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good morning. it is thursday, october 30th, 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." san francisco streets erupt in joy and violence after a giants game seven win. a nurse threatens to break her mandatory ebola quarantine. >> and governor chris christie lashes out as a heckler over superstorm sandy funding. but we take a look at this morning with today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. >> a san francisco dynasty. >> it's the third world series title in five years for the
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giants. >> the win set off a wild and sometimes out-of-control celebration in san francisco. >> showdown over ebola restrictions. >> maine officials are now seeking a court order to force nurse kaci hickox to stay at home. >> i'm not willing to stand here and let my civil rights beviolated. >> tensions and drama rising tonight. lava at the doorsteps. >> making crude comments about the prime minister of israel. >> over the years they've referred to him as -- he's got no guts. >> the unmanned rocket exploded. officials are urging the public to stay away. that's good advice. >> a surfer off the coast.
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>> all that -- >> ups driver. handsel with care. he's rolling and kicking a package at a new york business. >> friday's halloween. >> what day's today? >> wednesday. >> and all that matters. >> governor christie unleashing on a heckler regarding superstorm saabdy. >> if you want to have the conversation later, i'm happy to have it, buddy. but until that time, sit down and shut snup -- on "cbs this morning." >> why are you in there? >> well, i was in my dressing room and i saw this claw machine and i just had to have what i saw in here. >> what was in there that caught your eye? >> check it out. it's an oscar. >> an academy award. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota. let's go places. captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." for the third time in five years
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the san francisco giants are world series champions. this morning the san francisco chronicle calls the team a baseball dynasty. the giants survived a ninth inning scare last night to knock out the royals in kansas city. >> they are the first team to win game seven on the road in 35 years and after the final out, thousands of fans filled the streets of san francisco. but like the other two recent wins for the city by the bay, the hometown celebration turned violent. john blackstone is outside at innet field where many crowds got out of hand. john, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the team is expected to land back in san francisco just a little bit later this morning and make their way here to at&t park. the giants beat the royals, 3-2, but the game was a nailbiter in the final moments. as soon as it ended, fans took to the streets hire in san francisco to start celebrating, some of them a little too much.
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fireworks were set off over city hall and more dangerously over the crowds in the streets of san francisco. two people were shot as the celebrations turned violent. revelers jumped over vehicles. 1,800 miles away in their kansas city locker room the giants celebrated. for this they owe lots of thanks to madison bumgarner. after throws 100 pitches three days earlier, he returned to the mound in the fifth inning and threw almost 70 more last night. >> incredible to watch. strike three. >> reporter: with a tying run on third in the bottom of the
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ninth, the prayessure was on. >> sandoval in foul territory. >> reporter: the giants beat the royals, 3-2, and bumgarner was named the series' most valuable player. >> mvp, mvp. >> you know, you're sitting, trying to figure out if it just happen order not. >> reporter: while the kansas city royals were proud of being able to play game seven they were obviously less than thrilled over the final outcome. >> to end up losing the ball game, you know, by 90 feet, you know, it's tough. >> reporter: the giants are the first road team to win game seven of the world series in more than 3 1/2 decades. a giants vi victory any way youk at it. while the violence last night was unwelcome, officials say it was less than the giants' previous world series wins.
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now the team will have just one day to rest up before their big victory parade set for here tomorrow. gayle? >> they'll be ready for the parade. thank you, john. in hawaii dozens of national troops are going on guard to protect the area around the lava. carter evans is at the scene on hawaii's big island where a local business owner says it's like slow torture. carter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the 30-mile stretch of lava that's flowing down the volcano has actually slowed a bit in the past 24 hours, but it's still threatening dozens of homes and could eventually cut off access to this community. one of the most active volcanos on the planet is setting a collision course. lava from the kilauea volcano is
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inching along. it stands close to 150 feet but it could grow much wider. from the air the lava has cut a smoldering swath through the dense hawaiian rainforest, consuming everything in its path, and it's less than 200 yards from pahoa's main roads, one of the town's key transportation arteries. we're flying about 500 feet above the lava flow right now. if you take a look you see graveyards it's gone around. you can get a perspective how close it covers. >> residents have had well over a month to prepare for the lava, but now the reality of what's happening here is rattling this tiny community. >> everybody's on edge right now. everybody's tensions are high because everybody's feeling this pain and even if you're not showing it on the surface, it's just boiling underneath. >> why is this so different than other national disasters? >> because it's taking forever.
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and it's the uncertainty. is it going to stop? >> reporter: lava rocks wrapped in tea leaves are throughout to bring good luck in hawaii. that's why we're seeing them allover. they're gifts for the goddess of fire. the hopes are that she'll be pleased and spare this town. >> carter, thanks. now to the ebola battle in maine. a nurse, kaci hickox has been confined sincemond. she returned last week where she treated ebola patients. she told the news why she may break her imposed quarantine. >> there are things we're willing to do but i'm not willing to stand here and let my civil rights be violated. i'd love to be able to go to the moose shack and get an amazing slice of pizza and, again, not be worried about what people are
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thinking or if i'm going to get arrested by the state trooper if i walk outside of my property. >> police remain outside of her home. they're tracking her every move. they're considering asking for a court order. it would keep her put for a full 21 days. >> in california, the latest state to announce new ebola calls but they're still pushing this morning for the states to follow federal guidelines. bill plante is at the white house where the president is trying to ease fears and clear up some of the confusion. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president does continue to promote the government's flexible guidelines for those who have been close to ebola victims over those now required by a number of states. the president surrounded himself with doctors and nurses who worked directly with ebola patients, to make the point the disease needs to be stopped at its source. >> if we don't deal with the problem there, lit come here.
