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Very dangerous situation. Summer storms pound half the country. A tornado damaging as manys a 30 homes in tennessee. A 20yearold california man was killed after being struck by lightning. 13 others ind. Jure firefighters in Northern California are battling a fire that destroyed at least 13 homes. The United Nations calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in gaza. Teatholls continuoe t mount on both sides. Its one thing you want to coexist with the jews. Its another you want to coexist with the state of israel. A man crashlanded on a beach. I was notec expting that. An american aid worker has contedract the deadly ebola virus in west africa. The virus was caught early enough to be treated. Its my job to correct you if you mess. Up heated discussion. Well taxi out there wherever you tell us. I dont like your attitude. Settle down, captain happy. A settlement negotiation has been reached to try to help with the Veterans Affairs system. A group picked the wrong store. A worker who i as mixed martial arts fighter. Sarah palin. Shes launched a new channel. They find fist bumping transmits far fewer germs than the traditional handshake. And all that matters. White sox slugger frank thomas paid tribute to hisat le father. You can be someone special if you work really hard at us. Dogs are usually happy to see their owners come home but for one dog it was enough to make her faint. Captioning funded by cbs announcer this mornings eye opener presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Its good to be back. Its a big news day, lots to talk about. It is a big news day. I cant wait to hear your interview. This morning they followed a single hamas missile attack. In a moment well hear from the lead over hamas. Wi he tells us why the strikes will continue. Don dahler is in tel a viv where previous ceasefires have failed. Don, good morning. Reporter good morning. For 16 hours over the weekend, gaza and israel were quiet. There were no civilians being shelled. There were no rockets in the skies of tel aviv. But then the war started up again and the International Community has had enough. The Security Council reporter late last night the u. N. Security Council Called for an immediate unconditional ceasefire. Hamas and israel were unmoved. They should have had a resolution a long time ago. To condemn this aggression. If its going to be quiet in israel, its going to be quiet in gaza. Its as simple as it gets. Reporter sunday it took all of ten minutes after the fragile ceasefire expired at 8 00asm for hamas to send rockets into israel. When hamas rejected an israeli offer to extend the truce for 24 hours, the idea of fighting resumed as well. Israel ignored a similar ceasefire from hamas hours later. And after 20 days of death and destruction with over a thousand lives lost, a third of those children, the world is pleading both parties to stop. President obama called israeli Prime Minister netanyahu and urged him to find a way to end the war. During his weekly address, pope francis said, i ask you with all my heart, stop, please. Earlier today it was relatively quiet in gaza. A few palestinians were out in the streets and in the stores preparing for the feast that marks the end of ramadan. While the idf engineers continue to destroy every tunnel they can find in gaza and is reality. These tunnels, the idf says, are used for smuggling arms, explosives, and militants. Yesterday the idf released a video it says proves it had nothing to do with the 16 deaths in the u. N. Operated school thursday. The video, which is undated, reportedly shows a single mortar Shell Landing in an empty courtyard. That contradicts dozens of eyewitness accounts. There are even some israelis who question the voracity of that video. There was a peace demonstration in tel a viv last night of about a few thousand people, but they are in the minority. Polls show that most israelis want this war to continue until hamas is severely crippled. Charlie . Don, thanks. In an interview from my pbs program i sat down with Khalid Machel in qatar. Thats where he lives in exile and i asked his opinion. This is former president bill clinton. Quote, hamas was well aware of what would happen if they started raining rockets on israel. They fired a thousand of them and they have a strategy designed to force israel to kill their own civilians so the rest of the world will condemn them. Thats president clinton, not an israeli, a man who worked hard to create peace between palestinians and israelis. Translator with all due respect to mr. Clinton, unfortunately the world doesnt want to blame the israelis. Why do you call for security for israel and why dont you call for lift iing it. Why dont you give it to palestinians. Let me ask you this. Do you believe that you can solve this by violence . Do you believe you can solve this with a military power . Is this going to end because one side is militarily going to defeat the other . In our country we have a saying. The prophet had two choices and he followed the easiest choice. That means we ought to followest the ease yefts past, the better past. As a palestinian, i want to be liberalized, i want to stay. I want to live without occupation. You