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Months ago. New outrage over a growing scandal. A blistering new report confirming serious allegations against the v. A. Hospital in phoenix. The white house now said that secretary shinseki is on quote, thin ice. The area that they have been searching is not the final resting place of the malaysian aircraft. The search for flight 370 continues, but now it has to move into a different phase. Militants in syria say it was an american who carried out a massive suicide bombing on sunday. Another close call between two planes. The Alaska Airlines flight was about to land at Anchorage International airport and was alerted to avert an outbound cargo jet. After a year in exile, Edward Snowden speaks. And a rescue from Colorado National park. It was a stupid idea. Watch as this suv smashes right into a library in upstate new york. All that in hollywood bratd pitt attacked on the red carpet. A man jumped the barrier and punched him in the face. And mayor de blasio wants to end the ban on owns ferrets as pets. Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail. Class of 2014, dismissed on cbs this morning. What an honor this must be for you to have your birthday celebrated on spike tv just knowing this will air between tattoo might mayorsnightmares and the hunt for big foot. Welcome to cbs this morning. Good morning norah. Good morning. This is one heck of a report. We begin with a new report. The v. A. s internal watch dog says secret waiting lists for health care are widespread. One list includes 1,700 veterans at the v. A. Hospital in phoenix. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill where lawmakers from both parties are now saying that the v. A. Secretary should go. Nancy, good morning. Reporter good morning to you and our viewers in the west. Theyre so angry because it didnt take the v. A. Inspector Generals Office much time at all to determine that there was what they described as a systemic manipulation of v. A. Data. They are looking at 42 v. A. Facilities and have already found possible cases of civil or criminal violations that theyre referring to the department of justice. Its time for secretary shinseki to step down. Reporter the latest revelations triggered more calls from capitol hill for v. A. Secretary, Eric Shinseki to resign. These violations should not have happened on his watch. Reporter including for the first time from some senate democrats, a trio who are all in the midst of tough reelection campaigns. We expect answers. Thats all were looking for here. Reporter a rare latenight hearing turned contentious as the House Veterans Affairs Committee Questioned v. A. Officials who did not show up for a hearing last week. Until v. A. Understands that were deadly serious, you can expect us to be over your shoulder every single day. Reporter the harsh Inspector Generals report focused first on phoenix where the scandal surfaced. There they discovered 1,700 veterans who had requested a primary care appointment but were not placed on the electronic waiting list putting them at risk of being forgotten or lost. Investigators also reviewed the records of 226 veterans who did get an appointment and found their average wait time was 115 days not the 24 days facility officials initially reported. The v. A. s Inspector General says its examining 42 v. A. Facilities where scheduling managers may have engaged in manipulation of v. A. Data that distort the manipulation of wait time in an event to boost their pay and bonus. Since 2005 the v. A. Office of Inspector General has issued 18 reports that identified deficiencies in scheduling. Florida republican jeff miller is the chair of the house v. A. Committee. If youve known about problems like this for years, why are you only now calling on the v. A. Secretary to resign . The issue is much larger than one person. It is a bureaucracy that really lives for itself and not for the veterans that it is supposed to take care of. Reporter in an oped in usa today this morning, secretary shinseki describes the findings of the Inspector Generals report as reprehensible. He says theyre being addressed and he has called for a kind of triage for those 1,700 veterans in phoenix who didnt show up on any waiting list. He wants them to all be seen immediately to make sure that they dont have Health Problems that arent going unaddressed. Nancy, thanks. Today is the 83rd day since malaysian flight 370 vanished. Were no closer to knowing where it is and no one is looking. A search ended wednesday with no sign of the missing jet. A wider search will begin in august. The fourth near collision in the sky is under investigation. Alaska flight 135 from Portland Oregon was about to land on the same runway where a cargo plane was taking off. Controllers told the class air flight to abort the landing and go around to avoid the small plane but both planes veered right putting them just a quarter mile apart at the same elevation. The 737s anticollision Warning System in the cockpit and the pilot quickly changed altitude. The jet with 147 people aboard landed safely. Deborah Deborah Hersman joins us from chicago. Good morning. Whats going on . I think the important thing for people to know is that they are be reported. Are they on the rise then . Every year there are really thousands of near events but only a handful of them, about 40 a year of those thousands, end up being really severe. The good news is we havent had one of them turn into an actual event thats resulted in fatalities and the bad thing is were seeing the same thing happening year in and year out and we have to do a better job of stopping it in the first place. How catastrophic with a collision be . The worst happened in the Canary Islands decades ago. Aircrafttoaircraft events are significant and have really tragic outcomes. Let me just ask you, are they on the rise and is it a matter of time before well see it again . Well, i think the reporting is important because getting the information, getting the specifics of the event and learning from them are really the keys to preventing them from occurring in the future. So we really dont want to throw any cold water on the fact that these events are reported because just as you heard in the veterans situation, you really want transparency and sunshine in these situations to know accurately whats going on. But this is a significant concern. Airport its inherently risk risky. The ntsb has had this issue on its most wanted list consistently since its inception. Its probably what keeps a lot of people up at night, as traffic increases, thats good news for the economy, but as traffic increases, where are the risks in our system . Deborah, thank you so much. Thank you. U. S. Intelligence officials are investigating a man they think is the First American suicide bomber in syria. He went by the alias abuhuray rayenrique. Its believed he dadeied in one of four suicide attacks monday night night. Officials are not releasing his real name. A chopper went down . Slavyanask. Edward snowden says he is not under the control of the russian government and hasnt given russia any documents. When i think about an instance that really struck me as, oh my god, we can do this and that we can do it to anyone was that people at nsa, analysts, can actually watch peoples internet communications, watch them draft correspondence and actually watch their thoughts form as they type. These activities can be misconstrued misinterpreted and used to harm you as an individual, even without the government having any intent to do you wrong. The problem is that the capabilities themselves are