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>> reporter: president obama praised those who volunteered to go to west africa, calling them the only solution to the crisis. >> until we stop this in west africa, we may continue to see individual cases in america in the weeks and months ahead. and that's true whether or not you adopt a travel ban, whether or not you adopt a quarantine. >> but the u.s. military adopted more strict codes. >> the military will have more americans in liberia than any other department. this is also a policy that was discussed in great detail by the communities.
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by the families of our military and they want safety on this. >> they say having a separate policy for the military and civilians sends a mixed message. >> it's apples and oranges. again, i would say civilians are volunteers, our military are not. they sign up to do any mission we provide. so it's up to us to ensure we protect them and we think that's important. >> as more states require mandatory quarantine, the white house is trying to strike a very different tone. for example, anointed out that a number of professionals that met inside the white house with the president are still under quarantine and were allowed to come here. >> don dahler visited a yale student at his home where he was quarantined. that story is ahead.
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this morning people are being told to stay away from the remains of a rocket that exploded just after lift-off. they're collecting records from the spacecraft built and operated by a private company. its stock fell on wednesday after the disaster. chip weed is at the launch site on wallops island along the eastern shore. chip, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a top executive of orbital, the company that owns this rocket, tell me they hope to determine the cause within the week. in the meantime it's reached the focus of attention on two controversial issues. first nasa's reliance on private companies and, second, russia's old engine. it looked like a perfect launch. then the unthinkable happened. it was suddenly engulfed in flames and exploded in a massive ball of fire, sending shock waves for miles.
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the company's vice president was this mission's director. when you saw that explosion, what went through your mind? >> well, my heart went in my throat. we all have a lot invested in this professionally and emotionally and it's hard to watch something like that. >> reporter: tuesday's flight was $1.9 million. another company is preparing for its launch to the international space station in december. some question nasa's rye leans on private companies to supply the international space station. he disagrees. >> this is going to provide business so nasa can continue to explore further and further sbeer the solar system. >> reporter: they say they still don't know the cause of the explosion but some outside experts speculate the rocket's engines made in the soviet eun
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yn more than 40 years ago could be to blame. >> they've got a long flight record in russia and it was a good time. >> reporter: bill harwood for cbs news says reliance on russian-made engines is prevalent in the industry because it's more effective. just yesterday the atlas 5 which use as russian engine took off with a flawless launch. >> given the heightened concern about the use of russian engines in u.s. rockets, there's certainly a move to replace them with alternatives. however, it's not going to be fast. it's not going to be cheap. >> reporter: they remove the engines routinely and test them but in may one exploded. it's too early to tell if the engines caused this crash, but they don't rule it out.
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norah? >> all right, chip. thank you. an investigation continues after a military plane crash off the southern coast. the pilot died on the scene. he crashed in a farmfield. thick plumes poured into the air. the plane was on a training exercise. sharp differences between israel and the united states are out in the open this morning. an unnamed obama official is quoted with insulting the prime minister of israel. it's clear they're not getting along. major, good morning. >> good morning. president obama's relationship with the israeli prime minister has been tense for years. the biggest flashpoint, netanyahu's appointment of jewish settlements and the pursuit of iran to end the nuclear weapons. the long disputes have turned profane. it's bad enough a senior administration official was quoted in the atlantic called
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the prime minister a coward. but this disparaging add jek active drove u.s./israeli relations to a new low. the white house showed no interest in identifying or punishing its source. >> the fact is comments like that do not reflect the administration's view and we do believe that they are down perproductive. >> goldberg, a veteran of middle east reporting has collected other unflattering descriptions. >> is netanyahu recalcitrant, myopic, reactionary, obtuse, blustering, pompous? >> i would say they all fall into the same category, not ak wrathly reflecting this administration's view about our relationship with israel or his personal relationship. >> the israeli prime minister addressing his parliament said if i didn't stand for our
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national insecurity interest they wouldn't be attacking me and despite the attacks, i will continue to defend our country. defense minister accused secretary of state john kerry pursuing middle east peace with misplaced obsession and messianic fehr involve. it cannot teach me anything about the conflict with the palestinians. >> that needs to be tamped down, cooling off. >> the house speaker said when the president discusses israel and iran, it is sometimes hard to tell who he thinks is america's friend and who he thinks is america's enemy. he says when it comes to the jewish state's security the united states is there. president obama pushed for and delivered $225 million in aid this summer to resupply israel's
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iron dome system. it repelled most rockets fired into is really from gaza. the fed pointed to gains in jobs and a lower unemployment rate as reasons to stop quantitative easing. that program saw three phases over the last six years. that new money helps stimulate the economy. there's been, quote, sufficient underlying strength in ongoing progress toward maximum employment. reportedly apple wants to do business in iran. economic sanctions isolate the country because of its nuclear program. apple would apparently use iranian dealers instead of opening its usual stores. it won't be easy. the western sanctions make it
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nearly impossible to transfer the money in and out. can we go back to the game for a second? i stayed up late to watch. i felt so badly for the royals. at home, so close. >> man on third. >> oh, gosh. >> tough rocks. >> congratulations to the giants. it was a great game. >> they've been a team of destiny almost. >> great game. aheit's 7:19. ahead, chris christie fires back. >> if you want to have a conversation, we'll have it later. at this
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i'm ukee washington. let's get your forecast with katie in the weather center, good morning. >> good morning, today is a day of transition for us. we are cooler but we are brighter. we do however have an immediate concern, in the way of some fog issues, which are getting better with time. it was worse earlier this morning. you can see retreat of moisture that was culprit for this fog to form but little bit of spooky view for you here right now kutztown area in middle school, 39 degrees and chilly tart to the day but again i prom that is if you go will lift and we will get in on full sunshine as day progresses. upper 50's through halloween and stays dry for trick or treating and we are dealing with some showers and a breeze and a chill settling in from a reenforcing storm from the weekend, torey.