in america, the american revolution, was it peaceful . Did you not kick the british out . If we have a peace treaty, it will be better. With dont like to kill our sons and daughters. Few you dont have the peace, its legitimate. The world has two choices. They need to help us peacefully reach this state or we will expel the occupation from our land. So unless the world will take the israelis out of the west bank and gaza, you will expel them militarily. Thats your objective. You believe you can do that. I do believe this as i see you now. It is a conviction. Why. Because time and time, the history of nations said that people have the upper hand over the occupation. I have the will. I can die because of israel. I cannot live under the occupation. The occupation is the worst thing that you can ever imagine. So everything can die for the next generations to live in peace and freedom. Some also askhere and not in in fact, you are the voice of hamas, you should be in gaza with the people of gaza. Thats the place for you. Translator yes, this is a very reasonable question. Im from west bank. I was expelled and millions were compelled to live outside their own country. It is not necessary to be there but occupation doesnt allow me to do so. You have hundreds of thousands of palestinians in america and they long to go back to palestine. Palestinians long for their home country. Thats why we insist on the return of them for me and for others to return. I mean this is fascinating. What did he say it will take hamas to agree for a ceasefire. End the siege, and the siege means the blockade by egypt, it means having a port, being able to engage with the outside world. Okay. Well have more interview in our next hour. The full interview will air on my pbs program. On sunday on face the nation Benjamin Netanyahu repeated the charge that he wants the people of gaza to be killed. Theyre killing qui. They asked the people to leave, the civilians to leave. They asked them to stay. Netanyahu said it will give israel and gaza a chance for a better future. One of the worlds most famous beaches is the scene of a rare lightning beach. 13 people were injured. This happened at venice beach on sunday. Teri okita is there with a frap tick effort to save the victims. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Tens of thousands of people were out here at the beach enjoying the day and the surf here at venice. Witnesses say one moment the skies were clear and blue and in the next that deadly weather moved in without warning, killing a 20yearold man. All of a sudden just a sonic boom. Reporter witnesses say the Severe Weather happened in an instant along a busy stretch of venice beach. All of a sudden i heard this crackle and i looked up and it was this giant bolt of lightning. It was just shooting across the sky. It was gigantic and then a really loud thunder clap. This victim taken from the water looks like theyre searching. Theyre looking. Reporter while a search and scramble took place sunday afternoon. These paddleboarders were zapped when they were on the sand. Felt heat, pressure on the head, eyes blurry a little bit. Reporter people said the electricity rippled across the soft sand. People sitting on the sand on the beach felt the electricity coming through the sand. Dozens of parttime felt this. They were coming off the beach and said they felt like they got zapped. Reporter mike came to venice with his family. He explained how he jumped into action. I told the oh guys to grab a leg and arm and just picked him up. Reporter in rah don doe beach, you can see the site of this storm. This car was set on fire by the lightning. On nearby catalina island, one man was injured hit by lightning on a golf course. It ignited a brushfire in the area. And in Downtown Los Angeles in the grip of this historic drought they saw record amounts of rainfall on sunday. Teri, thanks. Sunday there was a severe tornado outbreak. The storm tore through at least seven counties. At least ten homes were destroyed. Police went door to door to find victims but so far no injuries. A wildfire has affected many residents. 13 homes are gone. As were shown, its an uphill battle for firefighters. Reporter this view from the air shows why firefighters are fighting. The rugged foothills of nevada, strong heat and winds and dry brush. Despite fighting this perimeter on the ground and hitting their targets from the air, 1,900 firefighters have been unable to bring this wildfire under control. During the day we have up canyon winds and at night down canyon winds. Reporter it tripled in size in its first 24 hours. The fire has destroyed at least 13 homes and dozens of structures. More than a thousand residents were evacuated over the weekend. The sheriff came to the door and said you have to evacuate now. Reporter 150 miles south, the normally pristine Yosemite Park and the valley were invisible due to smoke. The wild fire has burned thousands of arks and forced the evacuations of multiple campsites on grounds. Back at the sand fire, residents know if the fire spreads, theyll need to be ready to leave. You grab your family. Thats the most important thing. Thats what i told my wife. I have a 2monthold and 3yearold. Thats the most important thing. This morning congressional leaders have a deal to address massive problems with Veterans Health care. The compromised bill took more than six weeks to work out. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill with the details that will be announced today. Nancy, good morning. Good morning. It is looking like a rare bipartisan victory. Cbs news has learned that the most significant change for veterans in this new bill will be that anyone who has been waiting for more than a month at a treatment at a v. A. Facility or lives more than 40 miles away from a v. A. Facility will now be able to seek treatment from a private physician and have it covered by the v. A. This legislation grants the v. A. About 10 million in emergency funds mostly to cover that new cost and it does a few other things to try to cut into this monthlong backlog as v. A. Facilities around the country. For example, it grants additional funding for 27 new v. A. Facilities, mostly Community Clinics and it provides the v. A. With funding to hire additional doctors, nurses, and support staff. And finally it does a few Different Things to try to change the culture at the v. A. , notably giving v. A. Managers more authority to fire employees who act improperly. Senator bernie sanders, an independent and congressman jeff miller, a republican, worked through the weekend to craft this deal. Theyre going to announce it in a press Conference Today and their aides tell us, norah, they think this could pass the house and senate by the end of the month. Very interesting. Thank you so much. And now to flight 17 and new evidence. A missile brought it down. Flight data recorders indicate that it was hit by fragments from the missile it. Led to an explosive decompression. This morning dutch and Australian Police along with a group of inspectors tried to reach the crash site and they were turned back. Theres fighting between groups and prorussian groups. Officials warn the flames could spread to natural gas tanks nearby. The government says fighting between the rival militia groups started the fire. They backed them over the weekend. Madeleine albright said the world is a mess. Two americans working in africa to stop the spread of a deadly virus are fighting it themselves this morning. The Ebola Outbreak in west africa is the deadly evidence in history. Its affecting four countries. Its killed more than 700 people this year. This is frightening. Yeah, its is. Good morning, norah. 100 Health Care Workers and three have been infected with ebola. Half of them died. It is one of the most contagious diseases and there is no treatment or vaccine. 33yearold Kent Brantley of ft. Worth, texas, was working in liberia for a samaritan group, an aids organization. Yesterday hygienist nancy writebol, a mother of two from North Carolina also tested positive. Both are listed in stable conditions. They have fevers and body aches and pains. Theyre not out of the woods yet. Reporter medical personnel wear special protective suits woven from plastic fiber. In stifling heat, the suits can onto be worn for 30 minutes at a time. But even with precautions workers are still susceptible to infection. On saturday a doctor died after contracting ebola at the nations biggest hospital. They call the current outbreak the largest ever recorded until last week it had been come fined to liberia, guinea, and sierra leone. Now its contracted to a fourth country. Nigeria is screening all flights. Ebola is a viewer rurus of a unknown source. 70 of the people who contract this infection ultimately die. Dr. Brantleys family is back in announcer this National Weather report sponsored by toyota. Lets go places. Ahead, why the New York Times is encouraging a stoned society. The news is back in the morning on cbs this morning. Stay tuned for your local news. [ kelly ] jif hazelnut spread makes anything your new favorite thing. Spoons which is why this choosy mom chooses jif. 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This is a much different story from the lightning story we brought you a few minutes ago. They said, hey, lets shoot a selfie. They didnt expect a photo bomb from mother nature. Everyone is okay. They got it all on tape. Welcome back to cbs this morning. The New York Times calls for the legalization of marijuana. We take a closer look at the accusation. The war on pot and americans in using the drug. Plus, he is anything but your friendly neighborhood spiderman. This superhero is charged with attacking a Police Officer in the middle of a new york tourism magnet. Looks like times square, right . The latest trouble for people dressing up as heroes and then acting like zeros. Thats ahead. What a line. Time to show you some of this mornings headlines from around the globe. A New York Times Analysis Finds the number of tv political ads for congressional races in this election cycle is up 70 from the 2010 electi. There are concerns that the saturation of negative spots paid for by outside interests may cause voters to tune out before election day. Britains telegraph says theyre looking at a makeover for a make change and different look after this years two aviation disasters and a review is under way to look at different routes. The New York Post says more than 2,500 emergency