captioning funded by cbs >>> this is >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, june 17th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, the president is in northern ireland this morning for the start of the two-day g-8 summit. mr. obama arrived this morning for a meeting with seven other leaders of the world's top economic powers, but while the event is aimed at discussing world trade and what to do about the ailing economy, the two-year war in syria is expected to dominate. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. security is tight at the lakeside golf resort where this summit is being held. along with syria, another topic that might come up is some top-level eavesdropping among foreign diplomats. president obama is in northern ireland to meet with world leaders at the g-8 summit. syria is not normally on the docket but is expected to dominate the talks following president obama's move to ship weapons to rebels fighters. >> there are very big differences between the analysis of what happened in syria and who is to

captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." and good morning, norah. >> good morning, charlie. big new this morning. >> we begin with sports. a big breaking story. the founder of a clinic is agreeing to cooperate with investigators fully. >> the investigation is expected to lead to suspension of big named players. terrell brown is with us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. according to reports, investigators pursued employees for months. it was reportedly enough to make him break his silence. major league baseball is turning up the heat on players suspected of used banned substances like steroids. cbs sports is learning that anthony bosh has agreed to tell baseball investigators what he knowed. girardi says his bigger worry is for the game. >> i worry about baseball being affected as a game, the whole thing and what it's been through in the last 15 years, and that's my concern. >> baseball has threatened long suspensions for players found guilty, but proving the charges could be difficult. there are reportedly no posi

. >> this is the cbs evening captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> glor: good evening, everyone, i am jeff glor, it is a country that always has been at a crossroads geographically, a gateway between europe and the middle east, tonight, turkey also appears to be in a crossroads politically as class clashes that began two weeks ago reached a new and dangerous level tonight, anti-government demonstrators called for a million people to protest in the center of istanbul, the government responded by blocking access and staging its own rally. all of this after a night of violent classes. we begin with holly williams. >> reporter: the police fired tear gas. and stormed into the heart of istanbul with rubber bullets and powerful water canons, the turkish police made sure all of the protesters were driven out. some took refuge in a nearby hotel. >> at the lobby came choked with tear gas there was mayhem, a team of volunteer doctors helped the wounded and tried to get some of them to safety. >> outside the crowd pushed back against the police. >> they are trying to throw

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, june 21st, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, it's first day of summer, but investors are feeling a chill go down their spines. wall street taking its first big lurps of 2013 this week. on thursday the dow jones industrial average fell 353 points. that wiped out six weeks worth of gains and was the biggest loss since november 2011. the nasdaq and standard & poor's also lost 2% each, and the slide could continue today. cbs's "moneywatch's" ashley morrison is here in new york with more. good morning, ashley. >> good morning, ashley. well, asian stocks were mostly down with the exception of tokyo's nikkei which added more than 1.5%. the slump really began on wednesday after federal reserve federal chairman ben bernanke said the central bank would start winding down its economic stimulus program later this year. just how far stocks will slide remains to be seen, but while all this volatility has spooked some investors, financial experts say what we're seeing isn't all tha

d captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. .'m jim axelrod. we begin tonight with more dlolent and deadly weather along the plains and in the midwest. the national weather system still doesn't know exactly how many tornadoes touched down issoeen oklahoma and missouri last night, but look at the scene in st. charles, missouri, near st. louis, after a twister came through there. a line of powerful, slow-moving thunderstorms followed the tornadoes, causing severe flash flooding and sending rescue crews scrambling. once again, oklahoma got hit hardest. the storms killed at least nine sople and injured more than 100 in the oklahoma city area. add anna werner reports, the bad weather blew in during rush hour trapping people in their cars on >> that's on the ground, dude. on the ground. >> reporter: for the second time in less than two weeks, storm chasers followed large tornadoes that resulted in lives lost and property damaged. on a main interstate highway near oklahoma city, tractor trailers flipped. several people who were out drivi

