. >> reporter: norah loves children.en birth to two of her own but she has responsibility for quite a few others. >> you're a guardian to many children. how many children? >> 817. >> reporter: 817 children you're responsible for? >> yes. >> reporter: norah, who gets help from her husband raymond is the legal guardian of children whose parents are kicked out of the united states for immigration violations. the children in most cases are u.s. citizens because they were born here. the parents are told they have to leave but want their children who have lived nowhere but the u.s. to stay in the u.s. >> as a guardian, what do you do for the children? everything as possible to take care of their needs they have like food, education and emotional problems. >> reporter: norah and her husband are from nicaragua but u.s. citizens and regularly deliver food to their children who for the most part live with family members and friends who are mostly you can documented. claudia is one of them. her husband was deported. she's a legal g

destroy hamas as an organization organization of resistance against occupation and oppression go ahead norah if you're asking me what israel wants to achieve i tell you honestly i cannot figure it out for the life of me i mean there's one point eight million people in gaza who if they're. at least seven years old have lived through three major attacks just since one thousand is it since two thousand and eight i can't imagine how israel can expect those one point eight million people plus the two point five million in the west bank and the rest of the palestinians in the world to believe that israel wants peace i mean israel's going to have to live next to these palestinians in peace how is this attack horrific massacre of human lives lead towards living together in peace i can't begin to understand it myself which in washington this is deja vu all over again because it's quite clear that israel has had for a long time had plans for the west bank but they just simply do not know what to do with gaza. i think that professor upon krefeld statement that this isn't about objectives as far as isra

and norah used to say norah bays and jack norwood.ah bays abely assisted by jack norwood. she stayed until he fooled around again and then she dumped him. her signature song is "anybody here seen kelly". and she had that lovely irish name. except her real name was leonora goldberg. by the turn of the century it had become an advantage at least on the stage in the theater to have an irish name. and so she took one. obviously you know that it was common for people in the entertainment business to change their names for many, many years . and he picked norah bays because she had a voice. he said like a trumpet. it's hard to hear in the old recordings. but she does cut through all the noise. if you're looking for a reference point think kate smith. she had a voice like a trumpet. nobody -- if kate smith did not want to be silenced, if she wanted to be heard by everybody in the room she would be. norah bays had that kind of a voice. and so he picked her, that clarion voice to sing his martial anthem. so it's one of the few songs from the w

norah. >> that's a big deal.ill, thank you very much. >>> and the deadliest outbreak of the ebola virus in history is spreading in africa this morning. but the question is, can it reach the united states? nearly 700 people have died in west africa. >> this morning the cdc has a health alert for american doctors. our chief medical correspondent jon lapook is with us to examine the potential spread of the virus. good morning. >> good morning. >> could it come here? >> it could come here, but the question is if it comes here could it spread easily in the cdc field? no. the incubation period is 2 to 21 days. theoretically, a person could feel perfectly fine, come here and become ill and go to the emergency room. what precautions should we take given that incubation period? >> well, i think the big thing which is why the cdc issued the alert if somebody shows up in the emergency room or my office with flu-like symptoms we have to think locally. it could be sars, ebola or bird flu, recognizing it early is important. th

if i go to you i'd like to reflect a little bit on what what norah said at the end of the first part of the program it seems to me the dynamic of this is that no unity government hamas isn't given any any legitimacy to be part of any kind of peace process which israel has refused adamantly since oslo in my opinion but it's really it's the palestinian authority that still real story right here because the israelis and the americans and their friends want to keep the p.a. the way it is it's very subservient and it likes taking money to pay salaries it likes all those other perks it likes being actually a prison guard. well that basically earns its money earns its income by by its still attaining occupation i think nor as points about that are. sadly but exactly exactly correct i thought that her points about the united states were were also spot on and i certainly would love to see the kind of scenario that she described where american taxpayers american citizens. putting pressure on on their government on their elected officials that u.s. policy would would change in this regard but b

