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with a took at today's "eye opener" your world in 90 seconds. >> the rocket being intercepted. israel has rejected a proposal that hamas hasec rejted the plan. another round of wild weather hits the coast. violent storms and whipping winds. >> the monsoon-like rain caused ad ro s toflood. a very powerful jet stream bringing cold air to parts of minneapolis, chicago. you can turn off the air conditioner, the m retroain derails in moscow. ten people are dead. 120 are injured. 50 of them in critical condition. >> neweo vid of the boston marathon bombing suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev walking into a college gym the day after the bombing. >> a suspected car jacker didn't get far when a group of bystanders intervened in san diego. >> here! come on! >> oscar pistorius got into a scuffle and a man began

aggressively interrogating him about the trial. > >>tracy morgan speaking out for the first time since his terrible accident. >> thank you. >> all that -- >> for the second sghtrait year yoenis cespedes has won the gillette home run derby. an unexpected ending for a man just trying enjoy a cold one. >> bring me my beer! that's my beer! >> and "all that mattered" -- >> a young man stumbled on to them and the selfie he took is now viral. >> it's warren buffett and paul mccartney. >> i was shaking so much i almost through up. >> on "cbs this morning." >> he received the congratulate congratulatory phone call from angela merkel. we're still bugging her phone. >> announcer: "cbs this morning" is presented by toyota, let's go places. captioning funded by cbs

welcome to "cbs this morning." norah o'donnell is off. and margaret brennan is here. >> charlie, it feels like summer is flying by. both on the calendar and parts of this country when you look at the weather. >> really cold weather. millions in the midwest are waking up to a touch of fall pap a huge arctic air mass covering the region. low temperatures this morning are 10 to 20 degrees below normal. >> and this should be the hottest part of the summer but susan-elizabeth littlefield of station wcco is at target field in minneapolis where it feels like the vikings should be playing football. susan-elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: absolutely, good morning to you. the mercury only hit about 65 degrees here yesterday in main indianapolis. that was the oldest coldest july 14th on record here. the all-star game is expected to be played. tonight it will be played under

fall-like conditions. >> oh, man! he's just the iron man. >> reporter: the cold wet conditions at target field monday night weren't enough to cool off the basses at the home run derby. >> it's gone! >> reporter: it was a soggy 57 degrees in minneapolis, well below the average high of 83. in july. >> i'm freezing! >> reporter: even in the city accustomed to brutal winter people were bundled up. >> it's a little cold but it will work. >> reporter: the cooldown will last much of the week and expand east. as temperatures dipped into the 40s, many areas could see record lows. in super typhoon neoguri appears to be the culprit. that powerful storm which battered japan last week also sent the jet stream buckling towards the arctic and down the great plains bringing polar air with it. the pattern has drawn comparisons to january when much of the country suffered through a deep freeze because of the polar vortex. however, some forecasters say this chill is not the same

phenomenon. zbeeg tonight's all-star game fans will need to find a way to keep warm. >> i think it might require an extra blanket or two. but i think the fans are going to be fired up. that's going to keep the heat up in the stadium. >> reporter: one local ticket vendor here said that cold caused prices to plummet last night for the home run derby. as for the big game tonight, tickets will probably be just as expensive as they always were. margaret. >> susan-elizabeth, thanks. hard to believe it's july this cold front is setting off powerful thunderstorm it's in northeast. some highways flooded around new york city last night. firefighter has to rescue stranded drivers. and in washington lightning struck close to the capitol, down in the washington monument. chief meteorologist eric fisher of our station wbbz is tracking the chilly weather. >> good morning. the cold air has a lot to do with the storms firing along the east so it's all connected.

basically a ton of cold air. 40s and 50s, record lows as we head towards the east coast, still warm and humid. as the air masses come together they clash you've got the storms stormy for today today and tomorrow. in terms of the chill, lots of 50s and 60s all across the midwest reaching down into arkansas and tennessee today. nice relief from the summer heat. tomorrow, more 60s and 70s as it will start to moderate towards the end of the week. thursday and friday more 70s and 80s. certainly not summertime heat but we're looking at not nearly as much departure from average. new york new england, d.c. corridor i-95 flash flooding a big time threat again today. and damaging wind segments. across the southwest, charlie, the monsoon is active. this, too, will be a flash flood concern for us. and that southwest monsoon brought heavy rain to phoenix last night. firefighters rescued drivers. one woman said her car was almost swallowed up in a few