workers and others who responded to the 9 11 attacks at ground zero have cancer. This list includes firefighters, police, emts, construction workers, and others. Scientists say the workers get cancer at a significantly higher rate than the rest of the population. The gas prices are the highest. Youll pay more in hawaii. Thats followed by alaska, california, connecticut, and oregon. The good news is nationwide gas prices fell by 6 cents a gallon through july 16th. And a small plane killed a father and seriously in injured his daughter. They were walking on a well known beach along floridas gulf coast. Vicente arenas is here with a closer look at the crash that happened with no warner. Vicente, good morning. Good morning, charlie. The pilot made distress calls after it lost power and dropped on the beach yesterday afternoon. The popular tourist spot turned into a frightening scene. Moments before the plane made an Emergency Landing sunday on the gulf coast of florida, this 46yearold and his daughter from georgia were enjoying a day on the beach. The single engine plane struck and killed the 36yearold father and critically injured 9yearold oceana. The dad looked in very bad condition. They were performing cpr on him. He had blood on his face. Not something you expect to happen on a beach with your family. Reporter the plane unable to land by a nearby Municipal Airport forced to land because of mechanical problems. The pilot and his passenger were not hurt. He tried to land on the beach. Unfortunately there was a family walking along the beach that were injured by the crash. The father is deceased. Reporter the child was airlifted to a hospital in st. Petersburg in Critical Condition. Another Family Member who was walking along the beach and witnessed the crash was not hit by the plane but was treated for card yacht related condition. What i suspect is the motor went out and they couldnt hear it coming, they ran out of fuel and just hit him. The National Transportation safety board is investigating the cause of the crash and will be working with the faa to determine the timeline of events leading up to the fatal accident. Gayle . All right. Vicente. Nice to have you in the studio. The story is so sad. I cant get over the story. When you ooher at the beach you worry about sun burns, currents, sharks. The last thing you worry about is a plane. 46 and 9yearold daughter. Thank you, vicente. This morning the New York Times is getting heat for saying it should be okay for you do get high. What . After the voters gave the okay, the times Editorial Board now wants the rest of the country to have the same opportunity. Jan crawford is in washington with the reasoning and the response. Jan, this story getting a lot of conversation. Good morning. Well, good morning, gayle. It really is. At times its just confronting it head on not only with that editorial but with art calls all week and an online discussion this afternoon saying its time for the federal government to let states decide. The times stated this position with the head line repeal prohibition again, an American Flag with stars changing to marijuana leaves. Its true weve never endorsed legalization of drugs before. Reporter David Firestone is a member of the tiechls Editorial Board. I dont see it as any different as having a couple of glasses of wine with dinner or a martini. If you want to make that choice as an adult, you should be allowed to make it. Reporter the editorial argues that the war on pot is actually worse for america than using pot saying the social cost of marijuana laws are vast and the result is racist, noting that enforcement falls disproportionately on young black men. Urging congress to repeal the marijuana ban is talking about Health Effects saying its far less dangerous than alcohol. It may seem like far edge j stuff but reflects a sharp shift in public opinion. In the early 1990s, then candidate bill clinton famously said i didnt like it and didnt inhale. Most people then, 78 opposed legalization. But now only 42 oppose it. In recent years, 37 states plus the District Of Columbia have talked about it. The real change started in colorado where voters approved the sale of marijuana for Recreational Use but there have been problems. Legalization has been linked to at least two deaths as well as incidents of children accidentally ingesting marijuanalaced food and staunch critics like kevin saab bot, founder of the group smart approaches to marijuana cacalli legalization of marijuana are wrong. It counters all the Major Medical associations that have looked at this and it wouldnt be good for america. Do we really want to encourage a stoned society. Now, there were efforts in the 1970s to legalize marijuana but it never went anywhere. And its likely that congress is not going to act here. But it said it wanted to start a conversation, hoping for a change in years to come. Norah . All right, jan. Thank you. Certainly start add conversation. It has indeed. Thats a good thing. The states are passing laws. Thats a democracy in action. All right, a stunner for tourists at one of the worlds most famous destinations. Ben tracy is in the heart of new york city. 