norah? >> manuel, thank you. policy in washington on this issue and what's happening in guatemala and honduras and the fact there there are 52,000. >> i instagrammed a picture of an 8-year-old boy crossing the border by himself. >> and to hear the cattleman say somebody's relative has died and they don't know that. >> it's going get worse. >> makes you think. >> great reporting, manuel. >>> and the veterans affair's department executive is apologizing this morning. investigators are studying 67 cases where v.a. employees say they were disciplined for pointing out problems. four v.a. workers testified at a congressional hearing last night and after hearing their stories, one committee was quick to challenge the v.a. number 2 health official. >> it's ours. aisle committed to try and address these issues i i'm not -- i apologize for interrupting. i'm not convinced. i don't know you pers, so you c take it personally. you can say you're appalled, outraged, deep lis disappointed. that's all been said before. what we ne

nor norah. >> mark, thank you.nd the wait for the return of the loved ones has been excruciating for the families of the 298 victims. more than two-thirds of the people killed in the sunday attack are from the netherlands. elizabeth palmer is in amsterdam. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as you can see, there are still mourners coming to his impromptu tribute site. the mound of flowers continue to grow and people are lining up to find that condolence back. one of the newspapers has published on its back page a full list of all who perished in the crash under the headlines that say "shock and sadness." it is some comfort that the bodies are on their way home. perhaps they'll arrive tonight, more probably tomorrow. they'll be flown in on a special military transport plane that is already in the ukraine. once here, they'll go to a forensic center and the dutch specialist will begin the work of identification. the first task, of course, is to find the foreign citizens among the dead and get them to their gover

norah? >> all right, jan.ou. >> certainly start add conversation. >> it has indeed. >> that's a good thing. >> the states are passing laws. that's a democracy in action. >>> all right, a stunner for tourists at one of the world's most famous destinations. ben tracy is in the heart of new york city. >> reporter: spider-man is supposed to be spinning a web, but this weekend he was throwing a punch at the cops. we'll show you what went down and the call to clean up the characters here in times square on "cbs this morning." y9 fact. every time you take advil liqui gels you're taking the pain reliever that works faster on tough pain than extra strength tylenol. and not only faster. stronger too. relief doesn't get any better than this. advil every time you take advil you're taking the medicine doctors recommend most for joint pain. more than the medicine in aleve or tylenol. the medicine in advil is the number one doctor recommendation for joint pain. relief doesn't get any better than this. advil if it doesn't wor

norah? >> all right, barry. thank you so much. this morni this morning russia's ministry says it doesn't understand why president obama is acushion them of not helping the malaysia flight 17. at a news conference senior white house correspondent bill plante asked the president if the u.s. is turning back the clock. >> is this a new cold war, sir? >> no, it's not a new cold war. what it is is a very specific issue related to russia's unwillingness to recognize ukraine can chart its own path and i think if you listen to president poroshenko, if you listen to the ukrainian people, they say they seek good relations with russia. >> the new sanctions target more russian banks. the u.s. and eu will also stop selling arms to russia. >> this morning the president is expected to sign a passion bill. house republican leaders are pitching a cheaper alternative and the white house is looking at ways to change immigration policy without congressional approval. cbs political analyst john dickerson is in wa

norah? >> thank you. the white house is also keeping a close eye on the escalating violence in the middle east. air strikes pounded the gaza strip. 160 suspected hamas targets were hit and an israeli soldier is missing following a weekend battle in gaza that killed six of his troops. >>> another round of hamas rockets is targeting tel aviv today. barry peterson is in gaza city which israel says is the main source of hamas attacks. barry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. there's no sign that things are slowing down here. we just have an israeli missile strike about a quarter of a mile here in this neighborhood near our position. if anything it feels like it is intensifying. this war has now found its deadly rhythm. israeli guns fire. seconds later, a part of gaza explodes and burns. then more palestinian rockets fire back at israeli cities. it was these rockets over the last two weeks that provoked the israeli action. and now there is a sad rhythm to the dying. among israeli soldiers kille

