. >> and i'm rebecca jarvis. these are a few of the stories we'll be looking at on "cbs this morning saturday." >>> fresh violence this morning as disturbing new pictures are released of a massacre in syria. u.s. diplomats search for ways to stop the blood shed as the crisis reaches a tipping point that could lead to civil war. >>> a baseball hero known for his red sox loses minneapolis/st. pa millions. curt schilling's company could cost taxpayers tens of millions. so why did the state risk so much to help him? >>> the ultimate test for five wounded war heroes. they're about to scale america's tallest peak and they'll tell us why no challenge is too great, no mountain too high. >>> cheers and tears for a new high school graduate. her parents abandoned her but now she's got her cherished diploma and a ticket to the ivy league. how she went from homeless to harvard. all that and so much more on "cbs this morning saturday" june 9th, 2012. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to the start of your weekend. we're happ

i'm rebecca jarvis. >>> i'm jeff glor. here are a few of the stories we're looking at on "cbs this morning" saturday. >>> president obama changes the rules on immigration granting young immigrants work permits. he says it fixes our broken system. republicans say it's all about politics. at stake, a vital voting block in a deadlocked race. >>> a raging colorado wildfire takes a turn down a dangerous path. dozens of homes have been damaged or destroyed. >>> the widow of thomas kinkade, america's richest painter is trying to brush off his girlfriend. but she says she has proof she's entitled to millions. the war of wills being played out in northern california. >>> 50 years ago this week, three convicts did the impossible. they escaped from alcatraz. or did they? we have two people who know firsthand what happened that night on the rock. all that and so much more on night on the rock. all that and so much more on this saturday june 16, 2012. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. >> good morning. good saturday morning. we

. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. here are a few of the stories we'll be looking at on "cbs this morning saturday". >>> breaking news overnight. fierce early summer storms have battered communities from indiana to virginia. falling trees killed at least two people and knock out power to more than 2 million. >> in the west, deadly wildfires are still raging in colorado. two people are dead. 17,000 acres have been burned and nearly 350 homes destroyed. president obama calls exhaustive firefighters genuine heroes. >> maybe it was mission impossible. the five-year marriage of tom cruise and katie holmes appears to be over. she's filed for divorce and is asking for sole custody of the 6-year-old daughter sur i. >> we're going deep into the vaults of cbs news for legendary reporter edward r. murrow's rare interview with humphrey bogart and lauren bacall. >> if you want anything, all you have to do is whistle. you know to you whistle, don't you? you just put your lips together and blow. >> all that and so much more on "cbs t

. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. here are a few of the stories we're looking at this morning on cbs "this morning." a jury returns a late night verdict convicting jerry sandusky of 45 counts of child sexual abuse. he'll be sent to jail for life. his lawyer says they will appeal. >> get ready to hit the road this summer. the price for a gallon of gasoline nationwide keeps dropping and could dip below $3 by the time the leaves start falling. >> the boys apologize, a town rallies and the kitty is near seven figures. we'll talk about the bullied bus monitor. >>> a special performance from crosby, stills and nash. better make sure your kids are watching because they will teach your kids well. ♪ >> all that and so much more on cbs "this morning" saturday, june 23, 2012. ♪ and know they love you >>> good morning. nice to be with you. >> good to have you here again, anthony. we begin this saturday morning with break egg news. defense attorneys say they will appeal the convictions of former penn state assistant football coach

i'm rebecca jarvis. >> i'm anthony mason.n celebrating the queen's diamond jubilee. >>> the words and phrases that could get you arrested the next time you write something on facebook or another social media site. i have to say, some of these words are shocking because they're very commonly used things. >> totally ordinary. totally ordinary. >>> and woof woof, you could call it, the new channel that's putting the bite back in tv. the network that will have your dogs begging for more. >>> the top u.n. human rights official said this morning there should be no amnesty for violent crimes by the syrian government. she there's been no let-up in the blood shed. alex thompson of britain's channel 4 has more from damascus. >> reporter: it's not difficult to find areas even in the capital just a few minutes from the center where there's trouble, particularly at times like fridays after prayers. we were gestured by two men on the motorbike, off the main roads in deraa. you can see flags of the rebels painted on the walls. and within mo

rebecca jarvis is with us. >> reporter: when peter madoff was the chief compliance officer at the girm behind the largest ponzi scheme in history and now he has worked out a deal with prosecutors and, tomorrow, he will plead guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and falsifying records. but a law enforcement source familiar with the case tells cbs news this does not mean that peter madoff is pleading guilty to participation in his brother's ponzi scheme. in this deal, peter madoff will tale to forfeit 143 billion dollars, including all of his property, and serve a ten-year prison sentence. the number that has everyone scratching their heads involves the money. $143 billion. now, this is for a ponzi scheme that swindled $50 billion from investors. peter madoff doesn't have $143 billion to forfeit and the & amount has nothing to do with his wealth. the figure represents all of the money that bernie madoff's firm handled after peter joined the conspiracy. it is a massive sum, especially when you consider that the world's richest man, carlos slim, is worth $69 billion. some analys

