captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and goodning. the death toll is now at least 92 from yesterday's twin attacks in norway. tensions remain high in oslo as residents still try to understand what happened and why. tonight, police are continuing to question the suspect in the attacks, 32-year-old anders behring breivik, a norwegian. national correspondent jeff glor is in oslo with the latest. >> reporter: the gunman seen from overhead in the middle of his rampage. posing as a police officer, witnesses say he lured a large group together, telling them he was there to perform a routine terror check. then the firing. a sustained assault that misnow say half thed for 90 minutes. campers, 600 of them, a youth meeting of norway's labor party, went any way they could-- some into the woods, others hit the water. >> just started swimming. >> reporter: you started swimming? he was shooting. you were in the water at the time. >> yeah, i saw many dead standing on the beach and, like, aiming for me and shooting but he didn't hit me luckily. >

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russ. >> mitchell: thank you very much. it is day two for the shuttle atlantis on its mission to the international space station, and as the shuttle program comes to a close, thousands of nasa employees get closer to losing their jobs. mark strasman has more from the johnson space center in houston. >> we are there with you now. you guys look great. >> reporter: on board atlantis, they're the final four -- the last four shuttle astronauts, a bittersweet mission and milestone for nasa employees like joe. he has developed nasa space suits for almost 50 years. >> it's not a one-person activity. this is representative of teamwork. >> reporter: now the team is breaking up. from texas to florida, more than 9,000 shuttle jobs are going away. clear lake, texas, home of the johnson space center has already taken a hit. new jobs are scarce. >> frustrating. >> reporter: glenn jenkinseson lost his shuttle job. part of nasa's brain drain, a 55-year-old mechanical engineer prowling this aerospace jobs expo. >> most companies are not inte

i'm russ mitchell. britain's tabloid phone hacking scandal has reached the highest levels of the british government. today prime minister david cameron addressed an emergency session of parliament on the crisis, even as americans find out they are just as vulnerable to phone hackers. we have two reports tonight beginning with elizabeth palmer in london. liz, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. prime minister david cameron's links to the powerful murdoch clan had become so politically dangerous that he cut short an official visit to africa and rushed home to limit the damage. at a rowdy emergency session of parliament... >> order! order. >> reporter: ...prime minister david cameron was on the defensive. undermined by what appears to many to be a toxically close relationship with rupert murdoch and his now disgraced executive team. >> you live and you learn, and believe you me i have learned. >> reporter: he batted away question after question. especially about his decision to hire an ex murdoch edit

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: good evening. it is relentless, dangerous, and gripping the country. a major heat wave this weekend has prompted officials in 17 states to issue heat warnings and advisories. take a look at the temperature map of the nation today. you'll find several large areas of 90s, and a patch that saw highs above 100 degrees. two hot weather-related deaths have been reported, and forecasters say the high heat is expected to spread over the next few days. cynthia bowers begins our coverage. >> advisory remains in effect through this evening for areas along interstate 35. >> reporter: it's been so hot for so long in oklahoma the governor called for a statewide day of prayer in hope of some divine intervention. for 47 straight days, temperatures in oklahoma city have been 90 or more. there's one day below 100 so far this month, and it's expected to be 100 degrees or more through at least friday. this summer's searing heat is setting new standards. this month alone, high temperature records have been tied or bro

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: good evening. another day and no deal on the debt ceiling crises. as the clock continues to tick to the august 2 deadline, no meeting is scheduled between the president and congressional leaders this weekend. but top senators from both sides are said to be discussing modifications to a plan to raise the debt limit. at the same time, the nation's credit rating could be threatened even if a deal is passed. whit johnson has the latest. >> reporter: credit rating agencies are putting the treasury department under the gun as they decide whether to strip the u.s. of its coveted triple a credit status. thursday, standard and poors threatened there's a 50% chance it could lower the rating within 90 days. wednesday, moody's investor service placed the u.s. bond rating on review for possible downgrade. >> i'm getting more and more worried about not raising the debt ceiling. this is approaching the unprecedented. >> reporter: talks between the credit rating agencies and the federal government are not necessa