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, june 14th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning colorado firefighters are battling the most destructive wildfire in colorado history. the black forest fire burning northeast of colorado springs has killed at least two people and destroyed at least 360 homes. it's one of three major forest fires burning in colorado. some 40,000 people have been ordered to evacuate, and it was the first evacuation order issued within the colorado springs city limits. the monster fire is so intense firefighters were pulled out. valerie castro of our denver station kcnc is in colorado springs. >> reporter: the black forest fire has now claimed two lives. the bodies were discovered inside the burn area thursday. their location near a car at a home indicates they were trying to leave their home for safety but the flames quickly moved in. >> another sad day. >> reporter: on day three of the black forest fire, officials released the details of the black forest fire the devastating

this is the "cbs morning news" comeback. this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, june 25th, 2013. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, good to be with you, i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning, the taliban launched an attack against the heavily grounded presidential compound in kabul, afghanistan. the cia afghan station and the afghan ministry of defense were also targeted. the attacks started with gunfire which was followed by a car bomb. the gun fight lasted 90 minutes. it's not known if president hamid karzai was in the compound at the time. the afghan army said all the attackers were killed. school children walking to class were caught in the gunfire, but it's unclear if there were any other casualties. >>> and the mystery surrounding edward snowden is getting deeper by the day. the exact whereabouts of the man who leaked sensitive security secrets remains unknown this morning. snowden who is trying to avoid extradition by seeking asylum in ecuador is believed to be in russia, and u.s. officials are trying

captioning funded by cbs ng funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, june 20th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. actor james gandolfini never thought he was a big deal, but this morning gandolfini is being remembered for his huge talent and good nature. he died suddenly in italy at the age of 51. no cause of death was given. it was his role as the tough and emotional crime boss tony soprano that turned gandolfini into a star. ♪ the groundbreaking "sopranos" aired for eight years with a finale which left viewers wondering. gandolfini avoided the spotlight saying he was much more comfortable doing smaller things. edward lawrence has more. >> yeah, i know, but i'm talking to you here on a human level. >> reporter: the actor best known for playing mob boss tony soprano on the hbo television series "sopranos" died while on vacation in italy. the actor who played his uncle junior remembered gandolfini as a great actor and friend. >> everything showed on his face, every little nuance. but, you know, i miss him as a friend. he was a friend

captioning funded by cbs june 6, >r >>> thp >>> this is news" for i'm . >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, june 6, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning the first tropical storm of this year's atlantic hurricane season andrea is bearing down on the gulf coast of florida. rough seas and increasing winding are already affecting florida's southwest coast. andrea has sustained winds of 45 miles per hour and is expected to make landfall near florida's big bend area by later today. now, heavy rain and coastal flooding is expected. cbs's hurricane consultant david bernard is tracking the storm. >> looks like the biggest factor surrounding andrea will be the rainfall amount produced, and for that matter most of the east coast as well. our satellite and radar indicating already torrential rain spreading into the west coast of florida, and that trend is going to continue north, it looks like, over the next 24 hours. we have a tropical storm warning in effect from the big bend of florida airy to ft. myers region and a tropical storm watc

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captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, june 5th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, there is no joy in mudville or anywhere else they're playing baseball this morning. major league baseball will look to suspend some of the game's biggest stars who are allegedly connected to a florida clinic suspected in a doping scandal. espn reports at least 20 are involved. the clinic's founder has agreed to testify, name names, and provide incriminating records. among those allegedly linked to the clinic are alex rodriguez and ryan braun. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. yeah, the man who ran that clinic, tony bosch, will reportedly give up a lot of names to investigators within days. some of the biggest names in baseball, and he'll give details. for example, bosch would get late night text messages telling him to go to a-rod's home where he would inject him with performance-enhancing drugs. once he talks to investigators, the suspension could come down within weeks. so

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. today robert bales told a military court that he committed the worst american atrocity in the afghan war, but he does not know why. 15 months ago in the middle of the night bales left his combat outpost alone and murdered 16 afghan civilians in cold blood. mostly women and children. the bodies were delivered to a morgue in a truck. nine of them were children and bales had set many of the bodies on fire. in a deal, prosecutors dropped the death penalty and in return bales pleaded guilty to premeditated murder today and told a judge what happenedded that night. ben tracy is covering the hearing at joint base lewis-mcchord outside seattle. >> reporter: staff sergeant robert bales told the military court his rampage on march 11, 2012, was premeditated and without justification. bales' voice cracked slightly as he read the charges with each victim's name. the judge then asked him "what was your reason for killing them?" bales replied "as far as why, i have asked that question a million ti