seconds. she called 911, it took firefighters about ten minutes to get her out. no rain is in the forecast for california. the state is in the middle of one of its worst droughts ever. and regulators are set to approve one of the toughest water restrictions in history. the new rules will keep homeowners from washing their driveways and sidewalks. sprinklers without a shutoff will be banned a fine up to $500. a disaster unfolding in moscow this morning. several cars jumped the tracks killing at least 12. more than 150 others are hurt. elizabeth palmer is tracking developments from london. elizabeth, good morning. >> good morning charlie. yes, this terrible accident happened this morning at rush hour in the world's busiest subway network. as the wounded were carried out of the station and helicoptered to the hospital russian whose subway system has been in the past targeted by terrorists worry that they'd been hit again. but the russian authorities quickly ruled that out. and instead, determined that the

crash, which happened as most were heading to work was caused by a power surge that tripped a switch causing the train to come to an abrupt halt and then derail. inside the tunnels at least three cars were sent into a pile completely blocking the track. witnesses reported feeling a huge bang and then a jolt. rescue workers say they haven't yet got to the first carriage in the crash. meanwhile some of those rescued alive are very badly injured. margaret the authorities expect that the death toll could yet climb even higher. >> thank you. this morning, israel's government said it accepted a proposed cease-fire along its border with gaza but hamas reported an israeli air strike just minutes ago. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is warning militants to go along with the deal that has been proposed by egypt.

>> if hamas rejects the egyptian proposal, and the rocket fire from gaza does not cease, and that appears to be the case now we are prepared to continue and intensify our operation to protect our people. >> holly williams is in gaza city where some militants are still firing rockets into israel. >> reporter: good morning. there's confusion here this morning about whether hamas, the militant group that controls the gaza strip, will accept this cease-fire plan. one of the group's leaders says hamas is considering it. but others here have already rejected it. the israeli military says it bombed 25 sites last night. and palestinian officials say eight people were killed. but compared with the havoc of just two days ago, those now seem to be holding back. israel said two rockets were launched by the militants during the night and neither did any damage. a relative quiet raised hopes

that egypt's cease-fire plan might work. israel's cabinet approved it this morning. but on its website, hamas' military wing said the cease-fire wasn't worth the ink it was written with. hamas wants not just a cease-fire, but an end to israel's blockade of the gaza strip which since 2007 has ground the economy to a halt. and deprived palestinians of necessity necessityies like fuel and medical supplies. al masri is a spokesman for hamas. he told us there will be no cease-fire until israel releases hundreds of palestinian prisoners rounded up after the murder of three israeli teenagers last month. you fired over a thousand rockets over israel over the last few days but not a single israeli has been killed and many of those rockets have been shot down. why are you still firing them? if any israelis have been killed, then why are they waging

a war against our people? he said. either they're hiding their rockets, or there's no reason for this war against gaza. the militants fired several more rockets into southern israel this morning. but the israeli military says they did not cause any damage or casualties. for "cbs this morning," holly williams gaza. we're getting a new look of a video of osama bin laden that was made just before 9/11. bin laden urges young jihadist fighters to target the united states. al qaeda released the video declared at islamic state in syria. juan zarate is in washington. he was a top security aide to george w. bush. good morning. >> good morning. >> why now? >> well al qaeda and isis are in you a propaganda battle for the hearts and minds of the world. so al qaeda has to respond to the momentum that isis has

demonstrated and this video represents and reminds the jihadi world of the lineage back to 9/11 and reminds them it remains the vanguard of this war. >> who wins this struggle and what does it mean for the rest of us? >> well it's a dangerous struggle for all of us i think what you have is a struggle for control of territory. isis is on the ground in iraq and syria.hting for 9 allegiance of groups. al qaeda and al magreb. they have a plethora and a population of foreign fighters to choose from. >> what is the leadership here between al qaeda is it more of a threat now? >> well you have isis declaring this islamic state. declaring that there is a territory that they control for all muslims around the world. that is not what al qaeda has

planned but both groups clearly have in mind trying control territory in the middle east. trying to attack allied countries. and certainly trying to attack the west where possible. and this osama bin laden video reminds his viewers and al qaeda adherents that that has been the al qaeda plan and they should remain loyal to al qaeda. about 40 undocumented immigrants are back in central america this morning. the first in a wave of deportation sites took them from new mexico to honduras. it's part of the recent surge of illegal immigrants. nancy cordes is where they are crafting a bill they hope will provide another solution. nancy, good morning. >> good morning. we're hearing that the secretary of homeland security actually offered a coordination in a meeting with house democrats last night. the bill is aimed at discouraging central american parents from sending their

