what was lost won't be easy. >> the water was already coming up to the window. and inside the house, it was already above my knees. >> reporter: it was a harrowing night for michael peters, his wife, and four daughters. hurricane sandy swept their three-room home off its foundation two weeks ago, forcing them to spend the night on the roof. >> we were there from 9:00 p.m. in the night all the way till, like, 8:00 p.m. in the morning. >> reporter: you were on your roof for 12 hours? >> yes. >> reporter: for now, they're staying at mount manresa, a religious retreat housing more than a dozen families. they're among 47,000 new yorkers who have applied for housing help from the federal emergency management agency. do you feel safe here? >> oh, yes, yes. this is definitely, we feel secured. and the children are happy. >> reporter: finding a permanent place to live is perhaps the biggest challenge for victims of sandy. housing around new york is scarce and expensive. the average rent is $3,000 a month. two tent cities have been set up in new jersey. gov

michelle miller shows us many are still stranded inside their homes. >> reporter: in the dark and narrow staircase of lower manhattan sewer park apartment complex, we heard the echo of the footsteps. >> three, four, five, six -- >> reporter: to make his way through. the 62-year-old counts every step. >> got to slow down for us, buddy. >> reporter: sueward lost power monday night. since then castwell is the only lifeline to the outside world for at least seven families. he was headed to the 20th floor. >> we got a message to try and help these people, whoever they are. >> reporter: he first stopped to visit 92-year-old lily. she lives on floor 16. >> if people hadn't been helping you, would you be -- >> i feel stranded. >> seven, eight, nine, ten. >> reporter: he finally got to apartment 2006. >> how are you doing? >> i was recruited by the building to see what you need. >> reporter: elaine and mark were the couple behind the door. >> we really felt isolated. >> reporter: so when folks knocked on the door, what was your first thought? >> even if you just came to say hello, how are you? >>

michelle miller, cbs news, breezy point, new york. >> and coming up after your local news on cbs thisorning more on the recovery from hurricane sandy. we'll have live updates from the hardest hit areas. plus the high demand for gas in the region as drivers wait for hours to fill up. we'll hit the presidential campaign trail with less than a week until election day and hear from former florida governor jeb bush. that and more a little later on cbs this morning. for now that will do it for the morning news on this thursday. as always i appreciate you watching. i'm terrell brown in new york. take care, everybody. have a great day. take care, everybody. where others fail, droid powers through. introducing the new droid razr maxx hd by motorola. now more than ever droid does. >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> well, good morning, everybody. i think we both have voices. it's thursday, november 1. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now is just about 4:30. we are keeping an eye on the storm this

as michelle miller reports this morning, the families who care for them are experiencing their traumauy that came back from iraq was not at all the guy that left. >> reporter: her husband, her high school sweet heart, was once the man she leaned on when times were tough. that all changed after caleb returned from two deployments in iraq. caleb was injured in multiple ied explosions. >> he was not only dealing with ptsd, but he was also dealing with traumatic brain injury, which very much changes somebody's personality. >> reporter: and changes the person caring for them. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> reporter: since 2007, she has been caleb's sole caretaker, dealing with her husband's night tremors, erratic mood swings and the physical injuries. vines says it's left her with scars of her own. >> he was having nightmares about iraq, a place i've never been, other than in pictures and that kind of thing. i got to where i didn't like crowded places just like my husband. it was all these sorts of things where literally i was almost mirroring his behavior. >> reporter: brandon's behavior h

michelle miller has the story. >> reporter: cox has been navigating darkened hallways and staircasesway, queens for days. the 17-year-old is handing out food, water and flashlights to people stranded in their apartments. >> there's times it might be overwhelming. but i think what we're doing and how many families we can affect positively. i think in the last few days we reached over 500 families. knowing that helps us. >> reporter: cox is a foot soldier in a relief force recruited by 23-year-old milan taylor. >> it's time for us to prove that we're willing to step up and we're able to step up. >> reporter: the college student directs the effort from his smartphone. where do you get all this? >> we put out a call on facebook and the supplies and the food just started come pouring in. >> reporter: he's enlisted more than 100 teens and 20 somethings to help their neighborhood. >> what would you be doing if you weren't here? >> right now in school. >> reporter: at the core of his band of volunteers is the community group he founded a year and a half ago to mentor kids. he spent the group