entrepreneurs who are thinki wambach captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: good evening. we begin tonight with news of a rare sunday night showdown at the white house. with the race heading to the wire, president obama has wound up a meeting with cong with no final agreem dayan the latest on that meeting and what the stakes are, and we begin with the ior white house correspondent bill plante. >> president obama met for a second time. with congressional leaders late sunday trying to craft a grand bargain to cut government spending. over the weekend, they had appeared to be making progress. but last night, house speaker john boehner called it quits, saying simply that he didn't have the votes to pass something that sweeping in the house. "i believe the best approach may be to focus on producing a the sp mel can sham statement. the white house responded by repeating the president's insistence that ed approach must include revenue from ending tax breaks for special interest. and today, treasury secretary tim geithner was positive a deal will get do

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: good evening. the holiday weekend is off to a very bad start in minnesota. from state employees who vacation is looking for a cam ground. a budget stalemate has shutdown most of those state services and that's casting a shadow all the way to washington d.c. where the 9 the deadline for raising the federal debt ceiling is now exactly one month away. johnson has the the latest. >> reporter: many fireworks in minnesota have nothing to do with the 4th of july. angry protesters took to the capitol steps barking at law makers for failing to close a $5 billion budget gap. the resulting government shutdown means 22,000 state workers were furloughed without pay. state parks, cam grounds, even the state sue sue sue was closed awe hold a holiday week even. >> how can you solve the budget crises if you're not employing people. it just doesn't make logical sense. >> reporter: in the past decade four other states have suffered government shutdowns. new jersey, pennsylvania, tennessee and michigan. this is minne

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i'm russ mitchell. time is running out in the congress for the white house to reach the deal to prevent the u.s. to defaulting on its financial obligations. the federal government would lose its authority to borrow money. the democratically controlled senate rejected the plan proposed by the house friday. whit johnson is live on capitol hill. good morning to you. >> reporter: with the house republican plan defeated in the senatest senate ma mortgage leader harry reid is moving forward with his own plan he said is a compromise. he said republican leader mitch mcconnell refuses to negotiate as the clock ticks down to tuesday's deadline. >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: speaker john boehner squeaked his deficit reduction plan through the house with a narrow majority and challenge for democrats. >> it is time for the administration and time for our colleagues across the aisle, put something on the table! tell us where you are! >> reporter: he was able to wrangle enough wavering conservatives adding a req

. >> i'm russ mitchell. hazy day, going to be nice later. >> can't wait for that. >>> dead lock talks to raise the nation's debt limit. as the august 2nd deadline approaches, lawmakers are negotiating behind closed doors trying to come up with their own fallback plans. whit johnson is at the white house with the latest. whit, good morning. >> russ good morning to you. today is the deadline president obama set for congressional leaders to come up with dicit reduction plans that could actually pass congress. he remains convinced that most americans, including republicans want a balanceed aagreement. >> the request he is, at what point do folks over there start listening to the people who put them in office? now is a good time. >> reporter: still firing shots at republicans during a friday news conference, president obama tried again to sell compromise as the only way forward. >> if they show me a serious plan i'm ready to move, even if it requires some tough decisions on my part. >> reporter: the president is

i am rebecca jarvis. >> and i'm russ mitchell.tival of foods and highlight some of the best cuisine the u.s. has to offer. coming up we'll taste the wines of napa and a man who began selling key lime pies by the side of the road. now they make 1,000 key lime pies a week. >> also headed to the lone star state for texas barbecue. wayne miller shows us how his family has been serving up br briquettes. first lonnie quinn has a check of the weather. >> we talk about the fourth of july and chance of storms sparking up here and there. presidents' unbelievable, the majority of the country will be dry. let's get to the hot spots and chilly temps. it's the temperature spread, yuma, arizona, hits 118 degrees today. coldest spot, wilson, wyoming, down to 39, minton, north dakota, sunshine, 83 degrees and on monday your fourth of july look at the towns across the country named independence, independence, new york no, 77, with the sun, independence, missouri, 90, come monday you have a storm chance. here's a closer look at the weather for your