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Reporter they call this the crossroads but it used to be known as the corners of drug dealers and porn shops. Thats gone. Its cleaned up. They have these nice planters on the roadway. If you come down, youll going to have to run into cartoon characters and pose for a picture if you pay the price. Reporter hes taking his powers a little too seriously. This is youtube of the webbed crew sayser throwing punches at the Police Officer. Of courseing he wasnt the only character in the crowd. Mini mouse, mickey mouse, and elmo looked on in horror as police wrestled 25yearold junior bishop to the ground. On saturday officers saw the brooklyn man allegedly refusing a 1 tip from a woman. He thought he deserved more for demanded 5s, 10s, and 20s. Sometimes these unsavory characters need to be reignebe. A few weeks ago a girl was out here. Strawberry shortcake took a picture and when the family chose not to give a larger tip, strawberry shortcake ripped off her head and refused. Reporter others were accused of groping women. A cookie monster alecedly shoved a 2yearold boy and an elmo became notorious for his antisemitic rants. Nothing funny about that. Costumed characters also work along the strip. Two patriotic captain americas got into a fight. Theyre actually asking for 20 tips. Reporter tourists in times square say they dont have time for this kind of behavior. This young girl was pulled out of her stroller by costumed characters wanting to pose for photos. They seem like they try to jump in and grab you and kick of take pictures with them. Reporter bishop has been charged with assaulting a Police Officer, resisting arrest, criminal mischief, and disorderly conduct. Now, the nypd arrested four other characters out here this weekend. Gayle, that included a second spiderman. You know youren trouble when cookie monster and elmo and super mario go rogue. Its not just in las vegas, is it. Bil i heard theres problems in los angeles too. I live in los angeles. I was holding a 3yearold posing with mini mouse and while were taking a picture, she says in my ear thats five bucks and it was not in her nice minnie mouse voice. What it says is tip is appreciated. No one just says give me money. They say a tip is always welcome but youd better giving a nice tip. Not good, not good. We thank you, ladies and gentlemen, this is your pilot speaking. I make a mistake every two to three minutes but my attitude is not like yours. Were out on mike. Next time you can try doing that. Well show you what led to the runway rant. Thats next on cbs this morning. If they see that dinners gonna be good theyll wanna eat it right away. And country crock stirs in easily, to give mashed potatoes. Welcome to crock country. That mr. Clean once wrote a book about them. Any messes, not only do they clean everyday dirt, they clean a lot of unexpected stuff too. Like scuffed up shoes, tough stuckon sticker gunk, and lots more. In fact, his book got so full. 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Hey, you know what, well taxi out there anyway you want but tell us but i dont like your ought attitude. I dont have an attitude. It looks like you joined lima instead of mike. Okay, because my god theres another plane out there like six miles awam your attitude is something out there, sir. Your ought attitude is really something. Good morning. Good morning. There was no attitude. Just trying to correct you. Thats my job to correct you if you mess up. Im trying to make sure everybodys doing what i ask them to do. All right. I make a mistake every 2 to 3 minutes but my attitude is not like years. You want your pilot and air Traffic Controller to be in a very happy place. Yeah, but i like the copilot, settle down, captain happy. Take a deep breath, lets move on. The odd couple features two grown men as roommates but for a growing number of baby boomers, theres nothing about that idea. Well show you whats bringing Older Americans under the same roof. Thats ahead on cbs this morning. 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It is monday, july 28th, 2014. Welcome back to cbs this morning. More real news ahead, including boomer roomies. Well meet two women who hate that name but they love sharing an apartment, and theyre not alone. But first heres a look at todays eye opener at 8 00. You will expel them militarily. Thats your objective. You believe you can do that. For 16 hours over the weekend, gaza and israel were quiet, but then the war started up again. That deadly weathered mov in without warning, killing a 20yearold man. All of a sudden, a sonic boom. De congressional leaders have a oal t address massive problems with Veterans Health care. It is looking like a rare bipartisan victory. Two americans working in after ka to stop the deadly virus are fighting it themselves this morning. The pilot madeis dtress calls after the plane lost power and dropping on the beach in venice, florida, yesterday afternoon. At time the times is just cog it saying its time to let the states decide. Spiderman is used to throwing a web. This weekend he was throwing a punch at cops. Strawberry shortcake ripped off her head and started cursing at the family. A couple many mexico decided, hey, lets shoot a selfie. They dmtd plan on a photo bomb from nature. Announcer todays eye opener at 8 00 is presented by comfort inn. Im charlie rose with gayle king and norah odonnell. Chaos on venice beach as unusual and powerful thunderstorms pounded the Southern California coast. A Lightning Strike kill add 20yearold man on the beach on sunday. About a dozen others are recovering from injuries this morning. Witnesses say the fastmoving storm came oust nowhere. Teri okita is in venice beach which could face more Severe Weather today. Teri, good morning. Reporter yes, it could. The 15minute thunderstorm that struck here at venice beach with thousands of beachgoers all around the area is extremely rare. They have the lowest strikes in the nation. Chances of being hit in Southern California, one in 7. 