but not long ago i was up at a place called chimney rock in southwest colorado. and it's over 8,000 feet. and you are up at the southern end ftd rocky mountains and there is this scarp of rock that rises up probably about a thousand feet out of a valley floor and right at the tip of this scarp there are two twin towers of rock. if you get to a certain place on top of this very narrow butte, you can see between these twin towers and there happens to be a great house built between these two towers and every 18.6 years when the moon goes into its northernmost point on the horizon, it rises between those two towers. i was there at the beginning of the last 18.6 year cycle and we stood up there, probably 20 of us, researchers, forest service people, all gathered at the same spot with cameras and huddled -- it was late december at 8,000 feet and we were all watching this gap. and somebody had done very intricate work to figure out exactly where you need to stand to see the light at exactly the right time. and as we were all gathered up there, i remember this older arch

i mean, to understand these, this one came out of a 13th century site in southwest colorado and i would sit with these bowls for hours and hours, drawing them into my sketch book because that was the only way i could really understand the complexity of how they got their symmetries to match up because i could never get them to match up in my drawings. i could never do a 100 percent accurate rendition of these because every line was meaningful, every line meant something about how you paint the next line, which is what it's like walking out there, looking for those shapes, looking for water, looking for springs, looking for places where the rain has fallen. it's all the same story out there. there is a 13th century or a 14th century polychrome vessel from below the mugion rim in central arizona. and this is 100 years after the anastazi supposedly disappeared, there's that story about one day this whole civilization just vanished. but if you start following the civilization, you can find where it went. you can find this culture's movement across the land. these images inside this bowl cam

colorado. heavy winds in the desert southwest and scattered thunderstorms in the north east. >> 67 in seattle.allas hits 101. omaha 82. detroit 79. near 90 here in new york. 99 in atlanta. one more nod to "the brady bunch." >>> after winning one of the most memorable games in the history of women's soccer the women of team usa have two more games to win before they can win the world cup. >> semifinals match against france. emotions will be riding high especially after their historic victory against brazil on penalty kicks. unbelievable sports match. i can't get over it. >> it really is incredible. everybody expected brazil to win. if you are planning on playing hooky, phoning in to the boss, today's game will take place at 11:30 a.m. eastern and it can be seen on ourister network espn. >> we'll be right back with more "world news now." >>> all right. as parents, even as parties, we've all been there before. you go to dinner and a noisy child ruins everything. of course other children, not your children. >> of course not our children. we're talking about a restaurant in pittsburgh that is looki

fly southwest, the only major airline that never charges change fees. veteran mark ellis expendible. today oakland traded him to coloradoht handed r bruce billings and >>> the emergence of a's second baseman, weeks made ellis expendable. today, they traded him to colorado. no one has played more games at second in oakland than ellis. >> had so many good memories here. i've had three children here. and you know, we've had a lot of postseason games, and great memories of just being in this ballpark and with this organization. it's hard. it's definitely hard. but at the same time, you have to look at it as an opportunity as well. >> ellis obviously, missed the a's marlins game today. john buck doubles off the wall. the a's lose, 5-4, the comeback fell short in the 9th inning. >>> the giants bullpen collapsed in chicago today. bottom of the 9th, ramirez ties the game at 1 on a solo shot off brian wilson. ramon ramirez serves up a jack to geovany soto. >>> tens, maria sharapova advances to her first final since she was 17. petra kovitaca faces her on saturday. of course with the men, we'll find out tomorrow. >> a lot of unkn

colorado areas to montanatas. thunderstorms in the desert southwest. the >> 67 in seattle. 85 in salt lake city. southwest. lanta. in miami. i. course we're watching the eather in florida. > yes. >> yes >> r rated to the shuttle. t's right.right. ng to the songning to the song "summertime" which baseball goes "summertime" w elly well with summertime. the yankees' derek jeter will have to wait at least one more game to make it into the record ones. close.s oh so close. the shortstop had his 2,998th hit last night in a loss against tampa bay. oss against the yankee captain two hits shy of the 3,000 th milestone. they started losing since he came back. >> there's been a lot of losses tarted losing since been a lot ofn? can't be the paycheck. once he hit nt of the ts is mark, though, likely this weekend in front of the home crowd, jeter will on major only the 20th player in major league history to accomplish this feat. so no sm so no small feat. new york >> those tickets are a hot item in new york city. we'll be right back with more "world news now." spending too many nights alone at the spacebar. will love ev