children on that dangerous solo journey to the u.s. >> reporter: dozens of women and children arrived back in honduras monday in what federal officials say will be the first of a wave of deportation flights from the u.s. but with thousands of kids still in legal limbo, federal officials are trying to house some of them in states far from the u.s./mexico border. and resistance is spreading. >> we don't want them here! >> it would be a burden to the city. and a burden to the residents. >> reporter: in michigan about 50 people protested in front of wolverine human services a juvenile facility in talks to temporarily shelter minors from central america. >> we're not against legal immigration. what we're against is illegal immigration. >> reporter: the governor of iowa terry branstad isn't prepared to welcome the children to his state either. >> i do have empathy for these kids but i also don't want to send a signal that send your

kids to america illegally. that's not the right message. >> reporter: since october tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors have fled their home country. the sheer number overwhelming border security. and raising concerns from california to capitol hill. two texansator john cornyn and house democrat henry cuellar want to speed up the deportation process by sending at least 40 more immigration judges to border towns. their bill calls for unabout companied nierns have a preliminary hearing within seven days of their arrival. and to be sent home immediately if the judge rule this do not qualify for asylum or some other special status. right now, the law allows the central american children to stay in the u.s. sometimes for years, as they await a hearing. and by then charlie, many of them simply don't show up. >> nancy, thanks. the department of veterans affairs is facing another growing scandal this morning after the crisis at its

hospitals. the sags now accused of covering up a backlog of disability payments to veterans wyatt andrews is in washington where v.a. officials face scrutiny. wyatt, good morning. good morning, the v.a. scandal that was exposed earlier this year involve fake reports of how long veterans waited for health care but last night, congress heard testimony from a whistle-blower who said false wait times on handling disability claims are also report. >> they are instructing us to change the date on any rartless of the circumstances. >> reporter: kristen ruell handles compensation claims at the v.a. regional office in philadelphia. appearing before the veterans affairs committee ruell told congress that wait times have been changed to appear as if brand new, even though veterans were waiting for years. ruell's testimony led the chairman of the committee, republican congressman jeff miller to question if the v.a.'s claim of a 55% reduction

in the disability backlog can be trusted. >> it has been made clear that there is not a corne the v.a. leadership that will not cut, nor a statistic that they will not manipulate to lay claim to a hollow victory. >> i know you that don't trust what we're saying. >> reporter: the head of of the v.a.'s benefits division alison hickey said her office is investigating charges of false reporting, but she strongly denied the v.a. has been deceiving the committee. >> -- every veteran in this country and all of you to believe us when we say we're making good decisions not because of us. but because we care so much about those veterans. >> when the v.a.'s inspector general visited philadelphia last month, inspectors found a room full of claims-related mail from veterans up to three years old and still containing documents not scanned into the system. the v.a. has promised veterans immediate action. margaret. off the italian coast this morning, the "costa concordia"

is one step closer to being towed to its final÷x resting place. mark philips is in giglio italy, where the cruise ship ran aground two years ago killing 32 people. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, now they've rolled her over now they've refloated her. but the job of getting the blood on the landscape is not over. in the little port town of giglio they can finally see the day when they'll look out to sea and not have the view spoiled by a rusting reminder of tragedy and human foley. the "costa concordia" now sits a little farther offshore. well sits is perhaps not the right word. she's floating now supported by the steel chambers attached to her side. speeded up imagery shows she's shifting around as preparations are made to get her out of here entirely. nick sloan, the man in charge of this operation said there's still a lot of work to be done making sure it's secure and in the right place and that this

damaged ship will hold together. >> we want to take her. >> reporter: when would you want to take her? do you have any idea when that will be? >> i think we should finish let's see, sometime over the weekend, it should be 100%. >> reporter: and it has been going well so far. in fact, the project here is now released new underwater video showing the chains running right under the hull of the "costa concordia." they hold them in place. they have to be secured before she can be towed 200 miles from here to genoa to be scrapped. it would be a shame to lose this ship after all of this margaret. it's about 7:19. ahead on "cbs this morning," we'll check headlines from around the globe including the