unregulated, uncontrolled and dangerous. Our cbs news analyst is in washington this morning. Good morning. Good morning, charlie. Edward snowden and others make this point that there has been no damage to the United States and any person. Has there . Are they telling the truth when they make that point . I dont think they are. I think theyre ignoring the evidence. I think officials from the Intelligence Community have made it very clear that the terrorists have changed the way that theyre communicating, the silence in some way is deafening. You have also had very important damage to our alliances and relationships with germany and brazil. We know there are going to be billions of dollars spent on reengineering because the chinese and russians have started to look at these documents and engineering around them. And theres been significant damage to the private sector. Silicon valley is affected by all this. So to suggest there is no evidence of damage is just to ignore the facts. Juan secretary of state john kerry in our area yesterday called him a traitor and Edward Snowden said last night he believes hes a patriot. He says also that hes serving his government because in the wake of his disclosures, all three branches of government have, in fact made reforms. Does he make a point . Well he does have a point that he has sparked a debate in terms of the limits of these capabilities, what those limits should look like and there have been some reforms. But i would argue that to spark that debate by stealing thousands of documents, a majority of which have nothing to do with purported domestic spying, is probably not the right way of doing it and certainly not stealing them and leaving for hong kong and then moscow. He says he wants to come home. Are you aware of any negotiations to bring him back to the United States . We clearly have a legal team theyre going to be in discussions with the department of justice. I think its going to be very hard to see a clemency deal at this stage at least, charlie, because in part the government doesnt quite know what documents are still out there and what will be released. Theres also still a lingering question of collusion. Has he worked with any Intelligence Services . He seems to say no but i think there are those in the u. S. Government who have suspicion. Thank you. A japanese oil tank exploded this morning sparking a huge fire off the countrys west coast, sending flames of black smoke in the air. The coast guard said the tanker was empty so theres little danger of a major environmental disaster. No word on the cause. Donald sterlings intentions are unclear this morning after indicating he would sell the Los Angeles Clippers he is now sending mixed signals. Meanwhile, hisses change estranged wifes offer says they have several offers and she wants to sell. Im not telling you he wont sell. At the moment he hasnt professed any immediate interest in a sale. Reporter that is Donald Sterlings attorney. He says Donald Sterling wants to fight the nba because he is not a racist and feels unfairly accused. How long hand how hard will he fight this . To the bloody end. Were seeing his ego emerge and return and its a good thing. Reporter is ego a good Financial Plan . Maybe not. Reporter in correspondent to the nba, he dismissed the whole thing as a lovers quarrel. Sterling says those now infamous remarks to his girl friend were illegally recorded and the league is violated his Constitutional Rights by using the recordings against him. His estranged wife shelley, owns 50 of the team. She wants to quickly sell it before the league terminates their ownership. Last week Donald Sterling authorized his wife to negotiate with the nba regarding all issues in connection with a sale of the clippers. But now in an abrupt abr the outside this looks up like a complete mess. Is it . I wouldnt go that far. Reporter lets say you actually win and he keeps control of the clippers. The coaches said theyll quit the players wont play. What kind of team does he have . The players are making a lot of money, and you tell me if theyre going to walk away from that. Reporter if the sterlings do sell, they could walk away wit f m the outside tould walk a team the sale will be on the leagues terms. For cbs this morning, ben tracy, los angeles. Tributes to author maya angelou are pouring in this morning. Former president clinton called her a treasure and gayle king was a good friend. Gayle . I was. I knew her for close to 30 years. I have to say, guys its even tougher today than it was yesterday to know you wont hear the voice, the conversations are the wisdom of maya angelou. She died very quietly in her sleep yesterday morning. She was a writer of extraordinary grace, a champion for justice, an inspiration to millions but what she was most proud of about all else of being a teacher. Outside Maya Angelous house in winston salem, North Carolina a memorial has sprung up. She died wednesday morning. Cause of death has not been released. You may trod me in the very dirt but still like dust ill rise. Reporter president barack obama, who awarded angelou with the medal of freedom said the voice he found helped generations of americans and inspired the rest of us to be our best sells. Oprah shared her feelings she moved through the world with unshakeable calm confidence and a fierce grace. I loved her and i know she loved me. I will profoundly miss her. Angelou was 86 but her mind remained sharp at ever. She was at work on a new book when she died. Last friday she posted this message on twitter listen to yourself. In that quietude you might hear the voice of god. She was a professor at Wake Forest University for over three decades. Take your time. Say it. Reporter she loved the written word but angelou was also a director an actress, a singer, a dancer and composer. Marcelis collaborated with her. Its like playing with another musician jazz musician. She knows the history of culture, the mythology. I am the hope and the dream of the slave and so there i go. Its quite obvious she let out this big laugh, just a big, hearty laugh. I talked to family members who talked to her the day before she died. They said she was laughing cracking jokes, she was making plans for a 4th of july party. So those of us who have been living with her and loving her all this time we knew the end was sooner than later near we just didnt think that it was going to be then because she had been fragile for so long and was doing okay. Well have much more on her later in the broadcast. Gayle, thank you. Were going to look at we are starting out with sunny skies all the way to the coastline. Going to be a nice day ahead, probably the nicest day of the week. We are going to see plenty of sunshine just about everywhere you go. A nice look from our mount vaca cam. Clear skies. Likely to continue throughout the day. Some mild to warm temperatures outside. By the afternoon, maybe a little warmer than yesterday up in the mid80s inland, 70s a 80s around the bay and 60s along the coastline. Next couple of days big changes as clouds roll back, in much cooler over the weekend. Announcer this National Weather report sponsored by panera its salad season. Stop by your local cafe for your favorite. He calls the Santa Barbara shooter the loneliest person he ever met. Ahead we sit down with family friend to talk about Elliot Rodger and the personality his family never saw. Stay tuned for your local news. Spreads. The possibilities are delicious. New hersheys spreads. 