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captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, june 27th, >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, june 27th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, supporters of same-sex marriage say they have more work to do, but this morning they're celebrating two landmark supreme court decisions. in one the court ruled legally married same-sex couples are entitled to the same federal benefits as straight couples. another court ruling paved the way for resumption of same-sex marriages in california. jan crawford begins our coverage. >> fighting for the wars says the 1996 marriage defensive act that denied federal benefits to legally married same-sex couple had one purpose, one effect, to impose a disadvantage, a separate status and so a stigma to those made it lawful by the unquestioned authority of the states. it tells those couples and all the world that they're otherwise valid marriages are unworthy of federal recognition. that distinction, the court said, violates constitutional garon tees of liberty, equality, and equal dignit

captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." and good morning norah. >> good morning, charlie. big new this morning. >> we begin with sports. a big breaking story. the founder of a clinic is agreeing to cooperate with investigators fully. >> the investigation is expected to lead to suspension of big named players. terrell brown is with us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. according to reports, investigators pursued employees for months. it was reportedly enough to make him break his silence. major league baseball is turning up the heat on players suspected of used banned substances like steroids. cbs sports is learning that anthony bosh has agreed to tell baseball investigators what he knowed. girardi says his bigger worry is for the game. >> i worry about baseball being affected as a game the whole thing and what it's been through in the last 15 years, and that's my concern. >> baseball has threatened long suspensions for players found guilty, but proving the charges could be difficult. there are reportedly no positi

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> jeff: good evening, i'm jeff glor it has been a dangerous and deadly weather weekend. and tonight the threat is not over. here is a look at the storm system that first produced tornadoes in the midwest late friday. the front is moving up and out across the eastern portion of the country tonight. in south carolina a tornado touched down in anderson this afternoon. near the georgia border. we now know at least 11 people died in oklahoma. three in arkansas swept up in floodwaters. today oklahoma governor mary fallin toured the town of el reno. included in the toll there three storm chasers killed when a tornado took an unexpected turn. anna werner has more. >> amazing sight. >> wow. >> reporter: storm chaser and researcher tim samaras spent decades following tornadoes and developing research tools to help understand them. he starred in a discovery channel show "storm chasers" and in national geographic specials like this one. >> you might have one last touchdown before this thing ropes out. >> reporter: on friday samaras, his s

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, june 7th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning tropical storm andrea is losing steam as it heads up the atlantic coast. andrea is moving over southwest georgia packing sustained winds of 45 miles per hour, and, of course, heavy rain. the storm triggered eight tornados as it moved across florida. cbs weather consultant david bernard says it continues to move north and as it does, it looks like wet weather. it's all going to be about the rain fall. look at this potential rainfall map. this will take us into saturday afternoon. we're talking a wide swath of at much as 2 to 5 inches of rain all the way to new england. some areas could see higher amounts. because of that, we have a number of flood watches currently in effect, specifically across the i-95 corridor. these will be in effect all day and through the nighttime hours 678 that's where we're expecting the heaviest rain. looking at the national forecast, spotty showers throughout the day, heaviest in sou

captioning funded by cbs the "cbs morning news" for monday, june 24th, >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, june 24th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, as if the case of edward snowden didn't already look and sound like a spy novel, now the former security contractor who leaked details of a government secret surveillance program is racing around the globe in order to escape extradition to the united states. on sunday snowden left hong kong where the u.s. was seeking his extradition. he flew to moscow where he spent the night in the airport. and today he is believed to be headed to cuba and possibly to ecuador where he is seeking asylum, all to avoid charges of espionage here in the united states. tara mergener is in washington with more. good morning, tara. >> good morning, anne-marie. well, this morning ecuador's foreign minister says his government is analyzing edward snowden's asylum request and that it has to do with freedom of exhibit. meantime here in washington, lawmakers are warning countries that help snowden are risking a relationsh

you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." >>> welcome to "cbs this morning saturday." i'm anthony mason. >> and i'm vinita nair. coming up this half hour terror on trial. the man who attacked the uss cole is about to face a jury trial. >>> older worker and younger boss. it's more and more common. we'll tell you how to deal with it. >>> and living a fast and furious fantasy. the popular movie franchise spawn as new business, putting you behind the wheel. but we begin this morning with some breaking news. the health of former south african president nelson mandela who's battling a lung infection. he's hospitalized this morning with a serious condition. let's get the latest from cbs news consultant deborah pata in south africa. good morning, deborah. >> reporter: good morning to you, vinita and anthony. his condition has worsed enough to be rushed to this hospital where once again he's being treated for a lung condition. a spokesperson says his condition is serious but stable. but bear in mind this is the first time they've used the word "serious" to describe nelson mande