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said she left her kids in the jeep to get a hair cut. she admits making a terrible mistake. police were not called. the kids appeared to be okay. when will police stop doing this. >> newly released video of boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev it was taken one day after the bombing which killed three people. tsarnaev is seen smiling and talking with his friends at the university of massachusetts-dartmouth. the video whereas released as part of the trial for tsarnaev's friend accused of interfering with the investigation. "the wall street journal" says former p.o.w. bowe bergdahl still hasn't met with his parents. six weeks ago, she stood with president obama an announced that he was released. he doesn't know what causes tension with the parents but it's much deeper than the military thought. and britain's tell la graph said blade runner oscar pistorius got into a bar fight

in johannesburg south africa saturday night. witnesses say it all happened after a man confronted him about his murder trial. closing arguments begin next month. a celebrity tv journalist ins.(# china remains detained by the chinese government this morning. the news anchor was taken away hours before the start of the show last week as part of a corruption crackdown. seth doane is in beijing with the investigation. seth good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the sudden disappearance of this prominent tv host here in china has been the talk of social media. and the very few details that have emerged have only prompted further discussion and speculation over what launched this probe. ♪ >> reporter: the chair at the anchor desk sat empty on friday after roux chenggang was unexpectedly detained. authorities have not offered an

explanation nor have they accused rui of specific comes amid a government-led corruption crackdown has that has ensnared other employees at cctv. those workers accused of taking bribes. the 37-year-old business reporter is known for his high-profile interviews. >> investigative reports from china -- >> reporter: as he appears on "the daily show." >> because america is our partner. >> reporter: little is known about the investigation. on monday the people's daily, a mouthpiece of china's communist party tweeted that rui held shares in a subsidiary of edelman p.r. that provides services to cctv. rui founded a public relations company in 2002 called pegasus which was later bought by the american p.r. firm edleleman. in a statement the company wrote after the acquisition it was expected rui would be divested

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firm. this seems to show that the much publicized crackdown extends just beyond political leaders to others, gayle, with power in society. a woman and her young daughter are safe this morning after strangers stopped a car jacking in san diego. a 21-year-old man is accused of jumping behind the wheel of a minivan on sunday. the woman and little girl were still in the car. this terrifying moment was captured on smartphone video. bigad shaban shows how the crowd came to the rescue. >> reporter: the woman suspended to her safety and her young girl in a san diego parking lot. a car jacker broke into the driver's seat of their minivan and took the keys but a group of bystanders jumped in to stop him. aaron shot it all on his cell phone. >> i seen a guy in the backseat choking up the driver.

and there were a couple other people at the window grabbing the keys. >> reporter: seconds later, itsmail hernandez was dragged from the vehicle and wrestle to the pavement. when hernandez tried to get up the man didn't hold back stomping on him repeatedly. >> i was trying to figure out what exactly was going on. once i figured it out, i didn't really feel sorry for the guy. >> reporter: the man captured hernandez on the ground until police arrived but even they struggled to arrest him. once in handcuffs, hernandez bragged that this wasn't his first attempt at grand theft auto. >> i've done it three time. >> you're saying it ain't the first time man. >> reporter: emergency responders examined the woman and her little girl after hernandez was placed in the backseat. she faces multiple charges including kidnapping and drug use. for "cbs this morning," bigad

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>> we are not just going to be waiting for legislation in order to make sure that we're providing americans the kind of health that they need. i've got a pen. and i've got a phone. >> he's got a pen and a phone. [ laughter ] he's not only issuing executive orders he's stealing office supplies. [ laughter ] somebody better glue down the stapler in the oval office and staple down the blue gun. this morning a six-time gold medalist is competing against her greatest challenge. amy van dyken-rouen suffered a severe atv accident that left her in a wheelchair. her greatest swimmer tools are the greatest out of the water. >> reporter: if you understand amy van dyken begins with her optimism. >> i never say what if i never

say poor me. happened to me because it did. the what ifs are too late. let's move on let's move forward. you know i love being alive that's basically the bottom line. >> reporter: optimism that did not fail her after an atv accident a month ago that left her a paraplegic and it was there for her husband tom rouen after her emergency surgery she might not have survived. >> one of the first things after the surgery you said to her, are you okay with this? >> and i said absolutely. really there are two times when i found her and again after surgery. those two times she might not have made it. >> reporter: her days now are about learning how to do things in a wheelchair like grocery shopping. she calls it scary but also her word -- >> good how are you? >> reporter: -- "fun." you used the word "fun" which really doesn't come to mind. why fun for you? >> it has to be fun. this is my new life. i'm a paraplegic.