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>> thanks very much, katie. >> we will have a full swing rush hour, so 95, schuylkill expressway, vine, blue route, all of the usual spots, but we have an accident to talk about on i-95. ninety-five southbound approaching academy we have a very serious accident with emergency teams on the scene and it is adding to the volume that you already have and same story on the southbound side of the roosevelt boulevard approaching ridge avenue beyond fox. accident blocking two left lanes where right lane gets by. give yourself more time. new back to the desk,. >> next update 7:55. up next fresh breath of air for a yale grad once feared to have ebola. more local news weather traffic and sports we are on the cw philly on these channels. i'm ukee washington have a
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on new york's long island a ups driver is caught on video mishandling a package. it shows him kicking and rolling a box that contained a pressure gauge worked $12,000. ups says it does not condone the action and is investigating. >> does not condone? >> guess what, everybody? thr there are cameras everywhere. >> maybe it wasn't marked fragile. welcomback to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, governor chris christie is make nothing apologies on the second anniversary of superstorm sandy. what he said to one heckler in a shouting match. plus, they dressed up as internet repairmen to gain access. we'll show you an elaborate move of a gambling bust now with
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challenge in new york. "the new york times" says troops will now get medical checked. they found they kept the exposure a secret. many troops did not receive proper care. >> policeco says the joke about white men may backfire on republican senator lindsey graham. he's thinking about running for president in 2016. they gave this audio of graham from a lighthearted event at a private club in charleston. >> i've tried to help you with your tax status. i'm sorry the government's so [ bleep ] up. if i get to be president, white men who are in male-only clubs are going to do great in the presidency. we got any presbyterians here? we got any baptists.
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>> he's quoted to be earthy. >> another example there are cameras and voice recorders everywhere. >> and smartphones. >> and there are people who want to sell you out and give it to the opposition. "the daily news" sass a new york police officer who was attacked with a hatchet is on his way to the mend. he was hit in the head and arm last thursday when he charge add group of officers. another was wounded before another shot him to death. apple's ceo tim cook publicly acknowledging he's gay. he writes that many of his apple co-workers knew of his sexual orientati orientation. he says that he is not an activist but he believes in the words of martin luther ching who asked what are you doing for other others. he said the trade-off is worth
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it. he wrote this. i'm proud to be gay. i consider it among the greatest gifts. he' right. if it helps one person, it will help. someone is thinking -- >> two of his heroes are bobby kennedy and martin luther king. >> that's right. a breath of fresh air for a yale graduate student. officials feared he may have contracted ebola. he had a fever not long after leaving west africa. the state forced him to quarantine himself. don dahler was the first to speak to him once the quarantine ended. he is in new haven. don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. just until a few hours ago a police cruiser was park heard across the street from his house. it was to keep anyone from going inside and to keep him from coming outside. that ended at 12:01 this morning. >> how are you. >> do you feel like coming out
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and step into fresh air? >> sure. >> we were the first contact since he was ordered to stay in his house. >> this is the actual order issued by the department of public health saying you have to stay here. >> two pages signed by the commissioner of the department of public health. >> what have the past two weeks have been like for you? >> a lot of ups and downs and a whirlwind. >> he went to west africa to help create a computer program to help track ebola. >> in west africa, did you treat anybody with ebola? >> no. >> did you treat anybody? >> no. i saw the nbc cameraman. as soon as i called, they said there was no risk. >> reporter: as soon as he returned home, he had a fever and was tested for ebola. the tests were negative.