to the people who depend on it. >> we appreciate that. >> reporter: michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: we wondered today if sandy was just a category 1 hurricane, why did it do so much damage? well, our hurricane consultant, david bernard says one factor is yze. 20 years ago, when hurricane andrew hit south florida, it was a category 5, with 160-mile-per- hour winds. its winds extended just 280 miles across. sandy was 820 miles wide, two and a half times the size of andrew. another factor was the storm surge and its direction. sandy's surge pushed a wall of water toward the most densely populated part of the country during a high tide with a full moon, a formula for disaster. but not even a storm like sandy n n postpone election day. today, new jersey officials said county clerk offices have been ordered to stay open all weekend to help process mail-in ballots, and in some hard-hit areas, s,litary trucks will serve as uelling places on tuesday. with five days till the election, the presidential campaign is back on. americans appear to be back in the mood to spend. and after

michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> glor: the civil lawsuit that has been filed itself has becomeart of the story. new york city wants the filmmakers to turn over their raw interviews. they refuse citing their rights as journalists to protect their sources. the record powerball jackpot is getting even bigger. nobody won last night so this week's prize is jumping to at least $425 million. the largest in powerball history. the next drawing is wednesday night. the rolling stones marked their 50th anniversary tonight with, what else, a concert in london. 69-year-old mick jagger rolled back the years as he hit the stage singing the classic "i want to be your man." he was joined by forever young bandmates keith richards, ronnie wood and charlie watts. still ahead, learning a language that was nearly lost forever. t, there's a kick to it. wahlalalalallala! smooth, but crisp. it's kind of like drinking a food that's a drink, or a drink that's a food, woooooh! [ male announcer ] taste it and describe the indescribable. could've had a v8. i took my son fishing every year. we had a great spo

michelle miller, cbs news, breezy point, new york. >>> and rebuild, they will. like to thank the new york national guard, the fire department of new york, and the new york police department for their assistance today. that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, i'm scott pelley. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. >>> good evening, i'm dana king. >> i'm allen martin. now, you could knock on a million doors but you would never get the kind of halloween treat giants fans got today in san francisco. >> that's right. they packed the streets to honor the team's world series victory. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: on this halloween, san francisco is a sea of orange and black. the frenzy along the parade route and a 49er behind the wheel. >> just here enjoying things. >> reporter: leading to the celebration at civic center. >> reporter: and the giants telling their fans, this is all for you. >> your dedication, your unwaiveer having support, i thank you. >

this morning he talks with our michelle miller. >> you and i will be sitting in the fabled cat bird seat. >> reporter: he's a memorable character actor who is also a memorable character. >> i'm a cheap blusher. reporter: see for yourself. ahead on sunday morning. reporter: a taste of new orleans with john goodman. >> yeah! more. >> osgood: a perfect batch of foods on the plate is what every cook strives for. martha teichner will explore how it's done. >> whether it's bread and butter or steak and wine or milk and cookies. those are old friends. >> reporter: like peas and carrots, friends for good reason. >> peanut and pickle sandwich is a sandwich that my father always ate. >> reporter: peanut butter and pickle? >> it's magnificent. reporter: ahead this sunday morning, what goes with what and what doesn't. >> osgood: diners at one restaurant are forever staking a claim, you could say, to the honor of polishing off one enormous slab of beef. bill geist has gob to see for himself. >> reporter: you're driving through the texas panhandle thinking you're hungry enough to eat a cow when signs