i need to learn how to sit on a sofa without falling over. i have to have fun with it. i had fun before in my old life. this new life has to be fun as well. so fun, fun it. >> reporter: she took up swimming as a child to overcome her asthma and ended one six olympic gold medals. >> people don't realize that it's hard to balance. >> reporter: now, a new kind of training but with her same olympic focus. and a word for the wise don't count her out for anything. >> as i look in and the only thing she probably can't do is golf. that's about it. >> reporter: is she any good at golf. >> she had a hole in one about five weeks ago that absolutely almost made me quit the game. >> i will get another hole in one. >> you see the fracture in this location. >> reporter: spinal cord injury specialist dr. mark johansen is her doctor. she has extraordinary will does that affect the physical reality of what has happened to her and

will it affect her ability to walk out of this hospital which is her goal? >> i think if she could will herself to walk then she would be walking already. >> reporter: what is your sense about will you ever walk again? >> my sense is it's my goal. if i don't walk out of here do i consider it a failure? absolutely not. if it doesn't, i am going to have the best wheelchair ever. >> reporter: and she will. >> whoo! >> reporter: you can count on it. for "cbs this morning," barry petersen, denver. >> well that's the best definition i've seen of the power of positive thinking. >> i would say that too. i would never bet against her. >> talk about how an attitude can affect how you live in life. >> i love how she says i'm

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♪ it is tuesday, july 15th 2014. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead, including the summer cold blast that has millions grabbing a blanket to stay warm. and it's mid-july. but first, here's a look at today's "eye opener" at 8:00. cold air has lay lot to do with some of the storms that are firing. cold air moving its way in 40s and 50s this morning. record low. a terrible accident happened this morning in rush shower in the world's busiest subway network. t >>here's confusion here this morning about whether hamas the militant group that controls the gaza strip willep acct the cease-fire plan. the video represents and reminds the jihadi world ofhe t lineage of the vanguard of the

war. >> they've rolled her over but the job of getting rid of blo od t onhe landscape is not over. former p.o.w. bowe bergdahl still hasn't met with his parents. >> the sudden disappearance of this prominent tv host here in china has been the talk of social media. dramatic video of a mother and her little girl carjacked, but this guy, he picked the wrong neighborhood. >> get down! >> the bill is aimed at discouraging central american parents from sending their children to the u.s. >> are you going to blame obama's immigration policy for this one. don't want migrant children you don't put up these billboards. yes, that's right. [ laughter ] >> announcer: today's "eye opener" at 8:00 is presented by comfort inn. i'm charlie rose with gayle king. and margaret brennan. norah o'donnell is off. more strong storms forecast

for the east coast. new york city got hit for the second time in 24 hours. flash flooding covered several highways leaving drivers stuck in their cars. >> in the meantime monsoon rain in arizona caused more flooding. firefighters rescued drivers from rising waters.at rainstorm followed a dust storm that covered the phoenix area on monday. >> for millions in the midwest. it doesn't feel like july this morning. a blast of cold air is pushing temperatures down to record-low territory. >> that system resembles last winter's pattern that plunged much of the country into a deep freeze. remember that. michio kaku is a physics professor in new york. good to see you, professor, we haven't seen you for a while. for most people in the country, july, you're not supposed to wear a coat. what's wrong with this weather picture? >> it's wacky weather time. we mentioned january where we had that punishing series of storms that pummeled the

northeast, partly caused by the instability of the polar region. we're seeing that same instability now. on one hand we had the remnants of the typhoon that hit japan last week colliding with the northern arctic ice, cold air, to create this gigantic low-pressure area. but perhaps we're seeing an instability of the whole arctic region. that's potentially very dangerous. >> no meteorologists be worried? >> yeah the colder the arctic is the more stable it is. the polar vortex is like a tornado 'tornado of cold air at the north pole. but as the north pole region warms up this tornado becomes unstable. pieces of it break off. like what happened in january. and something similar is happening now. so the good news is enjoy the summer, because we're going to have mild temperatures and even hailstorms in part of the northeast. but the long-term implications of ominous. >> what are the ominous