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>> doctors were coming in my room with no precautions, shaking my hands without gloves on. so they weren't worried. the hospital had medically classified me saying we don't need to take precautions at that point. >> reporter: but a declaration signed by the governor earlier this month to authorize them to quarantine individuals believed to be with ebola. he was at home in isolation with believes on watch outside. >> what form of contact did you have with the outside world? >> mostly through my cell phone, through skype, and a little bit through the kitchen window. >> in a statement sent to "cbs this morning," the connecticut department of health said, quote, completing a period of quarantine without developing illness is a relief for all involved. hopefully when people finish the 21 days of monitoring, they will all be healthy and free of the threat of ebola. >> in a cbs buts, 80% of
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americans support this quarantine as a precaution. why is it not a good idea? >> for one case, it's just simply unnecessary. if you're thinking about going to volunteer here, nobody has any idea what to expect when you get home, and that has a really chilling effect on volunteers. >> reporter: he says had the mandatory quarantine been in place before he took the trip, he would have never been able to take enough time off to go volunteer. as for his plans now, he and his girlfriend are going to spend a few days at the beach. norah? >> well deserved, don. thank you. and on the two-year anniversary of superstorm sandy, new jersey governor chris christie found himself in a familiar spot. he went to the jersey shore where he got into a shouting match with a protesters. jan crawford shows us how this went down. good morning. >> good morning. it's been an interesting week. he started on the ebola threat,
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did some campaigning up and down the coast and on wednesday he went at it with a constituent. >> i got the picture. i read it. >> when a former new jersey councilman showed up wednesday to cy size the pace of the restoration after the storm, chris christie let him have it. >> i'd be more than happy to have a debate with you, guy, because somebody like you doesn't know what they're talking about other than stand up. i've been here when the cameras are here, buddy, and i've done the work. >> others tried to move ow-on-but when the protester wouldn't relent, he really let him have it. >> listen, you want to have the conversation later, buddy, i'm happy to have it. but until that time, sit down and shut up. >> sandy left behind an estimated 365,000 damaged or destroyed homes in new jersey and very little of the $1.8 billion set aside in a state run reconstruction program has been handed out. christie's critics say he's not
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moving fast enough but the governor blames federal red tape. >> only just shy of $300 million in the last two years has made its way to the families. if people are heck ling, you can understand why they might be. >> wonderful, absolutely. the heckler asked christie to dinner. >> i'll tell you. there's about a thousand things tonight. going to dinner with you is about 1,001. >> perhaps that's because christie's calendar has been full. he's had a dizzying stretch of travel leading up to next week's election. this week christie has been hit with questions over his response to a nurse quarantined after working with ebola patients in west africa. >> with access to her cell phone, access to her internet, and takeout food from some of the best restaurants in newark,
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she's doing just fine. >> it looks like you're going have to defend this in court. >> whatever. get in line. i've been sued lots of times before. get in line. >> reporter: governor christie has not ever smieed away from a sparring match. he's been described as brash and compassionate as he told gayle king in an interview. >> he's not going to necessarily take your head off if you disagree. >> i never did. >> oh, there's a couple of times people were walking around with no heads. >> and those people deserve to have their heads taken off and i'll still do that if i need to. i don't have one club in the bag for golfers who are watching this. you have to understand as a leader there are time use have to be tough and direct and times where you have to be softer and listen, and i can do both. >> now, with this heckler, some people say christie is not going to be able to shut him up so easily. he's a proformer soccer player and helped with cleanup a lot
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after hurricane sandy. he's an independent. someone asked if he'd vote for christie and he paused a minute and said no. >> really interesting. >> governor christie's got lots of clubs in that bag but it's never a good sign when somebody in the heat of a battle says buddy. >> or shut up. >> look at mrs. christie's face. it's like you should stop talking. don't poke the bear. >> in this case he used his driver. it was a high stakes bet, but did it pay off? ahead, an undercover video. how it helped suspects get off the hook. on "cbs this morning."
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jo fbi agents went under cover to break up an alleged illegal gambling ring and they even put it on video.
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but the government says they broke the law to obtain the evidence. jericka duncan is here with the elaborate sting that may va vhae violated the fourth amendment. >> it could be why fbi agents went to such great lengths to bust up what they say was an illegal outfit operating in one of vegas's largest casinos. >> i'll take a look at the router. >> this video from an fbi sting in july obtained by "cbs this morning" shows federal agents posing as internet repair men but they were actually at caesar's palace on an alleged illegal operation. the agents pretend to fix the problem while several men are seen watching the world cup. their laptops allegedly taupe an illegal gambling website. >> i think we have internet now. >> reporter: the only problem, the sting itself might not have
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been legal. according to a motion fired in federal court tuesday, attorneys for the defendants say the fbi disconnected the internet in order to gain access. this is a former u.s. federal prosecutor. >> it would be the same thing as turning off the power or the water and you say, oh, you invited me in. >> reporter: the alleged el legal activity happened in three suites. the ring leader was recently thrown out of china's gambling mecca for a similar crime, raising suspicion in nevada. they warn fbi operations like this could be a slippery slope. >> the best defense is a good offense and the fbi tactics have given the defendants the opportunity to go on the offensive, and now you find that it's the fbi who's in the hot seat. >> reporter: a spokesperson for
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the u.s. attorney's office in nevada was unable to comment because the case is still pending and the justice department has until next week to file its response. all defendants pleaded not guilt to both counts. >> coming up, it could have been a fight over necessities. the bears that battled in a suburb. ♪
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good morning, i'm quarter von tiehl. iowa than the to get over to katie to get your forecast for the day and chilly start. >> it is a cool start for us, erika but it will be a nice bright sunny day. still a couple of fog issues depending on your location so watch out for. that it is gradual in terms have of time and visibility. many of you have a bright blue skies. you can see over 39 hour loop, there is some clouds pulling away from frustrates here. so just retreat of the front that brought in showers yesterday. we have high pressure taking over. it will bring us sunshine. 59 degrees. we will drop down to a chilly 42 tonight under a couple of clouds and looking forward to tomorrow, we will start with sun, there will be clouds that are going to be away but it is a dry forecast in totality.