norah? >> holly, thank you. >>> three billionaires including some political rooifs are using "the new york times" this morning to call for common sense immigration reform. conservative mega donor, warren buffett, and bill gates say u.s. immigration policy quote, borders on insanity. chip reid is on capitol hill where democrats and republicans are still far apart on this issue. chip, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and good morning to our viewers in the west where the immigration crisis continues. here in washington a top republican is blaming president obama. >> good morning, everyone. >> reporter: speaker of the house john boehner used his weekly press conference on thursday to lash out at president obama. >> this is a problem of the president's own making. he's been president for 5 1/2 years. when is he going to take responsibility for something? >> reporter: in texas, the president defended his response to the crisis and chastised house republicans for failing to act on immigrati

i know where norah wilill be.his mornings, the coast guards is in action searching for missing boater. choppers and marine units searching the bay off the coast of long poured, for a man now identified as 45 year old andrew biddle. biddle and his friends were thrown from their boat last night when the boat hit a buoy. his friend was able to reach the shore, however, biddle has not been seen since then. >>> all right, time for your forecast right now, kate beil know for katie. good morning. >> hey, good morning, everyone, happy monday. if there is anything happy about a monday, is that the weather is beautiful today. let's take quick look at your eyewitness weather forecast, mixture every sunday shine, and high clouds today, more humid, and any thunderstorms should stay off to the west though. 58 degrees, which is actually still slightly below average. for tonight, patchy cloud, pleasant, at 68, for the overnight low, your eyewitness weather seven day forecast and "shorecast" does start to warm things up tomorrow b

i know where norah will be.ference between success and failure. the day i start, i'm already behind. i never know what i'm gonna need. new school new classes, new kids. it's hard starting over. to help, sleep train is collecting school supplies for local foster children. bring your gift to any sleep train and help a foster child start the school year right. not everyone can be a foster parent but anyone can help a foster child. a teenager is expected to be charged today in connection with a bank robbery and shootout in stockton. two suspects and a hostage were killed during last week's incident. jaime ramos will be arraigned today on three counts of murder. two people are found dead inside a sausalito home. sausalito police say they responded to reports of gunshots on san carlos avenue yesterday morning. inside... they found the bodies 's and a woman >>> heard on san carlos avenue yesterday morning. inside they found the bodies of a man in his radios and a woman in her -- his 50s and a woman in her 40s. >>> a ne

norah? >> alex, thank you. new video appears to show its secretive leader leading brar mo dua leading prayer. michael morell is a former cia director. it's extraordinary to see him in a city, mosul, that was once under american control. >> right. correct. the there's a primary reason and a secondary reason. last week his group isis announced a caliphate in the area they controlled. in essence announcing the creation of a state. and they announced him as a leader so he needs to be seen by his constituents. there's also recruitment and fund-raising. it shows success. that's what he also did in this video. i think there's also a secondary reason for him. the iraqi government said they injured him, possibly killed him. this is a way to push back on that claim. i think there's a number of reasons why he thought it made sense to do it. >> this is a guy accused of ordering summary executions, beheadings. he seems somewhat meek in this video. do you expect that softer approach to continue? >> no. i think this is a hard

norah o'donnell is on assignment.florida coast. and the midwest is recovering this morning after storms brought hail heavy rain and tornadoes. >> that system is calls derecho it's blamed for one storm in iowa. it zapped the second tallest building in the western hemisphere. storms are still around the chicago area. moreto iraq. another 300 personnel will go to baghdad to protect the u.s. embassy and other american interests. the white house announced the move after isis said it will form in retired generaleus tells our bob sheafert that the winter access must be dealt with. >> this isis threat is a serious threat and we need to be concerned about it. >> it's the national security of the united states. >> yeah, that's not one that i can answer. i'm not poring off theed information that would help youtively. but i think unquestionably it is rising to that level. there are people that are saying nificant threat assessed out there in recent years has been that out of yemen, al qaeda and the arabian peninsula because of th