long-term implications? >> well think of what's happening in california where we have this punishing drought going on for years. and then in the midwest temperatures dropping 20 to 30 degrees and hailstorm it's in northeast. in california you see the brunt of this climate change. the fact that estimates damage to the agricultural industry are a850million. 13,500 agriculture workers could get laid off in california because of this ongoing drought. and perhaps this week the state of california could pass mandatory restrictions on water use because of the severity of the drought. that means essentially rationing of water. >> why though are things cold here at home? but then in the rest of the world, you're seeing a totally different story, it's actually quite hot. >> that's right, because normally, it should be quite warm. what's happening is because of the north polar region because it's warming up becomes more unstable. and pieces of arctic cold air

are breaking off, and these are tellite photographs taken nasa from should be a very similar symmetric cold front in the north pole region is breaking up. into smaller pieces. and that's causing concern among meteorologists. >> michio, thank you. good to see you. >> thank you. facebook is friending law enforcement near its headquarters in menlo park california. the site is shelg out hundred us of thousands of dollars to help the local police department after budget cuts. but it's as ben tracy reports, it's created by what critics call the facebook cop. >> reporter: for a company worth $200 billion a donation to the menlo park police department was not going to break the bank but it is raising some eyebrows. facebook is now funding the salary of mary ferguson an eight-year veteran of menlo police force. the social giant is putting up

$194,000 for her pay, benefits and cost for the next three years. she will focus on the at-use in the area. and johnson says facebook pace the rules. >> their role is the funding aspect. they have no control of her responsibilities, her duties. that is all under my authority. and it's working out well. >> reporter: facebook moved to menlo park two years ago, and its campus already boasts a variety of services to its employees, everything from a barbershop to a bike repair. but the neighborhood where the company plans to expand has a higher crime rate than parts of the city. so facebook also funded a $200,000 police substation that had been closed due to budget cuts. both facebook and mary ferguson reject the idea that she is the so-called facebook cop. >> i actually haven't been called the facebook cop to my face very often. i understand it because they are

technically paying my salary. >> reporter: in a statement facebook told "cbs this morning" the substation and police officer in menlo park was an identified need that we're happy to support. this is part of our continued effort to be a good neighbor. yet law professor michael chandlo says there's cause for concern. how many other companies are we going to let do this what if an unsavory company decide this want a police force? >> reporter: but for now, most folks in menlo park are giving facebook a big thumbs up for sharing some of its wealth. for "cbs this morning," ben tracy, los angeles. this morning, comedian tracy morgan continue what is his spokespeople call an aggressive outpatient program at his house. and we're hearing from him for the first time since that deadly limo crash last month. he left his new jersey home monday using a walker to get into an suv. he stopped to flash a peace sign to reporters there. then he spoke to our partners at

"entertainment tonight." >> you look great, man. >> thank you. >> morgan broke his legs and his ribs in an accident which killed another comedian and a close friend of his and injured two others. it's good to see him up and about and clearly engaging. for a while he wasn't going to make it and he was friendly with reporters. normally you come out and it's what are you doing? >> and seeing if they're suing walmart and what comes out from that. >> what we're hearing, it is good. ahead on "cbs this morning," they can't even drive yet, but you'll meet these kids who just inked a record deal repor

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♪ the department of energy says americans spend more than $22 billion a year on electricity to cool our homes with air conditioning. imagine if your ac could anticipate when you're coming back making the temperature comfortable before you even arrive. that's one of the new realities of smarthome products. dan ackerman is a senior editor with our partners at cnet. good morning. >> good morning. >> does anyone over the jetsons and some people in silicon valley do this? >> it's starting. people who are comfortable, with the thermostat, with the air conditioner, you can use smarthome technology. >> tell us how it works. >> well things like lyrics from honeywell. these are smartphone apps. you can set your preferences butrj the most important thing it can

learn what you're doing and program itself accordingly. it's warmer at night and colder during date so eventually you don't have to touch it all. the lyric can tell whether you're home. >> because of the distance it turns it on. >> they call the concept geofencing, when you're within 500 miles or 500 feet it can sense someone coming home and set the temperature. >> so if you don't live in the home, what do you do? >> that is the problem. if everyone in the household doesn't have the app connected to the device if grandma doesn't have smart foen the system is not going to know she's there. it's kind of leaving people out of first generation. >> and it would be grandma who doesn't have a smartphone. >> i think she's more likely to have one now, you never know. >> where else is is this going the internet of everything? >> that's the thing detecting when you're in the house. what you need. anticipating your needs. all of these big companies, you

wouldn't think of appliance companies getting into this. google bought nest the company that makes that nest thermostat. setting you up on home appliances using your data of what you use, where and when and building that profile that google finds so valuable. >> does this actually save you money if you use this? >> i think these things are too new. i think the people who use the nest report they're saving $10 to $30 a month on their bill. >> more people know more about you. three middle schoolers are singing a happy tune this morning. meet the tween metal band that just scored a major record contract. that's next only on "cbs this morning." ♪ it was an amazing weekend in sports. lebron went back to being a cavalier. carmelo went back to being a knick and soccer went back to being the thing you drive your