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chillier weekend with some showers especially saturday. torey, over to you. good morning everyone. we are still dealing with an accident on the outbound side of the roosevelt boulevard at one time it was blocking all lanes but now right-hand lane gets by and many emergency teams are on the scene and it does seem to involve an oil tanker. this is approaching ridge avenue just beyond fox, northbound gaper delay and delay stemming back to close to rising sun avenue. also 202 northbound right around area of, right around area of 401, we are dealing with this accident on the shoulder but add to go volume, erika. >> thanks, variety tore y next update 8:25. next up on cbs this morning new findings that could be a turning point in diagnosing
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it is thursday, october 30th, 2014. welcome back to "cbs this morning." there is more real news ahead including cutting edge technology. protecting some of the wod's most impressive art in the sistine chapel and first here's a look at today's "eye opener" at 8:00. for the third time in five years the san francisco giants are world series champions. >> as soon as it ended, fans took to the streets in san francisco to celebrate. some of them a little too much. >> the 30-mile stretch of lava has slowed a bit but it's still threatening dozens of homes. >> the president still continues to promote flexible guideline is
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over the confining requirements by top states. >> the executive of the company told me they hope to determine the cause in a week. >> the relationship has been tense for years while the long simmering disputes have turned profane. >> if you want to have the conversation later, i'm happy to have it, buddy. but until then, sit down and shut up. >> it's never a good sign to say buddy. >> or shut up. >> or shut up. >> final season. are you emotionally ready to move on? >> honestly i've been naked on the show so often i think america is ready to not see me naked. >> this morning's "eye opener" at 8:00 is presented by walgreens. san francisco is cleaning one a smile this morning after another world series title. giants arrived at at&t park with
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their trophy in hand. they won the third title in five years beating the royals last neat, 3-2. >> very good. the series' mvp is madison bumgarner. i love that name. he pitched just two days after winning game five. the final out touched off a noise kr street party that turned violent. two people were shot, another was stabbed. could somebody explain to me why do people have to tear up stuff? >> i know. >> after a great game. it seems to be boys doing that. you don't see girls doing that. >> they're having a good time and they're drinking too much. >> can you say san francisco the way you said it. >> san francisco. >> san francisco. that was good. the lava on hawaii's big island was moving this morning. it's still on the move. that means dozens of homes in
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the village of pahoa are in danger. national troops are patrolling the roads this morning. the main road could be cut off as soon as tomorrow. carter evans is in pahoa where he got to see the threat. good morning. >> reporter: right. the lava is still flowing but the homes as you mentioned are still in danger and they're actually right behind this barricade. from the air you could see the path that this lava has cut as it's flowed down the volcano and actually went around a small graveyard just outside the town. the aerial view gives you an idea how close it's come thomes in this community. it's currently moving through private property and the owner used heavy equipment. they built a berm to direct the lava flow around buildings. so far it's work. this portion of the lava is actually a couple of weeks old. it looks like it cooled off.
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when you look down, you see some of the red molten lava using out from the rocks below. it's still a couple of yards from the road behind me right now but it's expected to cross at some point as it continues cutting its path toward the oeg and could eventually cut off access to this community. >> carter, we thank you. there is new light shining on the sistine chapel this morning. new technology will help preserve michael an jell lowe's masterpiece. it includes thousands of l.e. dchlt lights. allen pizzey is in rome with the massive presentation and the price tag. >> reporter: it just moved up another notch on the scale. makal angelo painted the ceiling of the sistine chapel by the light of the sun coming from the small windows. his masterpieces are being seen
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by a whole new light. ultraviolet rays from sun long island were slowly failing the colors. standard halogen bulbs do the same thing. l.e.d.s do not. but they alter the color. they could be color matched to the paint michelangelo used. not even he could imagine the halo around jesus in the last judgment looked like this. the light concealed along the edges can be adjusted to various levels. the one for tourists is wonderful enough but for special occasions they can be turned up even more. th at normal intensity, the energy saving bulbs will cut the electricity by more than 70%. but there's another problem. they wait in line for hours. body heat damages the fresh co-s and the air conditions system installed 20 years ago could no
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longer cope. his company fixed it. >> it was a four-year challenge. what was the hardest part? >> to do the ventilation, it counts the security cameras, the number of people at any given point and adjusts the ventilation and humidity to the exact parameters of the people in the space so we could properly manage the humidity and the air and save the pangts. >> reporter: it cost nearly $4 million. given the effect, the vatican got a bargain on both counts. for "cbs this morning," allen pizzey. vatican. >> it's the truth. they don't allow you to take pictures. to see it, it is absolutely breathtaking. >> hundreds of people filled the national cathedral last night to
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honor legendary bill brad lee. friends and family were joined by the political elite. he was remembered for standing up to the government during watergate. mourners described him as tough and fearless with the a touch of humor and a heart. >> he was a journalistic warrior froebl be unmatched. >> we knew somebody much better than his very large reputation, even braver, even smarter, much more fun. >> he pulled off being bradlee because he wasn't afraid of presidents, of polio, of political correctness, of publishing the pentagon papers, of making mistakes. >> people talk a lot about his
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colorful language, but in my opinion he also has the most colorful heart. >> that was quinn bradlee, his son. he wore one of his dad's trademark shirts for that and he said one of the most beautiful things he said was when he was a child and lay on his dad's chest his heart beat so hard he would have to turn his cheek. >> you were there. >> most powerful speech was bob and carl and so many others, don graham we saw. quinn his son was the most powerful. those shirts was an inspiration from his longtime wife and widow sally, his son, the mother of quinn. i haven't seen a funeral in a long time that was so full of so much. the speakers were so right on point. the two things that came out was ben's courage on the one hand and his sense of being a truth seeker. that was the mark that all converged into these two ideals.