cbs reporter michelle miller has more on who is behind the so- called super pack. >> reporter: my job is to make sure that i represent your best interest. >> kerry won his election as weak as a freshman congressman from michigan. >> i'm never ever going to raise taxes unless there is a war. >> this former schoolteacher and political newcomer might not have gotten this far without a super pack. liberty for all spent $800,000 to help him win his republican primary. >> god bless them. it was wonderful. >> the backing came from john ramsey, a 22-year-old college senior from texas who inherited millions from his grandfather and launched a political action committee. >> we did this to get in the business of freeing america from the phonies that currently dominate. >> he believes in lower taxes, less government spending, and more civil liberties. when ron paul dropped out of the presidential race, ramsey looked for a new outlet for his political energy. >> the super packs were able to facilitate a conversation. you provide voters access. >> democrat tim bishop, a five term new york congressm

michelle miller, cbs news, new york. ffice. . >>> and coming up on face the nation, what we can expect in president obama's next term in office. the big question? can he break the gridlock in congress? the president's campaign advisor david axelrod, plus republican senator lindsey graham for face the nation, right here on cbs 5. >>> two people are dead, four others hospitalized after eating wild mushrooms in placer county. it happened at the gold villa elderly care home. on tuesday, a caregiver picked mushrooms on the property and used them to make soup. workers at a call center of the california poison control system say they have heard this type of story often, especially at this time of year. >> we get them almost every year, where people go out picking wild mushrooms and wind up picking these deadly mushrooms and wind up in the hospital, very sick, and intensive care, with a failing liver. >> now, there are some 5000 known species of mushrooms growing out there. but get this, only about 300 are known to be safe. a st

michelle miller has some examples of not so random acts of kindness. >> reporter: tans knee yan bornhen duty. she reigned alone as top chef. you were the only one cooking? >> yes. >> reporter: how many people did you cook for? 9400. >> reporter: the covenant house resident whipped up 1200 meals a day for two days straight. but she was far from the only one who went beyond the call of duty. >> i was a little bit afraid because i thought the water was actually going to come here, into our building. >> reporter: on a chaotic night, lisa denslow was charged with keeping it together for 30 0 deans, young mothers and their infants. by late tuesday she and a few 72 hours without a break.re than don't you have families? don't you have responsibilities? >> i do but my family understands. >> reporter: already filled to capacity, and with even more homeless teens seeking shelter from the storm, volunteers answered the call. >> the nature of this organization, people do it as a labor of love. >> reporter: that feeling is contagious. all across the region. in new jersey where 1.6 million people r

word that he has canceled it now is just reaching the runners where michelle miller is tonight. michelle? >> reporter: scott, that is definitely the case. we spoke to a group of irish runnerrunners who arrived just . they are furious. they say they spent some $30,000 to fly over here today. they understand what the people are going through but they just believe that postponing the race this late in time was just the wrong decision. some 47,000 runners were expected to compete on sunday but critics say that starting the race in staten island, a place so devastated by the storm was insensitive and that it would be a drain to vital emergency services. mayor bloomberg origina originay insisted it would not be but then the outcry grew louder and louder-- from victims, from city officials even from some runners. and then this, from the mayor. >> reporter: scott, this is the first time, it's history, that the new york city marathon has been canceled. >> pelley: michelle, thank you. power may be restored to 160,000 homes and businesses in lower manhattan by midnight tonight. jim axelrod

as michelle miller reports, they could learn a thing or two from one facebook mom.wing machines filling the building in lexington, north carolina. it's music to brandi tysinger temple who founded this little can-do company with a funny name. >> lolly -- >> lolly wooly doodle. >> where the does the name come from? >> my niece. what are you going to name your store? i said, i don't know lolly wooly doodle. oh, let's just name it that. >> reporter: from her garage the mother of four started making dresses into the wee hours of the morning using this brother sewing machine. a mother's day can gift from the her husband. six years later, she employs 90 people to design cut stitch and fit children's clothing all across the country. the merchandise is flying off the shelves. home things do you make a day? >> well, we make anywhere from 600 to 900 a day. >> reporter: a lot of stuff. >> yes. absolutely absolutely. >> reporter: temple doesn't have a beauxoutique nor sell her shows in a retail store. instead, almost everything sold here is sold on facebook. >> i said i just wan

