vinita nair on the remarkable courage of cassidy stay. ( cheers ) they keep celebrating in cleveland after lebron james says he's coming home. dean reynolds on what this means to a team and the city. and you've seen dancing traffic agents draw smiles in plenty of places before. but chances are, they weren't needed as much as in the place this one does. >> we all have our problems but a smile will help you through it. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. this is our western addition of the broadcast. the u.n. security council is now calling for a cease-fire between israel and hamas as the conflict in the middle east intensified on this its fifth day. 17 more people were killed today by israeli airstrikes in gaza. that makes at least 125 who died since the bombing started tuesday. today, israel also shelled positions in lebanon. the rocket fire from hamas into israel has been stronger than expected, but so far no israelis have died. today, the israeli defense forces warned people who live close to hamas locations in the

vinita nair, harlem. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," more on the severe weatherthe nation and actress laverne cox from "orange is the new black" joins us in the studio. that is the "morning news" for this tuesday. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. . >>> from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> today's tuesday, july 29th, good morning, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehl. stories we're following today. new overnight, the suspects arrested in the carjacking that killed three siblings in north philly face a judge for the first time. we're live with the charges they're now facing. >> a live look as smoke rises over gaza following the heaviest bombardment yet. update on the latest efforts to reach a cease-fire. >> and a frantic effort to save a man who crashed right into the river along penn's landing. check out that car. we'll hear from eyewitnesses who say they saw the drama unfold. >>> those stories and more coming up. let's start with our forecast, kind of fall-ish outside. >> i like t almost like september

anthony, vinita?>> that was our affiliate of wcco. >>> after four weeks, 66 matches it's down to two teams and one important team. they face off tomorrow to decide the 2014 world cup soccer championship. here with us is brendan greeley. good morning. >> good morning. >> let's talk about the last meaning between germany and argentina. >> there's go ways to look at this. either you care about history or don't care. soccer fans get very precious about soccer history. the last two teams have been in the quarterfinals in 2010. many of the same players on both teams played against each other. germany won 4-0. you can say that's the answer we're looking for. however, if you care about history, germany played argentina in the files in 1986. they won. it's hard to scribe how important he is to ar jen tee nachlt he's everything to that country, right? then in 1990 again they played in the finals. germany won this time 1-0. so diego mary dano was the coach. there are many conspiracies he held back lionel messi i

here is vinita nair. >> off the coast of san diego this week -- two whale watchers got the surprise ofgot this picture of the blue whale that flipped his boat. >boat i said to myself, dale, just do what you can, keep yourself safe but if you save that camera, save the camera. >> in response to an increase of ships striking whales off the east coast, noah put out this public service announcement asking boaters to reduce their speed. >> researcher dave wiley is tracking humpback whales off the coast of cape cod. >> how many whales do you think are out here today? >> i counted 18 humpbacks and more finbacks but more we can see in the distance, so i would guess maybe 30 to 40 humpbacks and probably, you know, ten or again finbacks. >> he says the whales are following their food, a tiny fish called a san land, this underwater foot damage shows the'll like fish. >> here they come. >> the whale bursts out of the water gulping in thousands at once, the problem is that a boat might be in the way. >> do they sense the boat's presence? >> yes. they definitely know we are here. you know, the other

vinita nair is there where the storms hit pretty hard. good morning. >> reporter: one addition to the torrential downpour of rain, strong winds. here they were forced to shut down major streets like this one to prevent trees from toppling like the one you see behind me after last night's destruction. the severe line of storms proved deadly as wind gusts topping 60 miles an hour devastated the area. police say four people in the town of smithfield died after the storm caused several homes to collapse. rescue crews are looking for anyone who may still be trapped underneath the homes. >> we started searching each home. we've got search dogs. we're picking up parts of the house to see if anyone's underneath them. >> in maryland, people were caught off guard with how quickly the damage spread. >> it started getting a little windy and almost instantly something was here. >> in was insane. i mean we looked out the window and just saw blankets of rain and just trees falling everywhere. >> reporter: the picture was the same throughout the northeas