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all while dreaming about the stadiums they'd play when they one day would go on tour. >> and it was like performing you had the imagination back then. >> they were dead serious. they played in the band. >> reporter: they're not just playing anymore, malcolm and jarad along with alec atkins make up the heavy metal band unlocking the truth outside of pittsburgh pennsylvania. >> if the crowd is motivated. i'm excited that the crowd hears our music and they have the music they love. >> reporter: the band's first break came in march of 2012 when they took the stage of harlem's famed apollo theatre for amateur night. ♪ >> reporter: but it was their street performances in new york

city's times square and washington square park that launched their career. >> these were three kids busting in times square and they got their start. it's a nice acknowledgement of the traditional way people used to get discover >> reporter: their unique imagination caught the attention of fans and executives. this spring, they became the youngest group ever to perform at the coachella music festival. they've landed endorsement deals from the likes coal hawn and beats dr. g ourselves throughout and with the exposure came the sony records deal. >> reporter: according to reports unlocking the truth signed a five-record deal worth $1.8 million. royalties not included. these next five years will be full of big ambitions but with a steady focus of the music.

>> i picture us being on a world tour still making music and just having fun do it it. ♪ >> and they start recording their first earlier this month. and metallica has asked them to open for them. you know how lennon and mccartney came together. malcolm and jarad met at a birthday party. they met ace in preschool. they've been playing together since literally they were 5. you see the love of their music. >> they're just getting started. i can't wait to see where they go, thank you, anthony. the century made him famous but barry scheck i

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour the innocence project. it's helped exonerate 300 wrongly convicted people through dna testing. now it's the inspiration behind the legal drama called "the divide." attorney barry scheck and the producer is here in studio 57. right now it's time to show you this morning's headlines. the. william offers a rare look into the secret cafeteria life at the cia headquarters. a freedom of information request reveals complaints from its employees. among them, the cia's burger king doesn't offer a dollar menu. agency workers still want ketchup packets brought back.another demand locally brewed iced tea instead of processed. the chicago tribune said if your friends feel like family it is not a coincidence. a study looked at 2,000 people

it found that friends are often picked based on genetic personalities. researchers believe it can be on the same genetic level as a fourth cousin. >> so you think we have some kind of genetic -- >> i was going to say hello. that's what i was thinking. and the los angeles times said customs officials brought snails on a plane. there are 67 giant land snails from africa brought here as food. they were packed in two picnic baskets. the agriculture department considers the snails to be a damaging invasive species. but inspectors say they usually find one or two at a time. usa world and news report that the best hospital 17 make this year's cut. for the first time the mayo clinic in rochester, minnesota, claims the top spot. it barely edges out boston's massachusetts general. last year's number one pick johns hopkins in baltimore. the third, new york and los

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that led to the football stars acquittal. it marked a monumental shift in how technology would be used to solve crimes but the bulk of his life's work has dedicated to the innocence project. it is an organization he created in 1992 with his partner peter newfield. they used dna testing to exonerate the wrongly convicted. in 2002 scheck spoke with cbs news about his mission. >> we can screen these cases and effectively get them to the laboratories. and we not only prove that some people are wrongfully convicted. but these dna tests will catch the people who really committed the crime, frankly, before they go out and commit more. >> reporter: today, the innocence project and its network has freed 317 people including 18 on death row. >> my name is christine larose i work for the innocence commission. >> reporter: now scheck's real-life battles sparked a television program called "the

divide." . >> he was proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. his appeal for clemency denied. you're telling me that the murderer's rights are important. >> barry scheck is here along with tony goldman, the executive producer and co-creator of "the divide." welcome. you two worked on a film called "the conviction." >> exactly. >> how did this come about? >> well i got to go barry and the work that he and peter have done on the innocence project. i learned every story that i heard was so inherently dramatic. and wanted to keep telling the stories. on television you can take a novelistic approach. >> so you tell the story of barry and peter trying to get people off death row and people who they believe are imprisoned unfairly? >> well "the divide" focuses on a fictional true story of one those cases.