destroy hamas as an organization organization of resistance against occupation and oppression go ahead norah if you're asking me what israel wants to achieve i tell you honestly i cannot figure it out for the life of me i mean there's one point eight million people in gaza who if they're at least seven years old have lived through three major attacks just since one thousand is it since two thousand and eight i can't imagine how israel can expect those one point eight million people plus the two point five million in the west bank and the rest of the palestinians in the world to believe that israel wants peace i mean israel's going to have to live next to these palestinians in peace how is this attack horrific massacre of human lives lead towards living together in peace i can't begin to understand it myself which in washington is this deja vu all over again because it's quite clear that israel has had for a long time had plans for the west bank but they just simply do not know what to do with gaza. i think that professor don krefeld statement that this isn't about objectives as far as israel

norah o'donnell is on assignment. margaret brennan is here. good morning. >> good to be back with you, charlie. >>> we begin here, many of you in washington and out in arizona are facing exceptionally warm weather today. meanwhile, parts of the midwest are cleaning up from a series of thunderstorms called a derecho. at least one person is dead. >> chicago's tallest building was hit repeatedly by lightning. wbbm near o'hare airport, which is still under a flood warning. >> reporter: good morning. storms have caused all sorts of problems including the scene we're witnessing right now. this is the main artery to o'hare international airport. one of the busiest airports in the nation. flooding has reduced access to the airport to just one lane creating a one-mile backup. a series of lightning strikes took direct aim at chicago's willis tower. darkening skies led to driving rain. floodwaters brought traffic to a halt at chicago's o'hare international airport. it's part of a weather system known as a derecho. national weather service label this had

norah? >> incredible mark thank you. >>> and this morning the u.s. is blaming russia for creating conditions that led to the attack on 298 innocent people. david martin is at the pentagon with the most detailed outline of the government's case against russia. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. u.s. intelligence officials say all the evidence still points in the same direction, that russia provided the missile used to shoot down that airliner. pictures of the wreckage show pitting intelligence officials say is consistent with shrapnel from the warhead of a surface-to-air missile. in a conversation intercepted by ukrainian intelligence a known pro-russian rebel leader is overheard reporting we have just shot down a plane, although he did not yet know it was a civilian airliner. still, one intelligence official said we do not know who pulled the trigger. but senator saxby chambliss, the ranking republican on the senate intelligence committee, said intelligence he's seen shows either way russia is to blame. >> vladimir putin should be held a

i enjoyed it. >> can you work with charlie and norah?ood. >> fortified and fluoride mushed together in one word. >> i knew what you were trying to say. >> thank you. >>> nearly two out of three women say they get harassed on the street. one woman has had enough. watch out she confronted a guy on the street. >> when women are walking down the street, they're not walking by saying i give a [ bleep ] what strangers think about my appearance. they want to get to and fro. >> okay. we'll show you more ways cat callers are catching heat. that's coming up next on "cbs this morning." >> announcer: cbs morning round presented by pronamal toothpaste. i wanted to fix it, i wanted to fix it right away. my dentist recommended pronamel. he said that pronamel can make my teeth stronger, that it was important, that that is something i could do each day to help protect the enamel of my teeth. pronamel is definitely helping me to lead the life that i want to live. ♪ [ male announcer ] bring your style to life. get 10% off new valspar reserve interior and e

norah? >> thank you very much. >>> president obama will head to texas and local leaders are ready to tell him what they about the flood of illegals from central america. the president is asking the house for millions of dollars and major garrett has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. president obama's trip to texas is due to arrive in dallas at 2:00 p.m. pacific will focus mainly on raising money for those democrats facing election. not on the humanitarian situation. by whatever names the white house knows it has a big political headache on its hands. president obama arrived in denver tuesday for the first leg of a two-state fund-raising trip. amid time with donors, the white house hastily added an event later today in dallas to discuss the burgeoning crisis of unaccompanied minors on the southwest border. mr. obama will meet with texas republican governor rick perry who has criticized the white house for failing to secure the border. and foot dragging on deportations of minors h