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vinita nair is in our newsroom tracking developments. >> reporter: at least 51 people are reported killed in the accident. the plane reportedly belongs to transasia airways. the south china morning post obtained these images of the disaster scene. it reports the plane took off from the southwestern part of the mainland traveling to an island to the west. the captain reportedly asked for a second chance to land because of bad weather. as you may know a typhoon hit the region. taiwanese transportation authorities report the aircraft caught fire after landing at the end of the runway at 5:30 p.m. local time. the remaining seven passengers and crew are hospitalized with burns. locals say they could hear explosions. charlie. >> thanks. >>> new developments in ukraine this morning. pro-russian rebels claim they shot down two ukrainian fighter jets not far from where malaysia flight 17 was brought down. planes carrying the first bodies from that attack arrived in the netherlands moments ago. the remains left ukraine nearly a week after the boeing 777 was hit by a missile, but mark phillips shows

vinita, good morning. >> good morning to both of you.he crew ship was just ten minutes from returning to home. passengers were given food and blankets as temperatures plunged overnight. one passenger took these images. he said divers tried to disentangle the vessel. the propeller got caught in a line connected to buoys about 13 miles off the coast of massachusetts. 160 people on board, including six crew members, were left stranded. according to the coast guard, it was safer to keep the passengers on the disabled ship rather than transfer them to another vessel. three coast guard ships responded including one with medical personnel. so far, we haven't seen any reports of injuries. we reached out to the company that owns the boat for comment. we still have not heard anything. the ship will be making its way home with the use of one propeller and is expected back this morning. >>> people in the boston suburb of cleaning up from the first ever tornado to hit their county. the tornado touched yesterday with 120-mile-per-hour winds. 65 homes

vinita nair looks at how it changed two women's lives. >> reporter: 67-year-old dina wilcox and 68-year-oldgh are not just roommates they're best friends. but there is one title neither of them can stand. i'm sure by now you heard this term "boomer roomies." >> i don't particularly like that term too much. do you like that term? >> no i don't like that term. >> reporter: the pair who often finish their sentences together have lived together in this apartment for two years. dina on one side. >> i have an office area and bedroom area. >> reporter: and anne on the other. just a few years ago, they barely knew each other. dina was living alone after her husband's death having downsized from a big house in the suburbs to a two bedroom apartment in new york. she met anne in a learning seminar. she was divorced and moved to new york. then dina heard anne talking about her battle with breast cancer and how she could no longer afford her rent because of medical bills. on a whim, she asked anne to move in. >> and the next thing i knew i was calling her. >> i started to cry and said this isn't going t

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vinita? >> clarissa ward in moscow. thank you. >>> we're joined by cbs contributor and former deputy director of the cia mike morell. good to have you here. >> good to be here. >> are we going to actually be able to discern that? >> i think there's two different levels of complicity here. one is we're already here. which is putin created these separatists, he encouraged them, he funded them he's equipped them, he has set this beast, so in a sense he's responsible for what they've done. that's one level of complicity. there's a whole other level of complicity which is did the russians provide this particular weapons system to the separatists. did they train them over the last several months how to use it and were there russian special forces there with the separatists when they fired the missile. we may never know that. we may learn it through intelligence. it may come soon. it may take a while. >> the geopolitical impact is really fascinating. you hear the president say you never stopped the violence that led to this. y

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vinita nair takes us on the water for a closer look. vinita, good morning. >> good morning.tion is proi providing scientists with an incredible research opportunity as well as giving tourists an incredible show. >> reporter: seeing a humpback whale burst out of the water right in front yof you seems lie a lifetime experience. but it's happening several time as day. packed cruises are seeing at least 20 each trip. we wanted to know what was happening so we set out with noaa researcher dive wiley off the coast of cape cod, massachusetts. how many whales do you think are out here today? >> i take a quick count and about 8 to ten humpbacks and 10 to 12 finnelba 2 finbacks. >> reporter: last year he said there were hardly any whales because there were no sand lance, which is what they eat on. >> that's part of the eco system. >> no one's heard about them. that's one of the realpuzzles f us. >> reporter: so whyly and hiswi team tried to see. they talged unlikely cameramen. >> how do you tag a humpback whale? >> we have a tag on a long pole that has a suction cup on it. we approach