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in our morning rounds, cracking the code of autism. two large new studies identify more than 100 genes involved in autism spectrum disorders. they're calling this a major improvement. our dr. agus is in florida this morning.
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good to see you. in florida this time. tell us why this is a big deal for researchers an certainly the families living with autism? >> so there have been several studies done with small samples. dozens of labs got together and combined their samples and with newer technologies they were able to identify dozens of jeans that were associated with autism and then hundreds more that are probably associated. we're getting to learn the map. while that may sound very complicated, they all converge on three functions within the brain. >> david agus, i thought what was interesting about this is that through sequencing many of these mutations are de they come before the parentses. >> they come from the sperm or
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the egg so they're new. as we get to understand what they do and how they work, the hope is we can use them to identify early what's going on with autism in a child and lead to treatment. >> so be clear, so there are some genetic causes of autism and the other ones may be environmental. >> yeah. so there is -- we know in autism there's genetic causes and environmental. remember, environment doesn't mean just the outside environment. it means anything nongenetic. they're two separate, they come together, and they're a perfect storm. it happen as lot more to boys than girls. what we learned from the study is that the genetics of autism in boys and girls who are low functioning, low iq is different from boys where it is predominantly high functioning, high iq. >> is autism on the rise? >> it clearly is when you look at it in the last couple of decades. this study doesn't really address that because we're looking at one moment in time. they didn't go back and look at
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the samples from decades ago. but something is clearly happening. >> how will this help us find new treatment or test for families. >> right now it can be used very shortly to diagnose early and start behavioral treatments but by converging on the three mechanisms, the hope is to develop drugs to target it. we can put you in particular bucket with that mechanism and hope they give you the right drug to change the course of the disease and make a major impact in your life and your family's life. >> these are big studies. we'll post it online. ahead, fireball whiskey is a huge success. but why are other stores pulling the spirit from store shelves? you're watching "cbs this morning." >> announcer: cbs "morning
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i love it when the leaves change. it is one of the fastest growing liquors in america. but fireball whiskey is being recalled in some parts of europe because it contains an
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ingredient found in antifreeze. yikes. we're finding out why it's still on store shelves here. vinita, good morning. >> it certainly wasn't hard to find a store that sells fireball. it's heavily favored on college campuses but it's also very popular to have as a shot at a party. one wedding guest attached a gopro camera to this bottle. it caught fire on the internet adding to an explosive brand but some are giving the cinnamon flavored drink an icy reception. this week sweden, finland, and norway pulled it off store shelves after it found out it contained too much propylene
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glie ko glycol found in antifreeze. are you surprised the story has gone so viral? >> to suddenly be told that the dripg that you love and maybe you drank this last weekend potentially has some harmful ingredients, i think that people will really go into a panic. >> in a statement, the manufacturer said unfortunately fireball shipped its north american formula to europe and found that one ingredient out of compliance with regulations. while strictly monitored in europe, both the fda and cdc have approved it in limited quantities. it can bound in scores of everyday products from food to certain toothpastes. >> what does it do in the other things we're eating it in, the doughnuts and coffee? >> it helps to add consistency and prevent co-ing a lags. people are not getting poisoned by soft drinks or ice cream.
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it won't happen with fireball either. >> reporter: he insists fireball is safe to drink but the bad publicity could end up burning them. >> there are a lot of other flavored whiskeys and alcohol on the market so this is something the company is concerned about. >> the u.s. version of the drink has about 1/8 of the amount. gayle, i know you're not a drinker but i think you'll like the catch phrase, tastes like heaven, burns like hell. >> these are the two drinkers here. >> i don't do that stuff. >> thank you, vinita. the heated exchanges in our focus group ahead on "cbs this morning." your local news coming your way next.
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good morning, i'm ukee washington. wild police chase even with the crash and suspect being taserd. chase led police from mayfair over to torresdale. it started when police sought to question a man in connection with abduction on monday, and police say driver then backup on an officer. officer was in the hurt. chase ended with a crash at frankford and convent. the driver is facing various charges. katie a has your forecast right new lets check it out, good morning. >> not a bad one ukee. it is cooler, that is big ticket item for news terms of the forecast head line today but it is a nice, bright sunny start. we did have some fog issues, and those are quickly dissipating now that the sunnies up and it will do its part to bring us a bright sunny cool will day. high hitting only 59, far cry
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from yesterday, and day before, temperatures, but we will take it, you know, partly cloudy, 42 tonight. chilly, and that is the big story, we will continue the cooling trend here and by sunday we will bottom out, 49 for daytime high, saturday wet day and dreary day of our forecast but we are still expect to go see the at this point, mainly just some showers, and the breeze kick nothing and again more than anything the temperature will be the most noticeable factor with the weather when you walk outside the door, vittoria. >> thanks very much, katie. also expect usual rush her delays on the majors, 76, 95, roosevelt boulevard, but also we are taking you to the north east for a second. notice these school buses having a little bit of trouble, getting through this intersection, this would be state road and bridge street, we are dealing with an accident, police and emergency teams are on the scene so that may set you back in the neighborhoods now. as we move to the ben franklin bridge we are delayed the entire length moving into philadelphia give yourself mere time there. take a look at these speed
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i'm aimee belgard and i approve this message. welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, conversation about race in america. pollster frank luntz tells us about the focus group he calls the most heated and emotional in his career. a swan song tonight for "two and a half men" as they enter their 12th and final year. we go behind the scenes with co-star jon cryer. that's ahead. "people" magazine reports a new development in the story of brittney maynard. she has terminal brain cancer. in her first tv interview she told jan crawford why she plans to end her life. she released a video yesterday.