5 million, yet one 20yearold man lost his life yesterday and another remains in Critical Condition at a nearby hospital after being struck by lightning in the water right behind me. Meteorologists say a High Pressure system brought hot and moist air from the gulf of mexico causing atmospheric conditions to ripen the Lightning Strikes. 13 were injured. Eight went to local hospitals. And the National Weather service says the chances for thunderstorms will continue in the region through wednesday. Norah . All right, teri. Thank you. A possible tornado wiped out ten homes in tennessee. Officers searched through debris in speedwell last night to make sure everyone got out. The county sheriff and his wife raced to fwharsment when the storm hit. When they emerged, they found their house flattened. This morning, there are no reports of injuries though. More rough weather is expected in the east today. New israeli air attacks this morning on the first day of an important muslim holiday. Warplanes attacked after militants launched a rocket over the border. Don dahler is in tel aviv where their government is under new pressure to end the fighting. Don, good morning. Reporter good morning. Yes, there was a smattering of hamas rockets and israelis air strikes in response to that, but its been much quieter today than weve seen over the past three weeks. But the International Community is demanding an end to the violence. Last night the United Nations in a very rare midnight meeting called for an unconditional immediate ceasefire. President obama got on the phone with Prime Minister netanyahu to ask for him to end this war. And pope francis in his weekly address begged for both parties to just stop, pleechlz but ten mirchlts after the ceasefire ended yesterday, hamas rockets were in the air again and israel again had air strooiks in gaza. Now, the fighting did reach a lull last night. Just so much that some palestinians at least were able to venture out on the streets of gaza to start preparing for the festival of eve, which marks the end of ramadan. But Israeli Soldiers were still busy, finding and destroying as many of the tunnels as they could. Charlie. Don, thank you. This week i sat down with the leader, khaled meshaal. I asked him what ill would take to live in peace. Reporter when israel commits itself to withdrawal from gaza completely from the west bank without any setment and if we have return of our company and the return there, then we will reach peace. You believe in the coexistence of peoples and therefore you believe in the coexistence of palestinians and israelis in the middle east. Reporter i cant coexist with occupation. Without occupation, you can coexist. Translator im ready to coexist with the jews, with the christians, and with the arabs and nonarabs and twhoes agree with my ideas and also disagree with them. However, i do not agree with the occupiers and settlers. Its one thing to say you want to coexist with the jews. Its another thing to say you want to coexist with the state of israel do. You want to coexist with the state of israel . Do you want to recognize israel as a jewish state . No. Translator no. I said i do not want to live with a state of okay pyccupiers im assuming theyre no longer occupiers. At that point dwou want to coexist and recognize their right to exist is that would recognize your right to exist . Translator one would have a palestinian state, then the palestinian state will decide on its policies. But you cannot ask me about the future. I answered you, but Palestinian People can have their say when they have their own state without expectation. That seems why this problem is so intractable, charlie. The great question, which is the failure to recognize each partys right to exist. A question of security and justice. I thought you had him too. Oh, breakthrough. Then when you asked a very simple question, it was a simple no. Id made the hair stand up on my neck. One step forward, two steps back. Why is he there, charlie . He said he cant go back into gaza. He was in damascus first and cairo and now hes in doha. He said he cant get back. I dont know if thats true or not. I thought there was a moment when you said, thank you and he said youre welcome. He listens in english. They dont want to answer in english because they think they might make a mistake and might not know a word. The full interview will air tonight on my pbs program. And the 2014 midterm elections are less than 100 days away. Cbs news and the norj times are teaming up on a new project. Battleground tracker. Well