she was born in new west south carolina, new west south carolina. she was one of the students that desegregated the university of georgia from which she graduated in 1963. she has been a journalist among journalists and a heroin and a she wrote in the civil rights movement in america were also at a point in her life decided to do what very few american journalists who are interested in south africa story did, she moved to south africa and moved to live there and work there for npr and "cnn." as someone who is probably one of the most knowledgeable journalists about south africa and in her article in "the new yorker" about mandela a piece of introduction here because we are going to move rapidly, she told them you know i was supposed to interview you but my son was graduating from school in atlanta and i really had to go there so i couldn't. i had to postpone the interview and he said very good. he said i would have done that too. he said you know you can always interview me but you can't always be at your son's graduation. so he was the father of hi

west africa. jeff glor, cbs news, charlotte, north carolina. >>> this morning hurricane norbert is strengthening in the pacific about 200 miles south of the baja peninsula. norbert has sustained winds of 80 miles per hour and is headed northwest on a track that's expected to take it parallel to the u.s. pacific coast. tropical moisture will bring heavy rain to the southwest and possible flooding beginning sunday. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" now, ex-mayor michael bloomberg gets back to business, and neiman marcus takes on the big apple for the first time. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, jill. >> good morning, anne-marie. former mayor michael bloomberg is returning to the company he founded after 12 years as mayor. bloomberg is coming back to take over the financial data and news service in january. bloomberg's company has grown to more than 15,000 people in 73 countries. he is worth more than $32 billion. >>> tesla motors is expected to build a huge new factory in nevada. the company will spend $5 billion on the facility near reno to make batteries for its electric vehicles. nevada beat out califo

new england. the south will be dry except for the carolinas and florida. the midwest will be dry today and warm. in the west in northern california and the pacific northwest. >>> now, the wet weather and the forecast here in new york is jeopardizing what's supposed to be the final home game for retiring yankees shortstop derek jeter. the yankees were eliminated from playoff contention with a 9-5 loss to baltimore on wednesday. if tonight's game is rained out, it's possible that the game would not be made up, meaning that jeter's playing days in the bronx are already over. >>> the los angeles dodgers will keep on playing in through october. clayton kershaw wins his 21st game of the season, and as an rbi triple as the guy pops it, 9-1. san francisco can still make the playoffs with one more win or one more loss by milwaukee. >>> and the detroit tigers are going back to the postseason for the fourth consecutive year. former cy young winner justin verlander looks dom and in against chicago, allowing just one win in eight innings. the tigers win, 6-1 to secure a wild-card spot in the american league. >>> america

roads west along the gulf coast, down into florida and up to south carolina. >>> if you're flying, flight delays possible in albuquerque, newco. >>> police in charlottesville, virginia, are on the hunt for a person of interest in the disappearance of a university of virginia stunt missing now for more than a week. >> 18-year-old hannah graham was last seen in the early hours of last saturday morning, levering a bar with man who bought her drinks. police say that man is jesse matthew, who now has a warrant out for his arrest for reckless driving. they stress he's not a suspect. >> i believe hannah graham left the restaurant with jesse matthew. i believe that. in fact, i believe that jesse matthew was the last person she was seen with before she vanished off the face of the earth. >> this is every parent's worst nightmare. i'm certain that everybody in this room and those watching knows that what happened to hannah could happen to their child. >> nearly 1,000 volunteers turned out this weekend to help search for graham. at least three other women have disappeared in that area in the last five years, but police don't believe t

south dakota and west virginia. then you see the seven blue lettered states, alaska, arkansas, louisiana, north carolina, new hampshirend colorado, that those are toss-ups and two republican-held seats, kentucky and kansas that are on the list there. the conversation has changed a bit over the last week to where yes, republicans have the national number's wind at their pack but a lot of people are starting to see who knows with 44 days to go. >> you had a series of surprises along the way like kansas where it's all of a sudden in the toss-up category and i think that republicans are realizing that you've had so many different messages across the country and they're really needing to come around a more centralized message to make their case in the closing days here. we'll see that over the next couple of weeks. >> this is to maeve's point about the tuning out thing in terms of the different messages. you hear people complain about this a lot especially in iowa. you have all of these sort of different groups airing ads not necessarily with the same parity in terms of spending but not going from the same playbook. democr

west virginia to the north carolina-south carolina border. governor mcauliffe's office said it would bring over 180 jobs. federal regular still must approve the plan. -- next on abc 7 news at 6:00 -- and i >> jewelry stolen right from their own bedrooms. i will tell you who police say was behind the thievery. thunderstorms may be coming tonight. we will tell you what to expect. >> jake a-rod makes history with the new contract. and the skins are the first week underdogs. the nationals play kershaw tonight. i've got the latest. >> only on 79, a housekeeper is accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars in jewelry out of the house she was hired to clean. >> this happen in potomac, maryland. detectives think there may be more cases like this. we are live in the neighborhood with exclusive information. kevin? thoughtwners share the about service professionals stealing valuables right behind your back. in this case, a well-known and well-liked mongering county housekeeper, a woman by the name fits theio castaneda bill of the sneaky thief. gregoria castaneda preyed on the kindness of this potomac community. but she was very friendly. she was polite. she was on time. used

south dakota. west virginia. those are three currently held by democrat seats. the republicans think almost a lock. now look at the cart on the right. alaska, arkansas, louisiana. north carolina, newado. those seven all held by democrats, competitive right now. republicans think they have a chance. then you have kentucky and kansas, those are republican held seats, jackie. kansas my favorite at the moment. republicans are in trouble in kansas and what is supposed to be a good term election year him when you look at this out, the new york times, they've crunched the data, they say it's a 56% chance of an interview the washington post election looked at it at 63% in the 65 to 63% rate. a chance if you crunch the state numbers. when you look at this, this there a particular race or what's your thought? >> the senator of iowa didn't expect as close of a contact as he has now. you can't talk about this election year without talking about kentucky. see if mitch 34k mcconnell's strategy will work. >> if mitch mcconnell loses, he is in line. again is there in iowa, theywalk watch out for the blue states. meaning obama carries them twice. >> that would give you a sense, when you watch this