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she confirmed what she told us this mornlt. if she's still alive on november 2nd. they'll move forward together and the decision on dying later. >> if she's feeling all right. >> yes. we return to another story of family and life. a couple looks to expect their 13th baby. this time they hope for a girl. they already have 12 months. the afrmgs range from 15 months to 22 years. they do not plan to look at the gender. >> that's a lot of boys. >> the genetics. explain that. >> the gender comes from the male. >> and the chances of vague girl? >> i have no idea. >> you know the -- >> i have no idea. >> you'they're hoping for a gir >> i'm not the dr. o'donnell in
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my family. there are two others. victoria's secret is taking flack. the tag line is the perfect body. the controversy is lighting up twitter. someone tweeted stop this body shaming young women with t the #iamperfect. another tweeted i see nothing about the perfect body collection. if you feel that bad about yourself workout. as you know michael brown was shot and killed by a police officer in august. the city's waiting for the results of several investigations. attorney general eric holder yesterday called for wholesale change in the fersson police department. frank luntz brought together 17 people to talk about race relations in america. >> it's one of the most emotional issues and very difficult to have a conversation without that passion coming through, but we're fortunate to
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have a diverse group of people here. i need to ask you, are race relations in america getting better or getting worse? >> worse. >> worse. >> way worse. >> and i blame obama for doing it. >> you go right to politics. >> right to politic. swre a president that's made everything political. >> it has to do with us and our separatism and our people and not working together to fill those gaps. >> media and politicians on purpose inflame the issue of racism. >> do you agree with that? >> yes. >> i agree. >> we live common decent lives and once in a while a ferguson accident happens and the media blows out of proportion, portrayed as a result of one race tore the ore and makes them angry orange tated. >> racism happens every day across the board, ballot, white, hispanic, whatever. >> i was in school in ferguson
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at the time in the a'70s. guess what. there were no blacks there and at the time they were known for harassing and beating blacks. but now what happens, an unarmed person gets killed. i don't find that acceptable. >> can i ask you a question? you used black instead of african-american. aisle ask you. we're trying to be careful to use the right terminology but you said black. >> you guys make the comments. >> i like the term black. >> i say the powers that be. >> african-american people are people who come from africa. charlize theron, they're african america. i've never been to africa in my life. i'm from america. i'm a black american. why can't we be who we are? >> by a show hands, is itz more
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integrated? who thinks it's more segregated. more think it's seg gri gate. what gives you that perception? >> i think it's discreet but still a huge problem. >> it's hard to have a race conversation where it's not peaceful like martin luther king standing up for rights and having a message. now we see looting and shooting and breaking stuff and acting poorly. >> what would you do if the man 24/7 is on your neck. >> he's not -- >> really? >> i've kicked down a lot of white people's doors too. i'm for law enforcement. the bottom line is you teach your children not to assault the police, number one. you have no business putting your hands on a cop and attacking them. if you do that, you're going get what you get. >> he's not alive and we don't
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know all the facts. we don't know if that video was a video of him or not. >> wait, wait, stop. you really -- you really don't -- you think that was -- you think that was photoshopped? >> my point is we don't have the facts on the situation, so we're not going to put him on trial today. >> all the facts -- >> you're abusing authority. >> why is it we have had a conversation here that has been brilliant up until this moment? >> because it stirred up anger. >> i could walk down this street and the police would see me and kill me. >> it's not even true. i work with the police every day and the mandate is to deter crime. >> but we're talking about race. with all this talk about race, i would say a minimum of 95% of the people could care less about
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race, whether you're black, hispanic, chinese, whatever. it's a tiny percentage over all in america and we're making a big issue out of it. the majority of people could care less. >> so if it keeps happening -- >> it's true the percentage of people who get shot it's a small percentage. >> if it happens one time, it's too many times. >> what needs to be taught so america is a stronger country? >> we need to teach how to be toll rant of one another and celebrate our differences and understand each other's differences. >> frank luntz joins us from kansas city. >> i wish i was in the group. >> why is that? >> i agree with so many of the comments. the african-american comment, i agree. i was born black.
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i was born in chattanooga, tennessee. i relate to that girl. >> gayle and i were readling and she said what's aa community. i said african-american community. >> here's white norah o'donnell saying african-american community. why was this the most honest group? it was very interesting. >> they were calm until we got into this issue. you saw several times they truly got out of control. what viewers would be interested in knowing is there would be several minutes where i talked to the cbs producer and the conversation continue and it continued just as he did. viewers just saw the truth and that's what make this job so fascinating to me. >> are you saying race generally or ferguson. >> i'm saying race generally. when they went to politic, they didn't go to elections.
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they went to the people in charge and the feels is instead of strieing to solve the problem, charlie, tla're making it worse. the penalty up frustration came flowinging out. >> what did you learn about trayvon martin and the ferguson case? >> i'm very concerned about what will happen when they make the announcement of what they're going to do. the pent-up is just a flow. it may be a precursor to what happens. kit can be led by people in washington if they decide they don't want to score political points and they actually want to listen. i was within of those people who thad f thought race was important to 25% of the population. the way the conversation is happening is not productive and it's destructive for people understanding, respecting, and appreciating each other.