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Three bay area students were among the victims. Another vigil is tonight at Leland High School in san jose. A man rushed to the hospital this morning after he somehow got his head wedged under a car. It happened at a gas station on geary boulevard in San Francisco. The man suffered serious head injuries. And San Francisco will make a big pitch today to convince george lucas to build his Star Wars Museum along the embarcadero. The proposed site is expected to be between piers 30 and 32 near the bay bridge. Lucas has already been offered a spot to build in chicago, where his wife is from. Stay with us. Traffic and weather in just a moment. Good morning. We have a lot of slow traffic right now in parts of the east bay. Highway 4 jammed solid heading to concord and southbound 680 is still a mess from Pleasant Hill into walnut creek. There were a couple of earlier accidents but not big ones. Just a lot of congestion through contra costa county. Also, westbound 580 heavy through the livermore valley. Biggest delays from north flynn to stant we railroad the drive time is in the red from north flynn to santa rita. Its backed up on the bridge westbound 92 slowing around hesperian and okay on the span. With the forecast, heres lawrence. We are looking at lots of sunshine to start the day. And thats the way its going to end, too. We are going to see a great day ahead. Some changes though coming so enjoy that sun. Looks like well see some mild to warm temperatures around much of the bay area. 80s inland. 70s and a few 80s inside the bay and 60s along the coast. Then the fog comes back tomorrow. Some drizzle along the coastline. Much cooler temperatures on the way. You never know what those flowers did to pick me up pick my spirits up and make me feel that, if a legend like you could care about me just maybe, maybe i should just get better, and to this day, i carry with me this card that he sent me. This card right here. Give me a minute. It says dear tracy, i hope you get better but i still dont want you coming to none of the home games. Oh. This one is from don sterling. Go, tracy morgan. A roast of don rickles. That was a good one. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Coming up in this half hour new technology saving lives on the nations roads. More car the equipped to warn drivers of dangers. Plus the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics named next year. The competition is anything but intense. Why do so few countries have interest in going for the gold. Thats ahead. And the wall street journal looks at computer hackers apparently based in iran. They targeted highranking american officials the last three years. Among the victims, a fourstar admiral. Investigators say the hackers tricked officials to give up personal information through links like facebook and linkedin. And cooling off, in october we gave you a rare inside look inside a plant in irwindale, california, but neighbors complained about the spicy odor in the air. Last night the Irwindale City Council dismissed its lawsuit against the company. The owner is planning to address concerns so good news for the sriracha lovers. It will stay. I knew that would make you happy. And a man accused of attacking brad pitt had at least one other red carpet runin. The suspect jumped a barricade in hollywood last night. Brad pitt was not hurt. He was attending the premiere of a movie starring his longtime partner angelina jolie. Earlier the man crawled under the gown of an actress at the cannes film festival. Were a little over him now. The same guy who went up to will smith and tried to kiss him, will punched him. He punched brad pitt in the face . No. He tried to get in brad pitts face and then they pulled him off. He tried. Tiger woods, is recovering from back surgery. Its unclear if hell be able to play in the british open the pga championship or the ryder cup. And the San Francisco chronicle says the hidden cash Scavenger Hunt moved to san jose yesterday. This time it was caught on camera. Ktvu channel 2 in the bay area was on the air as a man ran by hot on the trail of the latest clue. He found 120 attached to a fire hydrant. The station admits telling hiding cash where its live cameras would be. He was very excited. And honoring six murdered schoolmates in fitting fashion wednesday. It happened just offshore from the campus. The killers parents are in seclusion but a friend is telling their side of the story as John Blackstone reports, a man says Elliot Rodger showed no violent signs before his rampage. Reporter on the night Elliot Rodger brought terror and death to the streets of Santa Barbara, his parents in secret cars raced to try to stop him. Longtime friend simon astar. In each car listening to the radio. And they are hearing that theres been a massacre in Santa Barbara. They then talk about a black bmw, and elliot has a black bmw and peter said to me during that drive he knew that his son had caused this. Reporter you met elliot . Yes. Reporter you knew him to some extent . Yes, i did. He was a boy that was unbearably removed. He hardly joined in conversation and when he replied to something, he looked startled. I thought he was the loneliest person i had ever seen in my life. Ive been forced to endure an existence of loneliness rejection and unfulfilled desires. Reporter does the family themselves feel a sense of responsibility . Inwardly i think we must when Something Like this happens, but i think where they can be at peace with all of this, and its the truth, is that since he was 9 years old, they have tried to help him. They are mourning more for the innocents that didnt return on friday night than the life of their son. Too many have died reporter Richard Martinez whose son christopher was killed is calling for stricter gun control. Not one more reporter elliots father peter would like to meet him. Mr. Martinez even the way, clearly a passionate wonderful man, they shared that and well bring them together and maybe they will have a voice together. Reporter last month elliots mother alerted the Santa Barbara sheriff that her son may be a danger, but deputies determined there was no reason for concern. Do they blame the Sheriffs Department for not being more aggressive . No blame. I havent heard one woshdrd of blame. Elliot fooled everyone for a very, very long time. Ultimately, thats what he did with the police. Reporter elliots in his writings expressed this hatred towards women. Is that more of how he fooled people . Ive asked peter about that and i think he was in search for a girlfriend. I dont know why you girls arent attracted to me but i will punish you all for it. It has shocked peter to hear of that aggression towards women. Or even the way that he would have, must have looked to women, in his household. He did not know this side of his son. No. Quite seriously, they are unable to string a sentence together. The memories of their son are going to be very difficult to have any loving memories of him. Reporter its going to be painful forever . Forever and ever and hence their in a way inrretrievable grief. Sounds like they tried and tried and tried, knew he was troubled and their best efforts werent enough. Even the mother call the police and letting them know. This debate will continue as the father, Richard Martinez has that pledge not one more in terms of requesting stricter gun laws for those that are mentally ill. Guns and mental illness. We should note there are new test results from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety on front crash prevention. This is only the second time that this particular test has been conducted, and already the agency says the Car Manufacturers are making significant improvements. Outside the cbs broadcast