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peter greenberg has a new detailed report on crime figures never before made public. >>> and the introduction. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday morning. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. anne-marie green. anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com and i'm michelle griego. tis >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. >> good morning, what day is it, michelle? >> friday. >> super friday! august 2. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now 4:29. super friday. >> great day around the bay area. lots of sunshine around the area. still patchy fog fog temperatures mainly in the 50s. the forecast is coming up. >> "friday light" at the bay bridge. no big issues even though we have upper deck roadwork still out there and lower deck. we'll tell you when it's scheduled to wrap up coming up. >> 7 cars. >> that's about it. >> thank you. >>> bart workers issued a warning at a rally in oakland. they could go on strike monday. christin ayers says union members from across the bay area marched with bart workers in oakland.

cbs news travel editor peter greenberg is in babylon, new york, that's east of new york city., good morning to you. >> good morning, gayle. it's not a question of whether they should have had insurance, it's the type of insurance they had. they bought the insurance from the travel provider, royal caribbean. they do provide basic care. if you look at what happened there, they per forred to the letter of the language. they stabilized the patient, took him to the nearest medical facility. that's the key issue here. do you buy the insurance from the travel provider? i would suggest that you don't. you want to go to a third party provider that doesn't necessarily have the language in their policy that the cruise lines have in theirs. >> so how could this have been avoided, peter? do you get your own insurance? >> you do. you buy third party plan from any travel agent who can sell it to you. there's the trip cancellation interruption policy which what happened if the cruise cancels before you go or somebody gets sick, a death, whatever. the key one to have is medical evacuation and

let's go to travel editor peter greenberg. ggested the ozzy osbourne one. >> let's talk about your first trip that goes from adirondacks. >> it's great trip along the hudson valley. it just hugs the coast there. only 72 bucks and it goes up -- once you get to albany it goes another 380 miles to montreal. about 11 hours. most folks take it from albany back to new york. >> colorado, the durango and silverton railroads. >> it was started to haul goal and silver. 25 miles. 26 from october to may. it's great day trip. >> rocky mountain near goes from views, great food, now, it's day trip but you know what? you don't sleep on this train but it includes a want to move to the glacier express in switzerland? >> let me tell you, there's nothing fast about this glacier express. 91 bridges and tunnels, 291 turns. it takes about eight hours but it gets up to about 9,000 feet. you're not going fast but it's another freight day trip. >> you have good ones but i feel like you've saved the best for last. south africa. >> this is called robos ra

travel editor peter greenberg tells you what's not being revealed. >>> he may want to move on from the sexting scandals but guess who doesn't. >> not this self-pleasuring freak. >> at night i certainly will not be taking pictures of myself. >> see how weiner is responding. >> the news is back this morning on "cbs this morning." stay tuned for your local news. >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by sargento ultra thin slices. taste the real difference. hershey's s'mores. pure chocola that brings people together. when the chocolate is hershey's life is delicious. discover card. cashback concierge, here. what is a cashback concierge? well there's lots of ways you can get cash back. i'm here to help you get the most out of your cash rewards. it's personalized, and it's free. i want that. we have a concierge! at discover, we treat you like you'd treat you. get the it card with cashback concierge. victory is getting triple the love... for shopping that took half the time. converse, skechers, nike, and more at famous footwear. victory is yours. what you wear to bed is y

cbs news travel editor peter greenberg has the story of this expansion. >> reporter: it is one of theprojects the world has ever seen. it's all about dollars and size, but in this case, bigger may be better. the panama canal has been called a wonder of the modern world. using a system of locks built 99 years ago, the 48-mile canal shortened the trip between new york and san francisco by 8,000 nautical miles, forever changing the way goods crisscrossed the globe. in 1914 when they opened the panama canal, linking the atlantic with the pacific ocean, it was an engineering marvel unmatched in the history of the world. now, nearly 100 years later, they're about to do it again, only this time much, much bigger. the only way to get a sense of how really big this is, is from above. the 5.25 billion dollar expansion can be clearly seen not far from the original canal. it massive project includes the drenling of miles of ocean floor. a four-mile bypass channel is being built, along with new locking systems that will raise and lower some of the largest ships on the planet. luis herrera, an engi