norah o'donnell, thanks so much.ee you at 7:00. >> thanks, norah. >>> the bay area is out doing the country with rising home prices. here's kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. no surprise to anybody that's out there looking for a whom in the bay area. prices are definitely on the rise. the s&p kay schiller price index for may found bay area home prices were up 1.6% for the month before compared to the overall index being up 1.1%. and while the overall index was up 9.3% from a year earlier, the bay was up more than 15% from 2013. only las vegas had a bigger year-over-year gain in tampa. it was bigger on a monthly basis than the bay area. lots for investors to consider today. we have some key corporate earnings reports out from pfizer, merck and u.p.s. and the fed begins a two-day policy setting meeting. stock market is off to a positive start this morning after a mixed day on monday. let's take a look at the big board and see how we're doing. the dow up by 30. the nas

it says pulled from the air for norah o'donnell, charlie rose, gayle king.>> it seems like a disruptive technology. >> do they get any tax incentives for doing this? >> no. they say they're not necessarily doing it for the environment. they just think this is a cost-effective way to make plastic. >> it's of benefit. >> exactly. >> thank you, ben. >>> her books have sold more than 25 million companies. author diana >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. >>> good morning, it's 8:25. i'm for news headlines. firefighters in oakland battled a two-alarm blaze at a home on 47th and melrose avenue. no word on how it started or if anyone was injured. >>> also crews are making more progress battling two wildfires in northern california. a wildfire on the western side of yosemite national park is now 34% contained. and a fire in the sierra foothills south of placerville is 85% contained. >>> the minimum wage in san francisco could reach $15 an hour by july of 2018. yesterday, the board of supervisors with the backing of mayor lee unanimously voted to put the i

good morning, norah. >> good morning you to, mike and andrea. ahead israel is making calls to gaza telling people to get out because the attacks are about to get worse. plus, president obama has made 500 calls in his six years in office. how the president is increasingly turning to telephone diplomacy to solve big problems and who easy' dialing the -- he's dialing the most. and outrage over the dating site okaycupid. how it manipulated users all in the name of research and why the company isn't apologizing. the news is ba in the morning. we'll see you at 7:00. >> we'll be watching. have a good day. >> white house officials are making plans to act before mid- term elections. the move could lead some conservative republicans to push for impeachment proceedings against president obama. officials are weighing a range of options including changes in the deportation system and ways to grant relief if demore station. >>> lawmakers reached a bipartisan deal, something that doesn't happen often around here lately to start fixing the embattled department

norah o'donnell is off and margaret brennan is here. great to see derek jeter have such a great all-star game last night. >> a great tribute to him. >> we begin with severe weather. severe ran and flooding in the northeast. thousands lost power. >> the storms put on quite a show. lightning hit several new york city skyscrapers including the new one world trade center. don dahler is in fort lee, new jersey near the washington bridge where the storm caused a nightmare for drivers. don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. traffic is moving now but yesterday traffic was a mess with traffic coming to a screeching halt as water flowed onto the busy roadways. awe caused by a severe weather system that flooded the area. >> this flood was crazy. >> it was a day-long deluge bringing up to 4 inches of rain to the region. the powerful system brought a nonstop barrage of lightning and thunder, some that took direct aim at new york city's empire state building. on the city streets the relendless rainfall brought water to a standstill including t

norah? >> margaret. thank you. and the cia led by brennan is going to bushing back the support. >> minimize the fallout. >> indeed. >>> it's what some republicans are calling the smoke gun. lois lerner is the former irs official at the center of the investigation. she received an e-mail from a friend who called it the wacko gop. she said, quote, so we don't need to worry about alien terrorists. it's our own crazies that will take us down. >> i think these e-mails show clearly a political bias political bias to do rights and equal protection. >> congress and the justice department are investigating the action. the democrats say there's still no evidence the tax agency singled out conservative groups. cuomo is running for re-election. the norm times reports that manhattan u.s. attorney warn the governor and his staff not to interview with the state commission. he set out last year to rule it. a report shows he repeatedly blocked investigators. o cf1 o >>> six emergency workers are recovering from carbon monoxide pois