center, we have the full results. Hey, good morning, don. Reporter good morning. The iihs tested 24 cars and suvs that have the frontend crash prevention system. Such as this 2015 genesis, actually one of the highest rated cars they testeds it uses a combination of cameras in the windshield there and an axle radar system to tell when youre getting too close to something. They say that even though this technology is expensive and most of the cars that have it are luxury vehicles you can expect it to become more common because frankly, it is so effective at preventing crashes. The vehicles were tested traveling between 12 to 25 Miles Per Hour to see how well they were able to avoid a frontal collision. They were rated as bake advanced or superior depending on the performance of auto braking system. Ihss executive Vice President and chief Research Officer david zoobie says that eight vehicles earned a superior rating. Highest scoring systems are those that give both a warning about a possibility of a collision, and then follow that up with automatic braking in the event that the driver doesnt respond to the warning. Reporter three cars received the basic rating. The 2013 bmw 3 serious, infinity q70 and toyota avalon. The auto braking system in these cars provided minimal reduction in speed or didnt brake at all. Infiniti and toyota didnt respond but bmw says they made improvements to their 2014 model which received advanced ratings in the test. The majority of cars were luxury vehicles because of the increase in costs for the technology but the ihss says the number of vehicle models that provide automatic braking has doubled since 2012. Buick, chevrolet and dodge all offered some sort of crash prevention system in certain models for the first time this year. Among the cars that have it were seeing those that intervene with stronger and earlier braking to result in bigger speed reductions which means fewer crashes and less severe crashes. Reporter the ihss expect this to reduce frontend collisions by 14 . In jeopardy history. Julia . The philippines. Collins is already the winningest woman on the legendary game show. We asked her about the key to her success. I felt pretty confident going into the show. I felt like i could win, that i had the knowledge, and the focus, and really the confidence to not let a single wrong answer rattle me and i think thats been the key factor for me in being so successful. So far collins has won nearly 400,000. She says she knew by eighth grade eighth grade she says that she would be a jeopardy champion. Talking about putting it out there and then it comes. You go julia collins. A much bigger contest is suddenly becoming unpopular. When it comes to the olympics how much is too much . 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Reporter behind me is the site of the london summer olympics in 2012, wildly popular, but the winter games, always a different story. Smaller, less lucrative, but still very expensive to stage. Thats why theres a certain chill in the air recently among theaters. A what a whopping 51 million bought him stadiums and an aim of in russia image, but at what cost to himself . Vladimir putin destroyed the winter games by his spending on sochi. Planning at nyu. The Winter Olympics are onethird the size of the summer olympics. Onethird the number of athletes, onethird the number of countries and building a luge, a bobsled, ski jump theyre expensive. Reporter bankrupt was looming if they had to outdo sochi so voted a resounding 70 , no. In a referendum this week to hosting the 2022 winter games. And theyre not the only ones getting cold feet. Germans in munich were crushed when they lost the bid to host the 2018 games and planned to try again in 2022 but six months ago, they withdrew their application. And so did the swiss. Mitchell moss says the International Olympic committee pushes cities too hard to spend too much. I think people love watching the sports. They dont want to pay for the facilities to hold the games. So theres now a view that the olympics are a way in which cities go into bankruptcy rather than add to their glamour. Reporter turning a city into an olympic showcase summer or winter, is an expensive gamble and a ground swell of taxpayers dont buy that the olympic billions spent up front will ever pay off. Weve had too many olympic facilities which turned out to be used for 17 days and are paid for over 17 years. Reporter the only two cities left in the running to host the 2022 games are beijing in china and a city in kazakhstan. Kazakhstan we are starting out with sunny skies all the way to the coastline. 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An accident in fremont has been cleared all lanes back open. For a while two lanes were blocked in alvarado southbound 880 causing a mess. Its a big headache still for drivers commuting southbound 880. It begins right around 238 in hayward and really straight on down past alvarado exit in fremont. We are still seeing big delays. So traveling northbound just beginning to get a little sluggish near the oakland. With the forecast, heres lawrence. A lot of sunshine around the bay area today all the way to the coastline. This is probably going to be the nicest day of the week not as windy as the last couple of days. So sunny skies today. The temperatures going to be running mild to warm inland and looks like those temperatures even a little warmer than yesterday some 80s in the valleys, 70s and 80s inside the bay. And 60s along the coast. Tomorrow the fog returns, much cooler temperatures with some drizzle toward the beaches. Right here. My parents were immigrants. And they taught me that with hard work, is possible. I earned a scholarship to mit. And worked across party lines to get things done. Im alex padilla. Ill protect Voting Rights for everyone. And make it easier to start a business. So we create jobs and opportunity for all californians. What should we order . announcer alex padilla. Secretary of state. Good morning to our viewers in the west. It is thursday, may 29, 2014. Welcome back to cbs this morning. More real news ahead including apples recipe. The 3 billion fwamgamble. First todays eye opener at 8 00. They have found cases of civil or criminal violations that theyre referring to the department of justice. The good news is that we havent had one of these turn into an actual event, but the bad news is that we still see some of the same things happening year in and year out. I think its going to be very hard to see a clemency deal at this stage because, in part the government doesnt quite know what documents are still out there. She was many things she was a writer of extraordinary grace, a champion for justice, an inspiration to millions. How long and how hard is he willing to fight this . To to the blood end. This looks like a complete mess. The ihs says they expect to retuesday collisions by 14 . Behind me is the site of the london summer olympics in 2012 wild wildly popular. But the winter games have always been a different story. Vladimir putin has destroyed the winter games by spending 51 billion on sochi. He scores im charlie rose with gayle king and norah odonnell. A new report exposes even bigger problems at the phoenix veterans the hospital where dozens of patients died, allegedly waiting for care. The Veterans Affairs department Inspector General says 1,700 veterans who requested appointments did not even make it onto an electedronic waiting list. That put them at risk of being forgotten. This new report outraged House Veterans Affairs committee members. They questioned v. A. Officials at a hearing late last