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, june 26, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this is the final day of the current supreme court term, and the court is expected to rule on two high-profile cases involving same-sex marriage. one involves federal law, the other the california state law that bans it. 12 states recognize same-sex marriage. more than 30 have laws prohibiting it. tara mergener is at the supreme court. good morning, tara. >> good morning, anne-marie. well, the waiting is almost over, and today's announcement by the high court will have national implications. believe it or not, this was an issue that barely existed just a decade ago. >> what do we want? >> equality. >> protesters and supporters of same-sex marriages have been stationed outside the supreme court anticipating rulings on two cases involved those rulings. first involves a state-wide ban on same-sex marriages that california voters approved in 2008. >> it affects over 7 million voters in california who want to protect marriage. >> it

captioning funded by cbs >> this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, june 18th, 2013. >>> good morning, good to be with you, i'm anne-marie green. the summit of leading industrial nations concludes today. today's session in northern ireland includes discussions on taxes, trade, and intelligence leaks, but yesterday's conversation was dominated by syria. during a difficult one-on-one meeting between president obama and russian president vladimir putin it was clear the two leaders have, as putin put it, opinions that do not coincide. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. that is putting it mildly. heading into day two of these talks, it's clear that these world leaders want a diplomatic solution but these two, president obama and president putin, could not be farther apart on which side should get middle tear aid. the second and final day of the gl economic summit is under way this morning. president obama and russian president vladimir putin looking very uncomfortable following a two-hour meeting yesterday. >> they had a very candid

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. we begin tonight with the case of edward snowden, the former national security agency contractor charged yesterday with espionage for leaking secrets about u.s. surveillance programs. the obama administration is now turning up the pressure on authorities in hong kong, where snowden is believed to be. as dan raviv reports, the u.s. and hong kong have an extradition treaty, and the white house expects hong kong to honor it. >> reporter: the white house says if hong kong doesn't extradite edward snowden soon, that would complicate relations with the u.s. and in a radio interview with cbs' mark knoller, president obama's national security adviser, tom donilon, pressed the point. >> reporter: the criminal complaint has three charges, two of them under the espionage act: but it's complicated. in 1997, hong kong, a british colony, was transferred to china. it remains semi-independent with its own legal system, but the chinese government has significant influence. snowden's f

lee woodruff, cbs news, boston. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," president obama announces his pick for the federal appeals court in washington. this morning we'll have a preview from the white house. >>> plus, we'll see how tobacco fields are turning into crops of chickpeas in the wake of a popularity of hummus and never before seen photos of elvis presley. that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ,,,, >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> good morning, everyone. it's tuesday, june 4. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now is just about 4:30. why would you ever question if i'm ready or not? >> oh, i don't know. [ laughter ] >> just scrambling to the desk today. >> yeah. >> at 4:29. [ laughter ] >> we have patchy fog early on but it will break up. looks like another nice day but a heat wave is headed in our direction again. we'll talk about that coming up. >> we have been closely watching the richmond/san rafael bridge because th

my loss of innocenc captioning sponsored by cbs ed by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. verizon offers its telephone customers what's called the "share everything" plan. well, the irony of that did not escape a lot of folks today when it was revealed that verizon has been sharing the phone records of millions with u.s. intelligence. sources tell us this evening that surveillance extended to the internet as well. it was all done by court order. federal agents are not listening to conversations, they're examining patterns of calls in an attempt to track down terrorists. "the guardian" newspaper broke the story earlier today and major garrett at the white house begins our coverage. >> reporter: the national security agency operating under secret court orders to thwart suspected terror plots was authorized to track calls to and from phone numbers of millions of americans-- even those not tied to terror investigations and track the duration of the calls. but the obama administration insists it did not listen to the conversations or record the names o

welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> yes, exactly. good morning. >>> coming up this half hour, a story you'll see only on "cbs this morning." the battle against international car thieves. luxury cars are being stolen in the u.s. but you're going to see how technology is stopping it at water's edge. >>> a one-time hit man says he saw bulger carry out murder but can the prosecution's star witness be trusted? >>> more than one in three american adults is obese. now the american medical association is recognizing obesity as a disease. it could be an important step for awareness and prevention. good morning. >> good morning. >> what is the significance of this announcement? >> we know as obesity researchers that obesity is a disease, but the fact that the american medical association has recognized it will have tremendous impact on legislation in washington with insurance companies. it carries a lot of weight. >> one in three american adults has obesity, overweight. do you think this will cause insurers to pay for some of

the cbs computer in my home. they talked about breeches happening multiple times in december and my understanding is, the breeches were the coverup the mire months of activity that had been happening. >> in other words, they had been invading your computer beforehand, but they tried to cover that up. the biggest question, do you think it was the u.s. government in retaliation for your reporting on benghazi and other issues? >> we aren't prepared to say about the who today, we are continuing to examine other equipment, so we can put it all together, but cbs news is aggressively pursuing it as very outraged that any party would come into the home of a private citizen or a journalist in an unauthorized fashion and put things into the computer and or take things out of the computer. so, we are taking it seriously. >> what about the accusations that some in the media have been down playing the stories about benghazi and other things with notable exceptions. >> there are a lot of different opinions as to what makes the

imposs captioning sponsored by cbs captning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. two people are dead, 38,000 are outho, their homes this evening, 24 square miles of dry, forested terrain has gone up in flames around colorado springs. for four days, life has gone on just one step ahead of the fire. peter mcevoy had his at-bat and then went home to evacuate his baseball trophies. j.c. francis said she remembered watching television by the fireplace in her aunt's house. the weather is now helping, for a change, and barry petersen is on the fire line. >> reporter: with a break in the weather, the 750 firefighters get their first real chance against a fire that can spread faster than a man can run. incident commander rich harvey. >> as that fire moves and is burning, it's throwing embers out in front of it, up to about a third of a mile. it runs, it jumps and, you know, it joins forces. >> reporter: and it was slowed, at least for now, thanks to a thunderstorm that swept through the burning area. it has been a week of agony for people l

welcome to "cbs this morning." there are new allegations of spying on leaders with the united states. >> our jeff glor talks to a one who says she was attacked by classmates at the naval academy. >> did the russian president really steal a super bowl ring from an nfl owner? >> we begin with a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> the terms of peace may be negotiated by political leaders but the fate of peace is up to each of us. >> president obama arrives in northern ireland for the g-8 summit. >> discussions on the civil war in syria are expected to dominate the agenda. >> today he'll meet with vladimir putin. >> the only place we can move today is to force the hand with russia. >> did he overstate his ability to do these things? >> it's truly my view that he did. >> new information from the documents leaked by edward snowden. the guardian newspaper reports that british and american agencies spied on top diplomats at the 2009 g-20 summit in london. >> called for a nationwide strike today in prot

captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." good morning, norah. welcome to a new week. >> yes, a new week. good morning, charlie. i've been thinking about the people of oklahoma and the terrible tornado again over the weekend. >> storms still in the news. and we begin with a fast-moving wildfire in southern california. high winds are spreading the flames in the mountains of the angeles national forest. >> thousands are out of their homes this morning. teresa garcia is near lake hughes north of los angeles. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah and charlie. they're calling this the powerhouse fires. it has forced more than 3,000 people to evacuate and more nearby residents are being told to just get ready to go. the fire has already burned more than 22,000 acres. it's only 20% contained, and there is no clear end in sight. the powerhouse fire continued to rage through the night, igniting parts of this tinder dry forest that haven't burned in more than 80 years. firefighters have been able to save hundreds of structures, but half a dozen bu

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> glor: good evening, everyone, i am jeff glor, we now know his name, age and reason. he is 29-year-old edward snowden, the man behind what has been called the biggest intelligence leak in the history of the national security agency. showden says he did it in his word because the u.s. government is, "destroying privacy and basic liberties around the world." jan crawford in washington has more. >> my name is ed snowden, i am 29 years old, i work for booz allen hamilton as an infrastructure analyst for n.s.a. in hawaii. >> reporter: "the guardian" released the interview sunday afternoon revealing snowden's identity at his request. a former c.i.a. technician who grew up in north carolina and maryland, snowden says he decided to leak classified information because of concerns about the n.s.a.s top secret surveillance programs. >> i sit at my desk, certainly have the authority to wiretap anyone from you or your accountant to a federal judge to even the president, if i had a personal e-mail. >> reporter: in the interview snowden to