norah? >> all right, barry. thank you. and the fighting in ukraine may be taking on a new dimension this morning. it claims it came under artillery fire your night from the russian side of the border. now that coming a day after the u.s. said it has evidence that russia is firing artillery into the ukrainian territory. meanwhile australia said it's sending militia to secure the crash site in eastern ukraine. mark phillips is in grabovo where they're still finding human remains where the plane was shot down. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. they're calling it the coalition of the grieving. it's certainly frustrating. they're mounting major contingents of police, unarmed they say, to come in here and secure the site and search for the remains of the victims that have not yet been found. but what kind of deal they worked out with the central government in kiev which does not control this area or with the rebels around here who do is a mystery.f:swrs the only international effort at finding the missing bodies or parts

norah jones' new band, puss n boots is going to be here. [ cheers and applause ] she's so fun.o on twitter and you see a tweet from a a celebrity that looks like it makes no sense? >> audience: yes. >> jimmy: it looks like a a random statement out of left field, but then you click "expand," and you realize they're actually just responding to another person's question. well, i'll show you what i mean in this next segment. it's time for "in reply to." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ so, the way this works is i'm going to show a celebrity's tweet and then we'll see the question they were replying to. the first example is from the makers of "dawn of the planet of the apes." they responded to @stevengrant22. "it's a bleak post-apocalyptic world with no hope for the future." [ laughter ] not really sure what they were talking about. let's see what they were asked. "what's miami like now that lebron has left?" [ laughter ] oh, now it makes sense. >> steve: now, i understand, yeah. >> jimmy: because now i understand the question and the answer. >> steve: i didn't understand it before. now, i

norah. >> all right, barry, thank you. and the fighting in ukraine hey be taking on a new dimension this morning. the ukrainian army claims it came under artillery fire overnight from the russian side of the border. that comes a day after the u.s. said it has evidence that russia is firing artillery into the ukrainian territory. australia is sending 100 additional police to help secure the malaysia airline flight 17 crash site in eastern ukraine. mark phillips is in grabovo where investigators are finding human remains more than a week after the plane was shot down. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. they're calling it the coalition of the grieving, it's certainly of the frustrated. both the australians and the dutch say they're mounting major contingents of police unarmed to come in and search for the remains of the victims that have not yet been found. but what kind of deal they have worked out, either with the central government in kiev which does not control this area ith the rebels around here who do is a

norah? >> holly, thank you. a new political crisis is brewing in afghanistan this morning. secretary of state john kerry is warning against an illegal power grab. today, presidential candidate abdullah abdullah claired himself the winner of the presidential runoff. his supporters gathered in kabul. his arrival has officially won the election. secretary kerry calls it a grave concern. >>> olympians defense team called his last witness. correspondent and cbs news contribute eror is in south africa. deborah, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. after calling six witnesses, the defense team felt that they had done enough to convince the court that it was an accident. >> we have come to the end of the defense case? >> indeed, my lady. >> reporter: oscar pistorius fell apart on the witness stand under relentless cross examination. >> why are you getting emotional now? >> i did not fire at reeva. >> reporter: evidence from neighbor whose testified to hearing the blood curling screams of a terri

norah. >> holly, thank you. >>> and a new political crisis is brewing in afghanistan this morning.ecretary of state john kerry is warning against an illegal power grab. today, presidential candidate abdullah abdullah declared himself the winner of the presidential runoff. thousands of his supporters rallied in kabul. but preliminary results indicate that abdullah's rival won the election. secretary kerry calls it a grave concern. >>> the murder trial of blade runner oscar pistorius is in its final stretch this morning. the double amputee defense team called its last witness. of the correspondent of cbs news deborah patia is there. good morning. >> the defense trying to say that oscar pistorius mistook her for an intruder but it was a tough battle. >> you have come to the end of the defense? >> indeed, my lady. >> reporter: the only person who knew what happened that night was oscar pistorius but he fell apart on the witness stand and gerrie nel's prosecution. >> why are you getting emotional now? >> reporter: from neighbors who testified to hearing the blood curtling screaming of a