night. More members of congress including a few senate democrats, say the v. A. Secretary Eric Shinseki should resign. New figure ss this morning reveal a shrinking u. S. Economy. For the first time in three years. The Gross Domestic Product fell 1 . Officials blame the rough Winter Weather and preticket the economy will bounce back. Last night in chicago two treasury secretaries spoke about the financial crisis. Henry paulson and timothy gooet near talked about the emergency they worked through together and how it influences the Financial System today. Geithners new memoir stress test describes it. Melody hobson spoke to geithner last night. Those weeks in the fall of 08 was five times larger than the shock that happened at the beginning of the great depression. And we could see the dimensions of that then. It was terrifying. I was sort of lucky at that point in the fall of 08 because hank paulson and ben bernanke had to carry the biggest part of the public burden. You have to be open with people about the challenges without adding to the fear and the loss of confidence. Reporter housing remains the story. The prices have risen faster than income in this country. And affordability is now becoming a problem. And you say the one thing you wish you had done was to help the homeowner more. I wish wed had the ability and the capacity and the resources and the authority to do more. It is gradually healing. Its just you going to take a while for that to happen. Reporter how long . If you think baseball season, most people would say its still early innings in housing. It has a ways to go to get back to what people feel is a little bit more normal conditions. Geithner also told us the government has tools that could help more homeowners today but he believes politics gets in the way. Apple is moving to a new electronics. Dr. Dre cofounded the company that makes highend headphones and offers a music streaming service. The 3 billion deal the largest i can whichacquisition in apples history. Good morning. Welcome. Its very complicated. Beats makes headphones. They make a good amount of money on headphones. They have a streaming service. Apple l feels the world is moving away from downloads and to streaming, spotify model. And, third, it sees a lot of value in the talent in dr. Dre. Not just about the headphones and everything, its the talent pool. Its the head. The deal doesnt make sense unless you really value dr. Dre and jimmy. A lot of people think they are, though. And thats probably why theyre paying 3 billion. The had headphones business isnt worth 3 billion. The streaming business is tiny. So you have to be betting a lot on the talent. Do you think steve jobs is turning over in his grave . Do you think this is something he would have done . I do not think its something he would have done. I think he would think this is strange and out of carrickharacter for apple. Its the biggest acquisition apple has made in a long time. He worked closely with jimmy and depended on his advice and consultation consultation. And steve jobs loved that kind of music. From an acquisition standpoint apple does not buy things this large. It has never bought anything close to that. Steve jobs focused very hard on making sure apple just did a few things. When he came back after his exile he shut down the business. What do you think he would have done in this particular case . Well a little hard to say. I think he would have seen the change in the Music Industry and would have shut down and crushed spotify and pandora as best he could. Theres also this. They have tons of money in apple, so much money theyre doing stock buybacks. They have north of 150 billion in cash. They have roughly so 3 billion is nothing, right . They have roughly the equivalent of the gdp of new zealand. They have to do something with that money. An acquisition of apple of 3 billion is not a lot. Fascinating. Thank you. Well be watching. Thank you, nicholas. Good to see you. From dr. Dre we turn to another big name in hiphop who is still trying to live down his very lousy pitching performance. Fifty cent was the laughing stock of the new york mets game. He knows it too. As Brandon Scott shows us hes in very good company when it comes to bad ceremonial throwing. Look at how hes holding the ball. Reporter its a ritual more than a centuries old. The first pitches was originally thrown from the grandstands. President reagan brought the tradition to the middle of the diamond in 1988. The last two commanders in chief had very different results. Former president bush fired a strike in 2001 while president obamas 2010 opening day pitch was just a bit high. Rapper fifty cents wild toss is one example of first pitches gone wrong. Pop singer Carly Rae Jepsen fired this dribbler last year. Nba player john walshs talents on the hardwood didnt quite translate to the diamond. And the hero cat had an excuse for her errant throw. She is after all, a cat. But not all ceremonial first pitches go so badly. Actor Matthew Mcconaughey showed good form as did nfl quarterback Kaepernick Colin kaepernick. Throwing that first pitch isnt easy. Theres a whopping 60 feet 6 inches between the Pitchers Mound and home plate. Thats like the height of a sixstory building. Former allstar bobby grich spent 17 seasons playing in the big leagues. So you get the hand above, elbow above the shoulders, hand botch the head, and its elbow wrist. Reporter he says its all in how you hold the ball. I would say it starts with the grip, right . You want to make sure you have two fingers and the thumb underneath, gather turn. Reporter so you dont have to be a big leaguer to throw the perfect first pitch. Just be sure to practice. For cbs this morning, Brandon Scott the, anaheim, california. Harder than it looks. I reached out to fifty yesterday. He told me that the ball slipped. I asked him to come here and talk about it. He said the ball slipped and that theyve asked him to come back and try again june 14. It will be interesting to see if he does. 60 feet is a lot, though. I didnt realize six stories. He looked like he was in front of the mound. His problem wasnt distance. A little bit of aim, i think. It looked like he had the ball too much in his hand and not in his fingers. See, we all have advice. You did it all wrong. Ahead on cbs this morning, new England Patriots owner robert kraft is taking part in a different kind of nfl draft. How older a announcer now nexium 24 hours. Finally, the purple pill. The as it blocking plan comes without a prescription for frequent heartburn. Get complete protection, nexium level protection. You never, ever want to hear a bell at the National Spelling bee. Atto. 