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>> people are afraid to discuss it. the group was in l.a. you're in kansas city. what were you doing? >> i was in iowa yesterday morn, kansas afternoon. but yid evening i was at game seven. it was my eighth world series game i've seen and it was a good one. >> lucky you, frank. lung yo you. >>
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the 12th and final season of two and a half man premieres tonight. only after sparring with the star of the show. >> is it going to be weird not to keep coming to the lot? >> i'm going to keep coming to the lot. >> you're going to be that guy. >> i am going to be that guy. >> jon cryer has been coming to stage 26 in burbank, california, for more than a decade.
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cryer is one-third of the original "two and a half men." >> i am the one constant. i'm always here. >> the show debuted in 2003 and has earned cryer two emmys. it's also turned low brow humor into one of the highest ratist sitcoms. >> check out my sweet onion. my bodacious bedale >> how would you scribe it? >> it's a classy comedy, "two and a half men." if there was any warmth, any bit of warmth injected we interject wit a barf, joke, or boobss. >> he's getting married to ashton. two straight guys to up their odds of adopting a child.
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>> bottom line i just want you to be happy, baby. >> okay. what is the matter with you? why are you massaging me and calling me baby and dressed like guy cheetah. >> i love the cheetah. >> all right. when they said you guys are going to get married. what did you think? >> alan, he's fine. ashton, i'm not sure. >> he played the iconic role of request ducky in the hit film "pretty in pink." in the season 12 premiere he revisits the role for halloween. >> who the hell are you supposed to be? >> you never saw "pretty in pink?" >> oh, right, molly wingwald.
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>> the scene stealer, star of the show. >> what he affectionately called a slightly feminine heterosexual door. >> i've been there all my life. we're not out there. we're not actually gay. to this day the writers said so you weren't playing ducky gay? >> i was like, no, i i wasn't. >> now with the sitcom coming to an end. he's trying to saver every moment. >> i remember right after we shot with highlights they wheeled out a cake for me because it happened to be on my birthday that they were shooting the pilot for two and half men. i blew out the candles and they said what do you wish for? >> i said i wish in ten years all of us are here. they laugh like ha, ha, he's dreaming. it turned out that most of us were here. most of us with one notable exception. >> that notable and now infamous exception is charlie sheen who had a very public meltdown and
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was fired from the show. >> when all that was going on, did you worry that this show that you put so much time into might sink under all this pressure? >> oh, of course. mine all during the craziness that was going on, the big thing in my mind is my friend going to die tomorrow. you love him so much and he's capable of being this wonderful guy, but you know he's on that edge. >> reporter: cryer is in a new dark comedy called "hit by lightning." he's less worried about stardom and how his wife lisa will adjust. >> the strangest thing is going to be for my wife who's never been with me. i could be that guy walking around the house in a threadbare bathrobe and bradley alexander and wear sunglasses and watch reruns of the show. that could be me. >> reporter: well, if it comes to that, at least he'll still be laughing. for "cbs this morning," ben tracy, los angeles. >> what great show. >> he is the last man standing.
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i thought, how are they going to pull it off after charlie sheen left and they did. bravo, chuck lorre. >> you can watch the final season premiere of "two and a half men" at 9:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. central on cbs. you're watching "cbs this morning."
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ryan costello went into politics. in 2001, doctor manan trivedi joined the marines. trivedi served as a battlefield surgeon in iraq. costello served himself by voting to raise his own pay. and while trivedi cared for patients in pennsylvania, costello gave millions in government contracts to his campaign contributors -even as he cut funding for child abuse prevention. in congress, only trivedi will do what's right for you.
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i'm manan trivedi, and i approve this message. good morning, i'm erika von tiehl. septa and its transit workers union meets for more talks today, it is negotiations fell apart the union says they could call a strike as early as tomorrow. a shut down would impact any city buses, subways and trolleys. regional will rail lines would continue to run. the sides are at odds over a list of issues including pensions but septa says its authors have been more than generous. let get your forecast with katie in the weather center. coal start. >> definitely a cool start but turf say still pleasant day as long as you are ready for this and that is where we come n you will be fine. it is a is in looking day. sunglasses and jacket and you will be just fine. we will show what you is going
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on, storm scan three not a heck of a lot. have we have a nice blue sky out there couple clouds still out there but those will gradually fade and we are looking at a bright sunny albeit cooler day. high flirting with 60. tonight we will down done to a chilly 42. might be turning the heater on if you have not already. we will look forward in the forecast to the days that just keep on dropping on that day time height. saturday is wet day of the next four, and right now it is just looking like some showers, and a chilly breeze sitting in. vittoria, over to you. >> good morning, everyone w all that beautiful sunshine we will have have some sun glare. make sure you put shades down or put shades on. we will jump outside quickly taking a look at 476 around route one we have delays in either direction. schuylkill expressway, traveling on 76, in towards your western suburbs we have the usual. speed sensors are down in the teens and 20's. traveling on i-95, or teens there as well out of the northeast down through vine street expressway practically two is is your average on 476. also watch out for an accident
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in new jersey, lenola road is closed at glenn avenue. so church street is your west alternate n major delays for mass transit. erika. that is "eyewitness news" for new talk philly coming up at noon on cbs-3. i'm erika von tiehl. i hope you have a good
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