michelle miller is on the marathon route on fifth avenue here in new york. od morning michelle. >> reporter: good morning. it was a startling turn around after pitching for three days that the race must go on. >> we have to have a city going forward. >> reporter: in less than five hours mayor michael bloomberg reversed his original course and pulled the plug on the world's largest marathon. he let race officials deliver the news. >> the best way to help new york city at this time is to say that we will not be conducting the 2012 ing, new york city marathon. >> reporter: appearing on charlie rose bloomberg's police commissioner explained why the mayor changed his mind. >> he didn't want it to result in divisiveness. >> reporter: outrage has been brewing for days in print and on tv. >> we have people who lost their lives or lost their entire house everything they had, work for their whole life. >> reporter: critics charged the race was draining vital emergency resources from recovery efforts. >> bring those port-a-potties. generators. they have generateors to k

breezy point, my god, that story, i was seeing michelle miller's report on cbs, her second one. it is just amazing what has happened there. we'll get to more on that in just a moment. we're also five days away from a presidential election. and there are some literally logistical issues with that. but bill karins was watching this morning, and you said something that really rang true. three days after a disaster is when the novelty wears off, when it really starts to hurt. bill. >> yeah. i've been going through these the last 15 years of my career, and this is the end of the glow. everyone's all together. it's a novelty. you're getting through it. if you did approval ratings of all the governors in the affected areas, they'd be sky high. this is it. from here, the anger and frustration begins to build from my experience going through these events. once you get to day three and four, all the food in your house is now gone. the gasoline crisis is going to continue. and your generator, if you have one, you can't even get gas for it. it's all of a sudden, it's cold out, too. you have

as michelle miller reports those chemicals could affect your health. >> reporter: the survey tested overde between 1998 and 2010. first research that includes sofas made after 2005. the year a previous flame retardant chemical was banned due to health concerns. there's only one problem. the study found the main chemical now used, chlorinated tris or tdcpp is harmful as well. >> it's listed as a possible carcinogen which means animals that have been exposed have grown tumors. it's been shown to affect sperm quality. >> reporter: julie herbstman is an environmental health professor at columbia university. she says the public should be concerned because tdcpp was banned in the 1970s from children's pajamas. >> when children wore these pajamas that were treated with tdcpp, they absorbed it through their skin and they excreated mutagens. this was then and the out of baby's pajamas and we forgot about it. >>,000 they lay on it in the middle of the day, exposing them to carcinogens. >> that's right. >> why would manufacturers use a chemical that was banned from kids clothing 30 years ago. >> td

i would like to single out somebody else who came from there, miller, whose successor for michelle and in a position -- who is the successor for michelle and in a position of policy undersecretary, and he, too, is somebody i depend upon every day to try to deal with everything from a tremendous number of crises we confront to the long-term strategic challenges we also have to discuss, so i am particularly pleased with his leadership, which follows in the footsteps of michelle and his acumen and wisdom and all the qualities i appreciate. i spent a lot of time in washington, and you need a lot of people, but it is the people who have a conscience and work hard at their jobs who are the most respected people you can work with. as we enter a second term for president obama, jim and so many other alumni will continue to play a critical role in helping guide the of ministration cost defense and foreign policy. with the election behind us, washington is turning its attention to the unfinished business, particularly the unfinished business of the current congress, including how to avoid fallin

i would like to single out somebody else who came from there, miller, whose successor for michelle and in a position of policy undersecretary, and he, too, is somebody i depend upon every day to try to deal with everything from a tremendous number of crises we confront to the long-term strategic challenges we also have to discuss, so i am particularly pleased with his leadership, which follows in the footsteps of michelle and his acumen and wisdom and all the qualities i appreciate. i spent a lot of time in washington, and you need a lot of people, but it is the people who have a conscience and work hard at their jobs who are the most respected people you can work with. as we enter a second term for president obama, jim and so many other alumni will continue to play a critical role in helping guide the of ministration cost defense and foreign policy. with the election behind us, washington is turning its attention to the unfinished business, particularly the unfinished business of the current congress, including how to avoid falling off the fiscal cliff, how to prevent it from happenin