and the divide will create a fictional composite a situation in which a prosecutor might have gotten it wrong. >> but what's so interesting about this case something you rarely see the victims are an affluent black family. and the perpetrators are white. how did that come about, barry? when i looked that the, i thought that was different. >> well, it's interesting -- >> was that your idea. >> well yes. the way it turned out very interestingly, the movie "conviction" which is really terrific and based on the true life story of betty ann watters. there is a betty ann watters character in the initiative. and tony had great insight into that and richard mcglavine whose resume speaks for itself. yoenis yoenis commitsky. the second award winner. the cast the wire all of these great shows, it's just so well

done. and the idea was we sat around a table at the very beginning and tony and richard were saying about what those cheshire murder cases. >> that was my point from the beginning. my point is you're taking from the kinds of stories and the ideas come right out of the innocence project? >> right. it's a great idea but you need to flip the races. >> what are you doing there? it really seems to be a challenge to the system and how law enforcement works. what's the broader concept you're trying to communicate? >> well, really what richard and i want to do is tell a great story and make it very entertaining while shining a light on things that are really important. so we want to raise a lot of questions and let people think about it. this isn't looking at the big bad system. it's saying look at the system. look before i made "conviction"

i assumed before, somebody was in prison they probably did it. getting to know the work that barry does raises a lot of questions. it's very provocative and makes very good television. >> after one of watching those episodes, it was one of those things i wish i had the rest. now i was waiting to see how what's going to happen? even the title "the divide" because you're walking along all sorts of ethical mine fields in the series. >> that's really what it's about. our institutions are really mirrors of our own selves. our psych kiss. they are human institutions with human flaws. and, you know our justice system in the ideal form it's pretty darn good i think. but in fact it's filled with gray areas and cracks just so we deal with institutional morality and our own personal morality. >> barry, as i said in that

setup, we first began to know about you from the o.j. simpson trial. you have since then done a remarkable series of cases that have tested the judicial system. was the fact that you have so so -- with such commitment in any way, connected to your sense of mission that came out of your participation in the o.j. simpson trial? >> no not at all, actually peter newfield and i who founded the innocence project and worked with all the colleagues in this innocence network across the country, we started this in 1992, before the o.j. simpson case. our really expertise at the beginning is that we knew a lot about dna testing from trying use it in the first place. and that turns out to be the only really empirically validated forensic asset. right now we have a national commission on forensic science and the national academy of science reported in 2009 that's

trying to change the whole way that we do forensic science in this country. you know eyewitness identification. videotaping identification all hese forms can change the system. so from the very beginning, weew this was a big deal and justice system. the simpson case, you know was in some ways an accident that we got involved in at all. >> did the system work in the simpson case? >> oh, god, no. i mean the o.j. simpson case did not anything very good for the american criminal justice system. but the only silver lining frankly, the work that we did in terms of the forensic evidence the prosecutors on the other side, and everybody was right that it was mishandled. that we had to change it. so that part is the only silver lining that we had, you know national commissions on changing the way we deal with evidence. >> so no regrets in your involvement in the simpson case? >> no i mean -- >> it destroyed television news. >> yeah, certainly -- >> yeah.

>> about this you know there are innocent people that are there, in prison and you find them because of dna evidence. and second you know that people get off because of lawyering. and you just wonder how significant the numbers are that get off that shouldn't, as well as, you remember how many get in who shouldn't be there. >> well the real point is our reforms that the innocence movement is putting forward not only protect the innocent, but they enhance the capability of law enforcement getting the right person. if you video the investigation. eyewitness reform. you clean up forensic science and trying to deal with race which in part is dealt with an interesting and creative way in this movie "the divide." you can begin to change the system. i think we're make evening norm muss progress. >> yeah. >> i think there's a bipartisan approach now to changing the

criminal justice system. paul and the american civil liberties union talking about let's do something of that mandatory minimums mass incarceration, the attorney general and the president. >> so the system is changing? >> i think so. >> and you the questions are raised in "the divide." >> july 16th. >> 9:00 p.m. tomorrow night. >> exactly. the premiere tomorrow night "the divide" on we tv. stay with us on "cbs this morning." newest hitting sensation that doesn't wear a uniform. >> you have seen this logo in a major league baseball player's

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