. >> rose: peter greenberg is always asking this so i'm asking you his question it's consolidation.g about the american-u.s.airconsolidation that you have questions about? >> no, not really. i think consolidation is really good. we had way too many business plans chasing way too few passengers and that has been a problem. and consolidation has brought some stability and some profitability to this business which is sorely needed. >> rose: peter also argues this-- it eliminates fare competition. >> this is a-- this is a brutally competitive. business this is a very tough business. >> rose: if i shop around at four airlines going to the same destination, same class, i'll find remarkably different prices? >> you can depending on the day of week, and all sort of-- because airline pricing is very complex. this is a tough and competitive business, and airfares today as you know are still on a real base, not inflation adjusted, are still less expensive than they were 10, 15, 20 years ago. air travel today remains a bargain and you can go from point "a" to point "b" in complete safety. it's

cbs travel editor peter greenberg is in florida. sailing to the scrap yard. that's a name that will belong in the hearts of a generation of fans. ♪ the loveboat ♪ >> for millions of americans, the song of "the love boat" theme song brings back memories of saturday night television and now memories are all they'll have. the "pacific princess," the ship that was the basis of the show has made its last voyage badly limping and barely recognizable. it's been out of commission since 2008 and has remained docked in jen oh wa italy. repairs to the battered ship have proved too costly. its condition today a far cry from its heyday. >> its claim to fame at the time is it was the first ship to have an elevator believe it or not. now we have elevators that go all the way. >> that luxury was on full display all throughout the show which paired many get start celebrities in me comedic love stories. the truth is the cabins on the princess were small and cramped. of course, that could have been a bonus when it came to romance. the cast of character

jeff smisek is with is along with peter greenberg.e good possibility arising out of these airline mergers because we hear some complaints about them. >> the mergers have helped us become profitable. we have been an industry that has lost money since the wright brothers and it's not good for anybody. it's not good for consumers and the people we serve and our shareholders. >> look at you. >> and through mergers and capacity discipline we've begun to make money and make money consistently so we can make the kind of investments people want. >> for example, continental add a reputation for service. >> we're improving. over 80% of our co-workers have been trained in front line service called "it's our job," and they've climbed considerably. we are. we're investing in our people we're investing in technology for them to use to serve our customers better. when you shrink the capacity you have people competing for seats. what do you do for fares? >> we have fares that are compensatory. in the old days, peter, we charged less for every seat th

thank you, peter greenberg. that will do it for us. your local news is coming up next.y equipment have the bay bridge all to ey have plenty o . >>> good morning everyone. -- 8:55. we've got your kpix headlines. construction crews and heavy equipment have the bay bridge all to themselves. they've got plenty of work to do during this five-day shut down. today they're building the connectors and the old roads leading into it. it is the 4th time the bridge has been shut down over the labor day weekend. here's a look at the golden gate bridge. a little foggy and a few driver this is morning. a lot of folks may have taken the day off. here's a look at the bay bridge. demolition of the old bridge will take three years. the cost of the new bridge, some $6 billion. >> a little drizzle and fog today? . >> a little fog. nice and clear there. boy, it's been very thick toward the coastline, especially this morning. looks like that fog will breakup a little bit as we head into the afternoon. camped out part of the coastline, starting to breakup a little bit today and mostly sunny awa

cbs peter greenberg is with us from san diego. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> the impact, how big is it? >> pretty big. you lose a system like this, airlines around the world you lose tracking inform ii listing of making, tracking of flights themselves. there's very little manual override except to handwriting tickets but depends on the airline having a record of the reservation. >> how many people will it affect? >> it affected thousands to begin with but the system started to come back. i the ripple effect you have to worry about. for every flight affected, you're affecting four flights. in u.s. 10 airlines affected, american, united, frontier, british airlines, qantas to name a few. >> what can they do. >> print a copy of the reservation information and if you're lucky a printed copy of the boarding pass the night before. without that the airline may not have a record you exist. the good news is the system is starting to come back. proof positive if you don't have a printed record, you're not going anywhere. >> than

. >> peter greenberg is with frus las vegas. >> why are you laughing, charlie? stay warm, babe. this is a cbs special. >> how do you detox your body? >> why are you interested in that, charlie. i want a clean body. >> i know cheryl underwood wants to help you with that. >> i'll be,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, news headlines... the on-again off-again bay bridge september deadline is finally on. but in order >>> good morning, it's 8:55. i'm michelle griego with your news headlines? >> the on-again, off-again bay bridge september deadline is back on but in order to open it the entire bridge has to close from 8 p.m. august 28 to 5 a.m. september 3. no cars will be driving on the bay bridge in any direction. >>> a san francisco museum is cutting jobs after its move to a new location. the exploratorium plans to cut 80 positions, roughly 18% of its staff. attendance at the museum is only half of what was predicted at the waterfront location. >>> joseph naso is expected to deliver his arguments this morning in a marin county courtroom. he is accused of killing four women between the