norah o'donnell is off but margaret brennan is here. as you wake up in the west, outrage, grief and many questions surrounding the downing of malaysia airlines flight 17. here is what we know right now. all 298 people aboard that boeing 777 were killed. debris and bodies are scattered across several miles of eastern ukraine. american intelligence officials believe a surface-to-air missile brought the jet down. >> flight 17 was on its way from amsterdam to kuala lumpur when it crashed near the russian border. the plane went down in an area held by ukrainian insurgents backed by russia. mark phillips is in ukraine this morning to begin our coverage. >> reporter: good morning. it's a day of shock, grief and recriminkr recrimi nation here. even the russians in moscow, everyone is blaming someone else for this disaster. in the middle of this, an investigation will have to be organized. a ball of flame and a column of smoke on the horizon. the tragic end of malaysia air flight 17. this video captured by residents near the ukrainian-russian bo

norah o'donnell is off. 298 people aboard scattered over nine square miles of eastern ukraine this morning. u.s. officials believe they brought down the 777 flight 17. they do not know who is responsible. >> they believe forces brought the plane down. the rebels deny that claum. flight 17 took off from amsterdam on thursday and crashed less than four hours in the air. "cbs this morning" spoke to a reporter. she was one of the first journalists on the scene. >> it was something like i had never seen before in my life. i mean it was a long empty country road with wheat fields on one side and grasses on the other side and bodies everywhere in the fields. it was very sad. there were rescue workers who were going through the fields at dusk, tying small white pieces of cloth to sticks that marked each of the bodies' places. it was -- it was horrific. the plane had just taken off and was very laden with fuel and people in the village look up at the sky and saw things falling from the sky, suitcases with belongings

norah o'donnell is arch and margaret brennan is here. good morning again. >> good to be back with you, charlie. >> we star with terrible story in stockton california. police want answers from the only suspect to survive a bloody chaotic shoot-out. a group of bank robbers took hostages wednesday and led officers on a 45-minute chase. >> one witness said he heard five minutes of nonstop gunfire. this morning two suspects and one hostage is dead. a reporter reports it almost seemed as in war had broken out in stockton. >> reporter: shots rang out, bullets ricocheting off the getaway car as police exchange gunfire with three suspected bank robbers armed with three ak-47-style rifles. three women were taken hostage. two were employees. the third was a customer whose 12-year-old daughter was waiting outside the bank when the robbery occurred. >> three guys had three guns and three hostages and they had the guns to the hostages' heads. they were petrified. you could see their faces. their faces were white. they were just so scared. >> police sa

what's happening again, to norah's question, what's happening to our brain and mind as we meditate?nse. it's the response opposite to the stress response you know, the flight or fight response where you get all revved up. >> this is the contra to that. >> the solution to that in many ways. you use lots of different techniques and that in the long term yields physiological bern fits. >> russell what's fascinating to me and why we should do on the show about this is the number of successful people who meditation whether it's oprah, jerry seinfeld george lucas, russell simmons. so many people have tried it. why do you think that is? >> again, when you operate from a calm space you're able to make good decisions. the nervous system is always -- always affected by your thought process. when the nervous system is calm you have a greater brain functionality. >> don't you think every creative thought is when you meditate? >> you meditate in all forms. all forms of meditation. but the seconds of stillness,'ve if you listen to music, you can get into musical. i had the experience of a car acc