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Reporter eight new England Patriots ran the drills including tight end Rob Gronkowski. Go, go go. Reporter and wide receiver jewel januaryulian edelman. The kids worked up a sweat. Theyre having a ball, theyre running around and theyre being active. We make it fun for everyone. Reporter since 2007 the nfls play 60 program has urged kids to get an hour of exercise a day. The centers for Disease Control estimates more than onethird of American Children are overweight or obese. The patriots are now passing that same message to older fans, seniors like nancy ellis, a retired School Cafeteria worker. The 67yearold admits she reads too much and moves too little. Studies show 30 of seniors in at least fair health get little to no exercise. Definitely time to get going. The healthier, the more active you are, the healthier you feel. Reporter robert kraft, the 72yearold patriots opener works out six times a week. You want to play 60 for the rest of your life. Reporter kraft got more serious about health and exercise three years ago. Myra kraft his wife for 48 years, died of ovarian cancer. I just decided that you know, for my kids and grandkids and my friends, i had to start eating healthier and working out more. Reporter have you noticed a difference in you since you started working out in earnest . Definitely. It gets your juices going. And when youre dragging and then you go work out, you feel so much better. Reporter and stronger. Rob gronkowski is 66 265 pounds. One, two, three, play 60 reporter gronk, as Patriots Fans calls him rams his way down the field. With these seniors he was all grace. The older folks they dont have to work out the way you do to get healthy . No. As long as youre doing something. Reporter nancy ellis is sold. Are you ready to work out with Rob Gronkowski . No but it would be fun. If i was 20 years younger. Reporter youd be on it. I would be on it and edelman, too. Reporter for cbs this morning, Mark Strassmann, foxborough, massachusetts. Down girl, down. I think thats great, though. What a Great Program and a great message to send to kids at this age and for bob kraft to carry the torch. Thats nice. Hes a great man. A great, great man. Now to the serious story, one out of eight women graduating today from harvard says she was sexually assaulted there. A fellow graduate tells us why theyre not going to take it anymore. Listen to what theyre about to do. Thats ahead here on cbs this morning. Cbs announcer cbs morning rounds sponsored by claire continue. The number one recommended allergy brand. Live claritin clear. Clarityin clear. Use as directed. For continuous relief. So i did its been 21 days and im still claritin clear. 16 days of relief from itchy, watery eyes. 28 days of continuous relief from sneezing and runny nose, since ive been taking claritin every day of my allergy season. Get the 1 doctor recommended nondrowsy allergy brand. 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S. Open over her fitness. That seems to have made her only stronger and play harder. Yeah. Take that. Yeah. The results show. One heck of a player. Absolutely. Good luck to her. Tonight one competitor remains perfect and be crowned champion at the scripps National Spelling bee, but jan crawford shows us why theres Something Else the kids learn beyond the chance at cash and prizes, and she is at the bee in national harbor, maryland. Jan, were excited to see whats happened. Reporter i know. Its really exciting here. You know what norah . There is something that is uniquely american about the spelling bee, and thats one reason why so many of these contestants find it so important, because their parents came to this country as immigrants. When you stand on this stage gunning for this trophy, you belong. May i have it in a sentence please . Reporter theyre little kids. Can i have the origin please. Reporter with big dreams. Vor reporter here through hard work and hope. D gshge. Correct. Reporter many, like this 11yearold, are first generation americans. I can speak, read write and spell english. Reporter his family came to america from bangladesh. When i was pregnant then i watched the spelling bee on tv and i wished that my son will be on this stage some day. Can i please have the definition . Oh, no. I just said the definition. Yes. Reporter in many ways the bee is a great melting pot. The American Dream spelled out on a stage. What we see from children who are first generation or Second Generation americans is extra motivation. They want to be able to say, im here. Im a part of this great nation. Ag reporter of the 281 kids competing, roughly half speak more than one language. Can i have the language of origin, please . Reporter like florida eight grader amy, whose family moved from honduras. Her mother works long hours to give her children a better life. My mom works hard it makes me happy, and i want to do something in the future, be someone in the future. Reporter but no group has dominated like children whose parents come from india. They have won the past six spelling bees in a row. Gayle . Thank you, jan. That was great. Yeah. This is why this is such a great country. Absolutely. To watch these kids and what theyre parents sacrifice so they can be there is superb. Added to america. Spectacular. Thank you jan. On broadway he plays a character chasing a dream. Ahead, chris odoud talks about your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. Good morning. Its thursday, 8 25. Im frank mallicoat. Heres whats happening around the bay area right now. Hundreds of mourners gathered last night at ucberkeley to remember those killed in the isla vista tragedy. Three bay area students were among the victims. Another vigil is planned tore 8 for 8 00 tonight at lee Land High School in san jose. A man rushed to the hospital this morning after getting wedged under a car. It happened at a gas station on geary boulevard in San Francisco. The machine had serious head injuries. And San Francisco will make its pitch today to convince george lucas to build his museum along the embarcadero the proposed site expected to be between piers 30 and 32. He has already been offered to build a museum in chicago where his wife is from. Traffic and weather coming up after the break. Tillamook sharp cheddar is naturallyaged for nine months for that creamy delicious taste that makes even the most impatient, patient. Dude tillamook sharp cheddar, tastes better because its made better. Good morning. Things are just crawling along in parts of the south bay. Northbound 85 at almaden they cleared, good news, from an earlier accident. Still backed up to the guadalupe parkway. Look at northbound 280 coming through downtown san jose. Its a mess right now, backed up from beyond the 101 interchange all the way straight through into cupertino. In fact, heres some of your drive times right now. That northbound 280 ride 42 minutes just to get from 101 to highway 85. Quick look outside, heres a look at the crawl now on northbound 880 near the oakland coliseum. The bay bridge is actually thinned out nicely only backed up to the end of the parking lot in the busiest lanes. Thats your latest kcbs traffic. With the forecast, heres lawrence. All right. Lots of sunshine around the bay area today. It looks like it is going to be the nicest day of the week. Plenty of sunshine overlooking san jose. Beautiful conditions as we are going to see some mild to warm temperatures throughout the day. A little cooler out toward the coastline. And still a breeze in through the delta. Red flag warnings are up again through the Carquinez Strait and the delta. Temperatures today in the 80s inland, 70s and 80s around the bay, and about 66 degrees at pacifica. Next couple of days a return to some low clouds and fog. Some drizzle near the coastline, too. And some much cooler temperatures right through the weekend. S. And a 60 billion dollar budget deficit. Thats what john perez faced when he became of the california assembly. So he partnered with Governor Brown to pass three balanced budgets, on time. For the first time in thirty years. Today, the deficits are gone and weve invested an additional 2 billion dollars in education. Now john perez is running for controller to keep fighting for balanced budgets. Democrat john perez for controller. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Coming up in this half hour no one can be more human than you, or be less human. Those are the words of maya angelou as we celebrate her remarkable life. We will revisit what she shared in a note to her younger self. Plus you know him from comedies like this is 40 and bridesmaids, but chris odoud is showing his serious side onstage. His broadway debut in of mice and men could earn a toney. Thats ahead. Time to show you this mornings headlines. The New York Post says the city is considering lifting a ban on a ferret ban. Banned by mayor rudy june allygiuliani. Yes, i do care about the law. I think you have totally and absolutely misinterpreted the law because theres something deranged about you. No, there isnt, sir. Theres more at stake excessive concern that you have for ferrets is something you should examine with a therapist. And there. Yes. So take that. New York City Health officials found ferret posed no serious risk to the public. A vote to risk the ban is set for september. Im glad government is getting something done. This is at the top of my list. Its hard when youre called deranged. No, im not. Obsessed with ferrets. Listen to this the Arizona Republic says cindy mccain thinks it gwen is paltrow is a joke. Called nasty comments comparing them to deeg in a war. Senator mccain, of course was a prisoner of war in vietnam. Mrs. Mccain noted their two sons serving in the armed forces. Billboard says australian rapper iggy azalea joined the beatles in a small club. You know the one im so fancy there you go. And two on the billboard top 100 chart, fancy poised to be the hit of the summer it seems. The beatles are the only other act to grab the number one top spots with first two hits back in 1964. Harvard university is holding its 363rd commencement. This years celebration comes amid a disturbing new report. A survey finds 12 of the women graduating say they were sexually assaulted at the school. Thattal tos a pattern of colleges nationwide highlighted by a report from a White House Task force. The trend is leading former students to take a stand. Many alumni are withholding donations until changes are made. Lisa paige is president of the Alumni Network for harvard pwomen. Good morning. Good morning, norah. That same poll showed that only 16 of the students who were sexually assaulted even reported the assaults. Thats right. Wow. When a woman finds herself in that sort of a position and its not just women. It can be any gender identity whos been violated often the issue is that he or she feels somewhat responsible for having put him or herself in that position, and then its difficult to acknowledge what has happened to you. I, too am i survivor and went through it myself. Did you report it at the time . I did. I toot the tutor where i lived pshgs he told me not to bother. I was a second semester senior and it wasnt worth it. So you dropped it . I did. This is a drop going on for decades but now youre doing something serious about it . What is that . We are getting serious. There have been enough task forces and studies as harvard and all the other colleges and universities across the country. So right now we are urging alumni not to donate to the Capital Campaign until we see some serious, sig sig any of sent change. Thats what alumni are for. Institutional memory and should be at the table where the college and university decisionmakers are, concerning this issue. We know whats been going on the past, well do i have to say my age . But its been going on for decades, since title 9 put women and men in the same housing. So one more time. Lay out the changes youre demanding, and hope that alumni pressure will produce . Im sorry, charlie. We arent demanding changes. In fact, we are encouraging a dialogue between alumni and college officials, because in that way we believe solutions will emerge. What do you think is the most misunderstood aspect of Sexual Assault on campus . What do you think that we all dont get and understand about this . Thats a great question. Thank you for asking that. I believe we dont understand that its institutionalized gender bias that leads to the issue itself. And a lot of people dont understand that elite universities are also struggling with these issues. Its not just frat boys at penn state, for example. And its its just young men who think that theyre able to take what they want and as i said before its not always men and women, the problem, but you get the picture. How many additional alumni from colleges have you signed up for this effort . Well we are working with alumni from 20 different universities, a phone call today and am excited about that. It started out just six weeks ago with only three schools. You can see how rapidly that coalition is growing. Good luck. We support you. Very important. Glad youre talking about it. Thank you. We turn once again to maya angelou. She rose from a life of poverty and abuse to become one of our great literary and american icons. In 2012 she reflected on her life story here in our firstever note to self. This is a letter to myself when i was about 15. Today im 83 years old. Dear me myself then first i know that you know how to listen. When i was 8 years old i became a mute and was a mute until i was 13. And i started my whole body as an ear so i could go into a crowd and sit still and absorb all sound. That talent or ability has left and disturbed me until today. Once you richardappreciate one of your blessing one of your senses the accepts of hearing, then you begin to respect the sense of seeing and touching and tasting. You learn to respect all the senses. Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with van gogh or matisse, or john killen or if you fall in love with the music of coal train, the music of Aretha Franklin or the music of chopin find some beautiful art and admire it and realize that that was created by a human being. Just like you. No more human, no less. The person may have keener eyesight, a better ear. The person might have a more alive body and can dance, but the person cannot be more human than you. That is very important, because that ensures you that you are a human being, and nothing human can be alien to you. You will be able to go around the world, learning languages, speaking to everybody, because no one can be more human than you, nor can they be less human. They can be meaner or crueller or sweeter or prettier or younger, richer but they cant be more human than you. Remember that. Gosh you know guys it is eerie and comforting at the same time to see her voice and hear her and for the first time, i was thinking about you. This is the first time ive had somebody famous and wellknown who has died and its become a news story and sitting in my Office Yesterday seeing her on the news and the birth date and the end date and people going her home was very have are tough to see. It was hard to see that. She was the only one that could make me feel like i was 7. If she disapproved of something were you saying. I remember calling to complain abouting in at work midstory, she says, stop it i go im not finished. She said but youre wlining and whining is unbecoming. It lets them know theres a victim in the neighborhood. Move along. Okay. After my mother died she calleded is said my darling girl, how is your heart . No one has said ta that me that way she said im sure not. Im sure not. She was such a wordsmith. Had such a way with words. Thats what i will miss desperately, thes with of maya. Just last week sent me a gift. When oprah and i was there last month. Working on her last book called encounters going through her life about people shed met and had leather books made and sent these just arrived last week. Letters to my daughter. Theres a lot of them. I called her to say, thank you. Thank you. Maya was very big on thank you. I called her right away to say thank you, and now norah, its a gift charlie and i will treasure forever. You know some would have said let me put them on the shelf. These are like gold to me. They are. Theyre like gold. Gayle, she said i have cared for you since we first met. Yeah. Thats beautiful. When i first met her i was single. I didnt have any children. Kirby is 28 will is 27. Known her a long time. She was friends with oprah and thats how we became friends. I will never, ever ever forget her. Another book in the making she was working on it. Yes. Interesting to read that. One more chapter. I think well see that book. We will see it. Gayle, thank you. Thanks. Thank you. And james franco is getting a lot of buzz on broadway but its his costar, chris odoud, who walked away with a tony nomination. In our toyota green room odouds bre okay. Watch this. 48. 