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so in case it does go to that level, there's probable doubt. >> thank you. >> thank you very much, vinita a story you'll see only on "cbs this morning," it's the what if scenario that keeps counterterrorism experts up at night. an attack on a major american city. marines are training for that type of crisis right now at a facility that's nicknamed the disaster disneyland. mark strassmann, good morning. >> reporter: in this scenario, terrorists have detonated a nuclear bomb in indianapolis. >> can you hear me? >> reporter: there are 17,000 casualties, the dead and dying. specially trained marines have to push inside a five-mile hot zone of radiation that rings the city. >> the priority is to save lives. that's my unit's mission above all things is to save lives and relieve suffering. give me the toughest mission you have, dense population and we'll drag those casualties out. >> reporter: the colonel commands these 200 marines in a special unit chemical biological incident response force. >> we possess unique capabilities that allow us to go into a contaminated environment. >> reporter: the

vinita nair is here with the potential risk. >> reporter: i'm joining you from a pesticide-free lawn.o keep rodents away. that's just one of the many solutions that a prominent doctor is now recommending. joe holland has been in the lawn care business for 30 years. his work requires him to be around a variety of chemicals. which is why he always tells his workers to take precautions. >> you always have to protect yourself when you're using any chemical no matter of the grade. you have to wear a long-sleeve shirt recommended always long pants. >> reporter: the chemicals his workers are using are known as herbicides and insecticides designed to kill invasive plants and ward off bugs like mosquitos. the most common chemicals used in the two are 2, 4 d. >> i think the fact they have been around a long time engenders a false sense of security. >> reporter: this professor of pediatrics at new york's mt. sinai has been studying the effects of the chemicals on humans, in particular children and pregnant women. this week he presented his findings at a congressional briefing on the health risks

for "cbs this morning," vinita nair, harlem. >> friendship is so important. >> oh, man. it is.? >> you two maybe thinking about being boomer r >>> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> good morning, everyone, i'm ukee washington. there are no injuries but three dozen people were forced from their homes earlier this morning by the leaking roof of center city apartment billingment people gathered on the sidewalk outside 1216 walnut st. it damaged the building's alarm system, that's a code violation, which forced officials to close the building at least temporarily. crews will try to repair that alarm system later today. let's get your forecast with katie after the storms last night, good morning. >> good morning, thankfully, the worse over at this point. i can still rule out rumble every thunder, for the most part in the clear at this point, absolutely, we're in the clear from the worse. but not totally done just yet with the frontal boundaries. so here is a look at what's going on storm scan3, see the retreat, heaviest of the rain and thunderstorms, but now we've actually got pre

for "cbs this morning," vinita nair harlem. >> friendship is so important. >> oh, man. it is.e thinking about opened a third lane of the altamont pass after a big rig crash.. of >>> 8:25. good morning. time for news headlines. the chp has opened a third lane of the pass after a big rig crash. officials estimate the scene could be cleared by around 8:00 or 9:00 a.m. and there are calls for a criminal investigation into the construction problems into the new bay bridge span. the state senator says people need to be held accountable. a hearing is set for a week from tomorrow. >>> and closing arguments begin today in the court battle between donald sterling and his wife. the clipper's star chris paul says he might boycott games if sterling remanes part of the organization. >>> and traffic and weather for you in just a minute. >>> good morning. we are crossing our fingers just another half hour to go before they re-open the one final lane that's been closed since 2:00 this morning. there's a look at some of the bananas, westbound 580. hoping to have all lanes open by 9:00. and the

a summer camp was tore apart in maryland and vinita flier has more. >> good morning. the severe thunderstorms not only brought torrential rainfall but strong gusts of wind. they had to close down the portions of the street because there are so many trees on the verge of collapsing after the storm. the severe line of storms proved deadly in central and western new york as wind gusts topping 60 mile per hour devastated the area. police say four people in the town of smith field died after storms caused several homes to collapse. rescue crews are continuing to search for anyone who may still be trapped under the debris. >> we're starting with each home. we have our search dogs looking around. we're just picking up parts of the house to see if anyone is underneath them. >> after it swept through marion, new york, people were caught off guardy how quickly the damage spread. >> started to get a little windy and then almost instantly something was here. >> it was insane. i mean, it was -- i looked out the window. just saw blankets of rain and just trees falling everywhere. >

vinita nair shows us the devastating blow it has. >> he's been reporting to work every day.he wasn't there on the eve of training camp the entire camp felt it but no one was hit harder than john elway. john elway can barely speak when he talks about pat bowlen. >> you know what a sad day it is around here. this place will never be the same. >> elway, a life long bronco has won two super bowls. >> having worked for him for 30 year s years, it's going to be very hard to not see him walk through the front doors. >> under bowlen's leadership they werchlt to the super bowl six times and won two. they linched the two men in franchise history. elway remembered this moment from super bowl xxxii. >> this one's for john. >> reporter: as one of the highlights of his storied career. >> it surprised me when he said that but it was probably the most humbling thrilled feeling i've ever had in my life. >> reporter: bowlen is known as a private man who always put the team first. in 2009 he handed day-to-day operations to broncos. his wife anabel said he had been quietly battling alzheimer's