on late show, david letterman welcomed norah o'donnell. co-host of "cbs this morning."man joked with o'donnell about her co-hosts. >> charlie and gayle send their best to you. and we like to say the news is back in the morning. >> news is back in the morning. >> those two are holding back. [ laughter ] but that's no secret, i don't think. >> oh, they're holding me up every morning. they're holding me up every morning. >> things got serious. a little later when o'donnell and letterman discussed the ongoing crisis in ukraine. local news on "cbs this morning," we will be live from ukraine for the latest on the investigation into the downing of flight 17, plus, we'll get the latest from gaza on efforts to end the crisis there. >>> and the multibillion dollar verdict against big tobacco. we'll hear from the widow who won her case against r.j. reynolds. that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ,,,, >>> good morning everyone, it's tuesday, july 22nd. i'm michelle griego. >> hi everyone, i'm frank mallicoat. ne

charlie rose, norah o'donnell, and gayle king are all off. but, hey, we're here. along with margaret brennan. happy fourth of july. >> happy fourth of july. happy to celebrate it with you. >>> as america celebrates its 28th birthday, arthur crashed along the shore. arthur will race up the east coast staying jeff offshore. >> our correspondents are stationed along the atlantic coast this morning. begin with susan mcginnis in nags head, north carolina, near the eye of the storm. susan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. thousands of people are waking up here across the outer banks this july 4th to survey the damage after hurricane arthur slammed in here, made landfall late last night. overnight arthur swept through eastern north carolina, strengthening into a category 2 hurricane. it is a devastating mix. winds gusting over 100 miles per hour, and torrential rains are pummeling the outer banks. late last night officials were tracking the storm, not expecting arthur to change course, putting thousands more in its destructive path. >> so most people that have be

norah. >> jan, thank you. >>> secretary of state john kerry is in egypt this morning. he's still attempting to secure a cease-fire between israel and hamas. israel's iron dome ha collecteds collected some of those rockets. the faa now says it's safe to fly in to tel aviv's airport. don dahler has more zbhood morning. ben gurion airport is busier than it was yesterday. as you say the rockets were fired at the airpt as well as downtown tel a viv. just a few hours ago we heard those rockets intercepted by israel's defense system the iron dome. they would point to those interception as to why the ban should never have been leveled. now it's at the discretion of the airlines as to whether they feel it's safe to fly here. it's not clear and how many u.s. carriers will resume flying to israel. normally 400 to 500 flights arrive and depart from ben gurion airport. yesterday there was only 200 with roughly half the number of passengers as on a typical day. 29 airlines canceled flights to tel a viv. they banned many flights saying that this rocket that destroyed a home near an a

second one puts you out and the third one you know terry it's like you're on a massage table with norah jones playing in the back it's insane knocked him out and kill them or just show them it's not a big thing do you favor the death penalty you know i always have in principle it's just that we don't do it well enough you know there's too many they were invincible yes i mean i do favorite moments of all i just think this to many people i think our justice system is too screwed blued and tattooed black and blacks or asians or that whites are not well i mean that's part of it is a racial element that just as incompetent that element to it you know that there are probably some innocent people be put to death but i think i would if it was may i would rather be put to death than live in solitary for seventy years i mean we put people in solitary that is truly cruel and unusual punishment if you to be alone year after year after year we didn't use we used to do this very very sparingly now we do it all the time and that is the i think the issue that they should be talking about with prisons w

really great having you know dolly in law rather than you know norah and all those great singers over the song you sang with. leo leo to all users yeah how did that come about that was a great whose idea was that it was his i was over an england listen to the radio one i listen to b.b.c. and i heard this voice again and it asked somebody that was on this or you dummy that's julio iglesias. so we'll shoot i want to record a song with him. i didn't know that he'd already sold nine million records of languages you know so i thought i had discovered early oh. but it was his idea to do it was his idea to do it to all the girls who wrote the song and. willie nelson's our guest will be right back from the bus stop away. it's a. very hard to take a. quick break here. if the people. your friend posts a photo from a vacation you can't afford. to different. your boss repeats the same old joke of course you like. your ex-girlfriend still tends to rejection poetry keep. what really matters. to your facebook. yellow feel that you look back on your life. thank you so the fullest. i don't think i mis