48. How did you do that . It wasnt. It wasnt. Thats never happened. It was 48 . Yes, 48. Yeah. Im impressed. Impressive. Very imprelgsed by you. Whoa. Whoa whoa that was 91. 91 . Yes, can we go . We can go. Come on. [ siren ] oh, my god kristen wiig and chris odowd in the 2011 blockbuster film bridesmaids. Odowd cannot you seen on broadway in of mice and men. He walked with our contributor for other series the road to the tonys. Good morning. Good morning. Odowd has plenty of stage experience in his native ireland and elsewhere his performance alongside jam frompg ohes franco is the first on broadway. His character lennie won him acclaim and a tony nomination for best actor in a play. Why should people care about theater. About seeing it developing it as an audience . Why does theater matter . I mean to me its a totally different art form. I mean i think the idea of comparing theater to film or tv isnt quite right. Its more like why is conversation important . Or why is live music important . Its much more of a a physical contract between an audience and a performer. You have a lot of nontraditional theatergoers in this audience. Sure. A lot of young people a lot of students. A lot of people here excited about james franco being in the show. Yes. Have you had interesting responses from different audiences . Yeah. Particularly in the matinees when the School Groups come in because its on the syllabus. You can tell by the response nairive points that they were too lazy to read the book even though they were supposed to when certain things happen. Oh, my god, know. You can see the teacher looking over, how did you not know this was going to happen . We did this last week. Then there are just random things that happen like you say, a lot of people come to see Leighton Meester and james and dont necessarily know how to verbalize their excitement. So a lot of times weve had people just go franco them other guys gets in jail they can rock for all anyone gives a damn. But not us. And why . Because. Because i got you to look after me and you got me to look after you, and thats why. The relationship between your character lennie and James Francos character george is extremely important. Its central to this story. To play characters who are so bonded must have bonded you two in real life as well on some level . Yeah and we hadnt met before the play. So it was a bit of a risk, in a way. But we definitely have grown quite close over the course of the production. There are moments where the audience cant hear what were saying and i go over and kind of whisper things to him. And i go over and whisper things like, you know george i dont think this is going to work out really well for us. I think we should open a Farmers Market planning a wedding should be fun. You know what . If i ever had a wedding, id want everybody to be stressfree. You know . Id like it to be like a carnival. I imagine there have been crossroads after your performance in bridesmaids and different breakout moments that youve had some easy choices handed to you, that you could have kept going on a very clear, planned path . There were easy knolls. You get offered quite a lot of money to do the thing youve done before. A very easy knoll. Ive done this. Theres no point, really. You want a hard yes. You want things to seem like im not really going to be able to do that very well. But thats whats exciting about saying yes to it. That idea of chasing a dream that is so prevalent in of mice and men, does that resonate in your own life . For sure. Theres Something Interesting of mice and men all of these men are chasing the American Dream that they feel in some way theyve been promised but nobody can really define what the American Dream is or when youve achieved it and i dont think anybody ever settles in their bed and night and says ive arrived. You dont think you can say youve arrived . Ill never fee comfortable saying that because im not 100 sure where im going, but youll be the first to know. And the 2014 tony awards air sunday june 8th right here on cbs. Thank you. Tomorrow on cbs this morning, continuing the road to the tonys with [ ] that does it for your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. Good thursday morning, everyone. Its 8 55. Im frank mallicoat. Heres whats happening around the bay area right now. A person seriously injured after ending up somehow under a car early this morning in San Francisco. The victim may be trapped for as long as 20 minutes. Police have detained the driver to determine whether alcohol or any illegal substances were involved. Candlelight vigil to honor 19yearold george chen will be held tonight at the Leland High School in san jose. He was stabbed to death in the isla vista rampage. He graduated from the high school in 2012. New evidence suggests a woman accused of choking a boy could have been framed. A witness said he saw the boy actually choke himself. Weather now. Lawrence say this is the pick of the week i guess, right . Should be a great day ahead, a lot of sunshine to start all the way to the coastline. Overlooking San Francisco, we have some brew skies there and all around the bay area. High pressure is going to start to weaken a little bit but still going to squeeze in some mild to warm temperatures around the bay area today. It looks like numbers this afternoon as high as 85 in livermore, 84 in the napa valley. 82 degrees in san jose. And about 70 in San Francisco. Just a little breeze into the afternoon. As we look out over the next couple of days, a big change in the weather pattern. We are going to see more low clouds and fog on the way, starting tonight. Maybe some drizzle early tomorrow morning. And some much cooler temperatures throughout the weekend. Maybe slowly warming up toward the middle of next week. Were going to check out your kcbs traffic when we come back. Good morning. If the Golden Gate Bridge looks unusually empty they must be temporarily holding southbound 101 traffic. Theres a truck that is lodged in tollbooth number 5 southbound 101 just as you reach the Golden Gate Bridge toll plaza. Its been there for a while. They are looking to clear it. We were seeing delays from the waldo tunnel and now it looks like they are temporarily Holding Traffic so they can at least get it out of lanes. So again, expecting delays trying to get into San Francisco right now from marin county. In the meantime the south bay also got a lot of delay especially 280. We have seen a little bit of improvement in the drive time in the last half hour but really backed up through downtown on 280 and the guadalupe parkway. At the bay bridge the metering lights are on but things have cleared out quite nicely approaching the pay gates. Man rs to offer even lower prices. But the mattress price wars ends sunday. 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