i'm russ mitchell. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. from the jobs to the royals and the shuttle launch and to betty ford. >> a courageous first lady who battled addiction to pain killers and addiction to alcohol and defeating breast cancer. she died in palm springs, california, she was 93 years old. scott pelley takes a look back at her remarkable life. >> reporter: relatively unknown until her husband became president, betty ford became one of the most popular and respected women in america. born elizabeth anne bloomer april 18th, 1918, she grew up in grand rapids, michigan. she dreamed of becoming a professional dancer and after high school she moved east to study under martha graham, the high priestess of modern dance. she earned a spot in the auxiliary dance troupe but her mother pressured her to leave the troupe in 1941. she performed in her own dance troupe, married and divorced and then met a young man named gerald ford, they married in 1948, weeks before ford was elected to his first term in congress. through the 1950s and '60s

i'm rebecca jarvis. >> i'm russ mitchell.r exotic animals with one thing in common. they each have a unique ability to stay cool in a brutal heat wave. he'll tell us how these amazing animals do it. >> we're going to pet this animal. >> no. i don't want to touch that lizard. no, i don't think so. >>> also, chef spike gurdy will prepare a great summer meal for us on the menu today. grilled chicken, potato salad, and a white nectarine tartine. am i saying that right? >> i'll put a lot of it in my mouth. >> all on a shoestring budget of $40. >> all coming up. but we head back to lonnie quinn on long beach, new york. 30 miles east of new york city? >> not 30 miles. >> all right. >> outside of the city limits, it's only about five miles from, say, queens. new york city is made from the five burroughs. you get this beautiful beach close to new york city. we're in the middle of a road race out here right now. all of the runners if you noticed they've been drinking so much water we're out of couples. picking up cups off of the ground

. >> that was russ mitchell reporting.is island graduates 20,000 marines every year including all male recruits from east of the mississippi and all female recruits. >>> the boy who lived takes out "the dark knight." doing battle this weekend. what made the witches and wizards the clear favorite? shuttle flight are done packing their >>> i'm dennis o'donnell. coming up on "game day." phil mickelson's bid for the championship. >>> a local girl the next hope for the stars and stripes. we will be joined on the show by as second baseman weeks whose baseball history took roots in the negro league. "game day" is next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, flight are done packing their gigantic suitcase. they spent today putting things into a cargo canister the size of a bus. it will . >>> astronauts on nasa's last shuttle flight are packing their suitcases. a cannister the size of a bus brought tons of foods and supplies returning filled with trash and other discarded equipment returning to earth thursday ending 30 years of shuttle life. >>> san d

captioning sponsored by cbs >> good evening, russ mitchell is off tonight, i'm nor awea owe donald. reaching a debt ceiling agreement before the financial markets opened in asia after the republican deadline for reaching a deal came and went late this afternoon. president obama invited the two top congressional democrats but no republicans to a whitehouse meeting. congressional coursent nancy cordes has the latest. >> with time running out, house speaker john boehner said if he could not reach an agreement with democrats by tonight, republicans would roll out their own plan. >> i would prefer to have a bipartisan approach to solve this problem. if that's not possible, my republican colleagues in the house are prepared to move on their own. >> boehner says the republican bill would likely involve two steps. first a short term extension of the debt ceiling accompanied by a package of spending cuts and then another extension in six months or so, after congress can identify more cuts. on face the nation, ears senator jon kyl said that would satisfy the republican aim of offsetting any i

russ mitchell now with a summer song. >> jim, do me favor. list of artists who have recorded your songs over the years. >> well, i could try. the four tops. the supremes. mr. sinatra. tony bennett. liza minnelli. >> it seems like everyone has sung the songs of jimmy webb. >> linda ronstadt, way lon nelson, kristian stoferson, joe cocker. a few big names in there. >> and he had a few big songs in there, songs that dominated the charts back then and are considered classics today. ♪ didn't we >> do you remember first song you wrote? here's how precocious jimmy webb was. his first song, which he wrote when he was 12... ♪ it's someone else i've known it all the time ♪ >> was later recorded by art garfunkel. ♪ webb wrote that song growing up in oklahoma. his father was baptist preacher. jimmy played piano in church. when he was 18, his family moved to southern california. a year later his mother died and his father decided to return to the midwest. but as he told an audience at new york university, jimmy informed his dad he wasn't going back. >> he