southwest. >> phoenix is the hot spot at 106. colorado springs hits 98.02 in baltimore. >>> it does look like the white house and republicans are in serious talks to resolve the nation's debt crisis. it's probably about time now. the plan would slash up to $3 trillion from the budget over the next 10 years. this would also include cuts to entitlement programs and higher medicaid premiums for wealthier retirees. also there would be a commitment to closing tax loopholes. >>> and now to that question that led chicago's mayor to walk out of an interview. a reporter asked rahm emanuel who is known for his short fuse about his children's education. abc's jonathan karl reports on what happened next. >> reporter: newly elected chicago mayor rahm emanuel's famously hot temper was on display in an interview. when he angrily refused to answer a question about where his kids will go to school. >> oh, marianne, let me break the news to you. my children are not in a public position. the mayor is. and as long as i'm -- >> you don't think it will be news where they go to

southwest could get some help from monsoon rains. it always rained in seattle when i was growing up on the fourth. >> folks in texas, very dry, looking for some rain. in colorado, northern texas, 10 degrees warmer than usual. seattle, seasonable in the mid-70s. chicago, detroit, mind miss, mid-80s. >> thaha sounds pretty good. >>> the calendar says it is the 4th but the scene on washington state's crystal mountain is confusing because record snowfall has extended the skiing and snowboarding season. >> hundreds of people are expected to hit the slopes of the holiday weekend. it's a similar situation at many other ski resorts across the west. >> that's right. the temperatures on crystal mountain are relatively warm. so many are showing up in tank tops, bathing suits, bikinis. if you do that it really hurts when you fall. >> and it's still cold. >> always wear the sunscreen, especially when you're not wearing so many clothes. >> sunburn, painful. >> we'll be back with more "world news now." -having her is amazing. -we made a miracle. and we got onesies! sometimes miracles get messy. so we use tide free. no perfumes or dyes for her delicate skin. brad. not it. not

a major component of the colorado river system which supplies drinking water to 20 million people including residents of the southwest'sd las vegas but authorities aren't ready to declare the long drought ever. >> we have an extra year to see what happens next year and that's really all it is. if we get another bad year next year we'll be right back where we started from. >> reporter: once all the runoff from the melting mountain snow reaches lake meade the water level will only be 56% of capacity but at least boaters can say the lake is now half full instead of half empty. and up at snowbird, ski season officially ended this week, back country skiers are still welcome to try the slopes at their own risk at the mountains and on the water it's a season to remember. john blackstone, cbs news, lake meade, nevada. >> here's chris. >> thank you. >>> an estimated 9,000 jobs in florida will be lost, when nasa space shuttle program ends this morning. kelly koebbe yay latalked to residents of titusville, florida. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris. those jobs you mentioned add about $600 million in wages into the lo

colorado. frederick barrett escaped from a florida prison in 1979. officers posing as forest rangers is turns out arrested him, that's what he looks like today atry motor cabin 200 miles southwestll hear arguments on removing a proposal to ban circumcisions from the november election ballot in a tentative ruling yesterday she said the controversial proposed ban would violate california law. >>> finally a story of survival from the earthquake that struck new zealand more than four months ago, odd story of survival, two hearty goldfish were found alive in their tank in a badly damaged building, there was no one to feed them and no electricity to filter the water yet they still survived. apparently on weed and algae, there may have been some other fish in there when the earthquake actually happened. draw your own conclusions. 40 minutes past the hour now. marysol castro has our final check of weather. >> fish are just cannibals. good morning jeff and everyone at home. we take a look at the tropics, an update for you, tropical storm don inched a little bit closer to texas. it's moved, it's traveled about 100 miles in the last three hours. it hasn't really gained any strength. as we