>> rebecca jarvis, thank you. with us now from boston, ed gillespie, a senior adviser to mitt romney's presidential campaign. good morning, ed. >> good morning, charlie. >> so, where does the romney campaign say it will do different, and how do their plans for dealing with the fiscal cliff differ from what the president might do? >> well, first of all, charlie, there's been an absence of leadership, as you can see. we've got senators talking about this, but the president has been vacant. he's been campaigning, obviously having a lot of fund-raisers. but in terms of what governor romney would be different, clearly, you know, a completely different direction in terms of policy. governor romney would repeal obama care as you know it and replace it with market-oriented reforms and take that drag off of the economy that the health care bill has proven to be. he would reduce tax rates and spur economic growth. he would be tougher in terms of china's currency manipulation. so in terms of doing things different, pretty mu

>> rebecca jarvis, thank you. bill plante is with us in washington. this is something we have a president that can't seem to escape bad numbers. >> the president has got to run on something other than his jobs record. the economy is not lifting his sale sails. it looked like it was but last two months devastating. today's numbers terrible. they have to change the subject. you can expect them to go after mitt romney as a failed governor of massachusetts in addition to going after him as a failed corporate leverage buyout. >> there are no more tools in the economic toolbox to affect these numbers before the election. >> there is nothing that congress is going to do for this president going ahead. so the president is on his own with the economy goes and that's not good for this campaign. that means that they have to do something else. >> the romney people already out saying devastating news for american workers and families and there's a quick response right there. so the president wants to change the narrative and say it's about the governor of massachu

rebecca jarvis talked with economists and two legislators involved. good morning. >> good morning to you. cbs news has learned that this is a broad group of about 30 senators from both sides of the is aisle, and according to sources in the meetings it is not just those with so-called bases nearing retirement. there are even some freshmen senators participating. it began with a dinner. a senator who has been attending says there's no clear leader, calling it a coalition of the willing. insiders also tell me that the senators have been broken into working groups to address primary issues, including defense spending, corporate taxes, and individual taxes. and while the groups overall are agreeing on principle, and coming to some broad conclusions, they are still split down party lines on specifics. participants in the meetings say that their biggest achievement so far is just getting to the same table, bringing lawmakers together from both the left and the right. a rarity these days. and as far as what they are agreeing on, people who were in those meeti

but first we go to the news room where rebecca jarvis has the headlines. >> reporter: good morning. it is is june 24, 2012. tropical storm debbie is threatening coastal communities from louisiana to florida as it churns in the gulf of mexico. the storm is is expected to grow stronger over the next 48 hours and it is already packing 50 miles an hour winds and could drop nearly a foot of rain in some areas. they are desperate for rain out west. wild fires continue to burn across colorado and firefighters say at least two of them are still growing. several thousand residents have been evacuated from the colorado springs area as a precaution. the results of egypt's presidential election are due to be announced at any minute. huge crowds have once again returned to tahrir square in cairo. this time waiting for word of the winner. one candidate is a conservative islamist. the other had been hosni mubarak's prime minister. two attorneys for former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky say they asked to resign from his defense but the judge denied their request. sandusky, who w

. >> rebecca jarvis has the numbers for us. what happened? >> especially what happened is hope took hold of the markets. there's a hope now in the markets that germany is going to come to spain's rescue as far as their banks are concerned. a lot of spanish banks are in trouble as well as a lot of europe is in trouble. secondly, there's a newfound hope, based off chatter, the fed here is going to come to, at least for now to save the day and to rain down some stimulus, that could, in fact, prop up markets going forward. >> they're waiting to hear from bernanke. what might he say that would give him more encouragement in terms of more stimulus? >> if ben bernanke says the economy is in bad shape. if he does job growth is not enough. and a lot of his partners have said this, janet yellen, a close ally last night in a speech made the case for more action from the federal reserve, central banks right now around the world are one of the few places that have the ability to inflate economies as well as to inflate stocks. and a lot of the world is wai

rebecca jarvis looked into the phenomenon and is here to tell us more about what she found.rything. >> they know everything. and what's really interesting, and i think a lot of people it doesn't come as a surprise, that every company knows what you're doing online. but how you're getting online. whether you're using a mac or pc in general. and i've spoken to people inside the industry about this. for ten years now, they have been able to track when you're accessing online through a mac or pc, and if you're on a mac, online, they think you're the kind of customer who is going to spend more money, so you will see higher-end advertisements in the corners, in the margins, of your computer when they pop up on the internet. >> there's something about this that's scary. >> that's right. >> 1984, or or wellian. they're collecting this data through a software service called hadupe, it was created by engineers at google, facebook and yahoo! as well as oracle to collect every bit of data that exists out in the internet. that you put out there. and every single company is using it. all