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captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning," good morning, norah. >> good morning to charlie. >> we begin this morning with the president arriving in northern ireland this morning to kick off the two-day summit. it's supposed to focus on economic issues but conflict in syria and elsewhere will dominate. >> but the spying can zal isn't too far away. new allegations in involve the u.s. and many other countries the u.s. is dealing with today. major garrett is traveling with the president. >> good morning, charlie and norah. the biggest european economies rush here to make economic choices, the same that have been facing thr for the past five year. most that remains mired in resession. even so, tough foreign ol' pohlcies could take center stage. but before all that president obama in belfast urged northern ireland to stick to the hard road of peace. president obama arrived in belfast and aurjed them to pursue the unfinished work of the 15-year-old good friday accords. >> whether you let your kids play with kids who attend a different church, that's your decision. whether you take

this is the "cbs morning news." even deeper trouble. this is the "cbs morning news." st niar l y h. >>> three, two, one, drop. >> anchors away. >> vehicle is fully armed. and ignition of the pegasus. >>> nasa launched a new telescope named iris yesterday on a mission to study the sun. it was dropped from an airplane over the pacific ocean. iris will help us learn about solar storms that can impact earth's power grids and communications. >>> while, already charged with murder in an execution-style killing, former new england patriots player aaron hernandez is already charged with a douche from last year. meanwhile police are searching for ernest wallace in connection with the killing of a semi-pro football player. marlie hall has more. >> reporter: aaron hernandez appeared in court for a second day in a row. he asked for bail a day after being arrested for murder. >> there is no eyewitness testimony, no ex-kulpa torrey missions. >> reporter: the former all-american football player is accused in the execution-style sh

captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." norah o'donnell is off. good morning, gayle. >> good morning, charlie. the game may change in syria. >> it may indeed. for the first time the obama administration says syria's government is using chemical weapons against rebel troopsp. those weapons include sarin nerve gas. >> the u.s. is promising help for the rebels trying to overthrow syria's president. major garret is at the white house for the late pestp good morning to you. >> good morning, gayle and charlie and our viewers out west. the white house says syria has crossed sir eded the red line. syria called the accusation full of lies. more american gear will flow to those rebels and the white house still looks to diplomacy even as the united states moves ever closer to engaging itself in this conflict. nearly two months after saying syria might have used chemical weapons against rebel forces the white house now says as sure. sirts yan regime used the nerve agent sarin multiple times in the past year to kill between 100 and 150

captioning sponsored by cbs >> this is the cbs evening news. >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. nelson mandela is back in the hospital tonight battling a recurring lung infection. we are told his condition is serious but stable, the most dire description the government spokesman has used to far. the former president of south africa and hero to millions around the world for his fight against apartheid is 94 years old. mandela is particularly vulnerable to problems with his lungs since contracting tuberculosis during the 27 years he was imprisoned by the south africa government. debra patta joins us now from pretoria. >> reporter: jim, nelson mandela has been battling this infection for a couple of days now, but it was in the early hours of this morning that his condition deteriorated significantly. so much so that doctors rushed him to this hospital here in pretoria. and that has been the pattern nelson mandela over the past few months with those health scares becoming a lot more frequent. nelson mandela has been hospitalized four times in the past six months, bu

. ♪ everybody say yeah, yeah yeah, yeah say yeah, yeah ♪ captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, june 10th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, it may be the biggest whistle-blowing scandal against the u.s. government. edward snowden says he gave the "washington post" and britain's "guardian" newspaper information about two of the government's secret surveillance programs because he said the public needed to know. well, here's what we know about snowden. he's a 29-year-old. he joined the cia after a brief stint in the army. he worked as a national security agency contractor for four years, and he works for defense contractor booze, hamilton. it had been a secret until he together both newspapers it was okay to make it public. jan crawford has more. >> my name is ed snowden. i'm 29 years old. i work for booz, allen, hamilton as an infrared analyst in nsa in hawaii. revealing snowden's identity at his request. he grew up in north carolina and maryland. snowden said he decided to leak classified information because of concer