michele bachmann tomorrow. next on "the stephanie miller show." >> soundly. to miss my show is if that's the only time you can getie miller. >> we were actually looking for a cheap miller but you're a sexy little trash, the second you started shaking the guys would drop dead. >> stephanie: all those years. >> look at all that that you're doing. >> stephanie: by the way, i'm >> that girl is freaky. >> come again? >> freaky. >> freaky? >> yeah, freaky. >> stephanie: yep, yep yep. 34 minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-12. the phone number. look at what the fine americans at the "star tribune" in minneapolis wrote, y'all. it is easy to see why michele bachmann dragged her feet on debating jim graves. graves is a job creator whose hotel and hospitality business has about 700 employees. bachmann who didn't respond to the editorial should be running scared. bachmann has little to show for her six years in congress besides empty rhetoric and self-promoting tv appearances and presidential bid that ran out of steam when her positions became too much for her own party to stomach. don't they have exquisite taste. good morni

miller show." hi amy. >> caller: can you imagine being the gay child of michelle and marcus bachmann. >> stephanie: oh dearss like a skank and a whore. those girls dress like prostitutes. and to say they're christian is just disgusting. >> stephanie: we'll take no further questions. news butler. i did not say you dress like a skank and a whore however-- >> having said that. >> stephanie: i'm just going to say katrina vandehoon and i--and they did have thigh high boots, and katrina is should we have dressed differently? what? we were dressed like pundits and they were dressed like-- >> some kind of thing j. >> oh dear, really? >> stephanie: i mean katrina and i could have partied it up. we didn't know. we came to talk politics. we didn't get the memo. james in georgia, you're on "the stephanie miller show," hi, james. >> caller: i'm still laughing from the previous comment. >> stephanie: you know i can tart it up. >> caller: about journalists. first i want to say i love your show. it's hilarious and informative. that's one up on fox news. i wondered if you heard what governor norquist said. >> stephanie: i

miller show." welcome to it. 22 minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-12 the phone number toll free from anywhere. michellen. >> stephanie: that makes us happy. >> caller: every year we go up for thanksgiving. >> stephanie: family there? why do you go? >> caller: my husband grew up there. we go to visit family and drink the manhattans then get to the turkey. >> stephanie: manhattans, wow good for you. have fun in cheboygan. >> caller: thanks. happy thanksgiving. >> stephanie: she wanted to make us happy. >> cheboygan. >> stephanie: all right. is the whole show going to be like this? yes. only worse. okay. jana in kentucky, you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi jana. >> caller: hi. happy thanksgiving. >> stephanie: thank you. you, too. >> caller: i wanted to tell you the difference between why a turkey can fly and why a turkey can't fly. okay. wild turkeys fly really good. domesticated turkeys are too heavy so they can't fly. >> stephanie: they're like the fat, married ones. >> they have been bred to have a lot of breast meat. so they're too top heavy. >> stephanie: that's what they say happens when you

miller show." >> caller: hi, steph. i now understand howard dine's scream -- howard dean's famous scream. i just want to scream all morning. [ laughter ] i was going to call and apologize for michelee jobs because she will be your one foil. >> stephanie: i need one. at least marcus is feeling super. >> thanks for asking. ♪ i'm super ♪ ♪ thanks for asking ♪ >> stephanie: thank god there's one stylist who still has a job. right back on "the stephanie miller show." they're the ones destroying the governor tomorrow night. she is awesome. we'll be right back on the "stephanie miller show." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> stephanie: okay, here we go. >> stephanie: oh happy happy, happy clappy day everybody. former a and future alan grayson coming up. also john yarmouth of the great state of kentucky. tv line called the karl rove thing on fox news, the most unexpected hostage crisis of the evening. >> i was on set last night. i didn't get to see it. when it was exploding on twitter, we said what's going on. what's the madness. >> stephanie: he took several fox anchors hostage. i love this. i hadn't heard this. the secretary of state, jon husted -- he had a press conference. because when karl rove