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they're striving to make things better. >> reporter: russ mitchell, cbs news, los angeles. >> "a betteres. it opens across the country on july 15th. looks good, though. >> let's go. >> we can all go to the as a date. nice. >> we could go for your birthday, except that your birthday is today, not on the 15th. >> that's true. >> and you're going to work all day long on your birthday. >> yes. >> thanks for being so nice. >> we love you nonetheless. >> thank you. >> chris. >> you know i love you. >> he doesn't love you. >> you know i love you. >> the interesting thing about us, three of the four anchor team -- >> yes. >> your birthday is -- >> june 19th. >> i missed the cut. >> the 8th, the 12th. i'll be on vacation for the 20th. you can feel free to celebrate. >> trust me we're going to donate an entire week of celebration. that's all for us from birthday central here. have a great day, everyone. if it's your birthday in the month of july or late june we wish you a happy birthday as well. great day. your local news is coming up next. ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to c

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after which, russ mitchell has the profile of a modern day champion, fielghtsing to protect the endangered. >> world war i was determined when tanks became the warhorses of the 20th century. >> and even though this tank is made of aluminum and plastic and the horse is a puppet. we comprehend what a terrible turning point it was. >> the tanks simply rolled over people and rolled through wire and they obliterated horses and it was that clash, then, of flesh and metal, of the machine and human kind, really. >> michael moore's novel warhorse has been turned into this. the national theatre of great britain's most successful production ever. >> get ready to jump the wire! >> in new york, it just won five tony awards, including best pl play. >> warhorse is the story of joey, and a horse, and albert, the boy who loves him. >> joey is sold to the british army to be sent to the battle ront. >> the great adventure promised on enlistment posters soon became the horror of real war for men and horses. >> these creatures have extraordinary courage to go on as the men did through the most appalling condit

russ mitchell has the extraordinary family of one family who waited six decades for their soldier toe behind if anything goes wrong, we will in the stop until you're found. >> reporter: the search that began on the battle fields of korea finally ended 60 years later in minnesota on a still summer morning. inside this plag flag-draped coffin were the remains of ralph karlsson. how they got here was a story of pay shens. the army declared him missing and three years later said i died in a p.o.w. camp. >> we were told that every step of ralph's remains were most likely unrecoverable and susceptible in north korea. >> reporter: linda carlson wesscott had never met him. >> they loved their brother so much. the pain of losing him doesn't go away over 60 -- it's been 60 years. i wanted ralph to come home and be buried while they were alive. >> it's family members are dying. >> reporter: johnny webb is with the joint p.o.w.-m.i.a. a u.s. military agent based in hawaii. webb and his team scour the world looking for remains. it's been his passion for nearly 30 years. >> these are fathers. thes

. >>> russ mitchell has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> with nasa's shuttle program endingt into space is by hitching a ride with the russians. so who actually won the cold war space race? the u.s. or the soviets? that story tonight on "the cbs evening news." >>> take you now to marysol castro. she's on the national mall in washington this morning sweating it out while we're in this nice, cool studio. sorry, marysol. >> oh, betty, you're not sorry. >> i know, rubbing it in. >> but i love you. i love you anyway. good morning to everyone at home. yes, it is now 82 degrees here in the nation's capital. and this will be the trend over the next couple of days because it's only going to get worse. on saturday, here in d.c., thunderstorms will move through to cool things down just a bit, >> announcer: this weather report sponsored by mercedes-benz. experience truly great engineering today at your authorized dealer. >> thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now back over to chris. >> all right, marysol, thank you so much. >>> public school students in memphis may have a summer

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