vinita nair said something so honest. >> indra nooyi joined pepsico 20 years ago.ave a candid account what it's really like to be a parent running a fortune 500 company. >> i don't think we can run it all. i mean it's crude. we have no -- we can't have it all. >> for indra nooyi having grown up in a conservative home, her internal life wasn't balanced. her mother told her remember your role. >> i got in the gralk. my mother was waiting at the top of the stairs and said, mom, i got great news for you. she said, well, the great news can wait. can you go out and get some milk. i went out, got the milk, came back, banged it on the counter and said i have a great news for you. i was told i was going to be president on the back court of directors and all you told me to do is go out and get the milk. what kind of a mom are you. she said let me explain something to you. you may be out there doing that. when you come in the door you're a wife, a mother, a daughter. so leave that damn crown in the garage. if you ask my daughters, i'm not sure they'll say i'm a good mom. >> r

vinita nair is showing us how the unique collaboration is changing the face of retail.mentoring a startup. the reason they're getting attention are for ideas. the tech companies have the potential to not only change how we shop but who we're able to buy from. this is the future of fashion. ♪ >> you can just flip through and see all of these. >> reporter: jarron schiffman, the founder of perch technology used to create innovations at gm then he realized his technology could be used to sell products. >> how does this work? everything that you see on the table is actually created by the technology above the table. we project down on the table. that's how we crete the imagery you see here. if you're holding a product you're actually more likely to buy it. >> reporter: it's one of nine companies handpicked for the new york fashion tech lab. it's a program where retail giants like macy's kate spade, j. crew and ralph lauren. the nonprofit lab is helped startups beat the odds. kate runs the program. >> a lot of people have ideas. i lot of people start companies. a lot of them

vinita nair shows us how the mom and pop organization managered to break into the big league in two yearsted major league baseball. an upstart in new orleans is stealing some of that business. tucci lumber has put bats in major leaguers' hands. >> reporter: pete tucci has a batting cage attached to his office. this is where he's always felt the most comfortable. was it your dream to play in the major league? >> absolutely. since the time i can remember, my dream was to play in the major league. >> reporter: tucci was a first round draft pick for the toronto blue jays. he'd made a name for himself as a power hitter in the minors. then he broke a bone in his hand. >> when the bone broke, it actually severed ligaments and tendons going up to my ring and pinkie finger. and when i came back, never really regained my form. i figuredite cut my losses that the point and really try to get something going. kind of building a life for my family. >> reporter: he built a heating and air conditioning business, it was doing fine, but pete was not. >> pete would come home after work. he was like a fish o

vinita? >> thank you craig. left town just in time for the big annual fireworks display. thousands of people watched the dazzleing show over the east river. 50,000 pounds of explosives were used with some fireworks launched from the brooklyn bridge and fireworks celebrations large and small from philadelphia to pasadena. >>> the immigration debate is heating up this independence day weekend. president obama is pressing for action on immigration reform. prospects in the republican controlled house do not seem good. the issue has been heating up along our southern border. in san diego, a plane carrying a group of undocumented migrant families and children landed yesterday. they were transferred there from texas. and at a california border facility, half a dozen protesters were arrested. mark albert is in our washington bureau with more. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president said friday the immigration system is broken and needs common sense immigration reform. the border patrol is struggling

so in case it does go to that level, there's probable doubt. >> thank you. >> thank you very much vinita closet and it's exhausting. >> reporter: how important is training like this given the world we live in? >> we can't predict when this is going to happen. >> reporter: in this collapsed building, these marines are practicing a search and rescue mission going floor by floor looking for bomb victims. as a touch of realism, parts of this complex put out low levels of radiation. we've been wearing these gadgets and they measure how much radiation each of us has been exposed to. charlie? >> mark thanks. >>> sulking turns into shaming. how thousands of people are turning in their neighbors over water. that's next on "cbs this morning." >> this drought is getting really bad. today at lunch my waiter asked if i wanted a glass of water or a future for my children which for you, shouldn't be a problem. just another way we put members first because we don't have shareholders. join the nation. nationwide is on your side. introducing a beauty breakthrough. so bold. the new paint studio at ace! sur