study the opinion. Its based on a panel or more than 100,000 americans and as of this morning the first study estimates that republicans are in the best state. Now, the margin of error is plus or mys now two seats but to find the complete Study Results and the monthly updates go to cbsnews. Com. This is an incredible pairing and, of course, this will be a big story. If the republicans take the senate, theyll control both the house and the senate. It will be a tough time for the president. Indeed. Because theyll also have s p power in the senate. And well be there. Couples planning a wedding have one more thing to worry about this morning. The knot. Com says the veb der is adding restricts to their contracts so they can read reviews. They want to ban negative and even neutral online comments. They even threaten to sue you. Watch carefully and look out for words like confidentiality, nonreview and nondisparagement. I think this is an interesting story. You sign up on a website. Even when you get your apple phone and you scan through it and hit i agree. In this case you have to read the fine print. 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Linda hoffman president of the new York Foundation for Senior Citizens says applications for senior roommates in new york have tripled over the last six years. They say sharing finances is not the only motivation. I think it can be very lonely and cause depression if one is unable to get out as often as possible. There are individuals who have no family, and this is sort of a situation where built in friendships can occur. These ladies not only share rent and household chores they also share a message. They start add blog called senior flatmates. Com with the hope that other seniors can benefit. I think we feel closer to each other than we do to a lot of other people in our lives. It adds a richness i cannot describe. Someone will be here to talk to and share stuff with and to go out for a glass of wine with. Reporter can turnt lease is one year. Yes. Is this a lifelong situation . 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Coming up in this half hour, backstage at the grand ole opry. Jan crawford with a rare look at the venue where the countrys biggest names are welcomed like family. Love him, cash. Plus, nearly 40 years after he resigned, were still learning new things about richard nixon. Douglas brinkley is in our toyota green room and he joins us with his new book about the private side. Fascinating material. Right now its time to show you some of this mornings headlines. The wall street journal tells us a story about Dollar Stores and a lot of dollar. Discount chain dollar tree is buying family Dollar Stores for about 8. 5 billion. The combined company will have 13,000 stores in the u. S. And canada. Thats nearly three times as many as walmart. Usa today did you want to Say Something . Usa today finds that the fist bumps are less germy than handshakes. Maybe thats why president obama is a big fan. Handshakes transmit ten times more germs than fist bumps. Some are lobbying fist bumps as the only way. Lebron james is returning to his roots. The nba star will take number 23 when he returns to the cleveland camp leer this season. He posted the news on instagram with the message, im coming home. 23 is the number he wore for seven years with the team. James wore number 6 when he played for the miami heat. Okay, wonder woman fans. The Huffington Post with a first look of what wonderwoman will wear. Shes taking on the role. The costume was unveil at the san Diego Comiccon on sadr. The film opens and coming out in 2016. Im still a fan of the real wonderwoman, linda carter. She looks pretty good, though. She lives in washington, doesnt she . Yeah. Linda carter looks great, but the new wonderwoman, whatever shes called, looks pretty good. Indeed. I like the boots. The daily news reports that Aretha Franklin is singing a very different tune this morning, one of no respect. The queen of soul said she had works with a worker at Johnny Rockets in canada. Franklin ordered takeout and waited at an empty table. The worker told her she had to get up. Franklin called her rude and nasty. After a brief exchange, she left without her food. I would not tackle with Aretha Franklin. Not a good move. Not a good move. And you know that too, charlie. Exactly. And the Boston Herald reports that a yankees fan lent ahand to a red sox reporter. He lost his 2006 Championship Ring during a trip to new york. After giving him a hard time, he returned the ring. As a reward he was invited to the red sox yankee finale at fenway park. Hell get to see derek jeter. Thats nice. This year marked four decades since the grand oil on proi created a permanent home for some of the unky tress greatest names. It can have a surprisingly powerful effect on the performers who then make history. Jan crawford threw on her boots to go behind the scenes. This is a good story for a southern girl. If you didnt grow up in the south as i did, you wouldnt know that much about the grand ol opry even if you like Country Music but it is a big deal, not only to those of us who grew up in the southeast but to those Country Music superstars. It is a tradition unlike anything else. Joline, joline, joline, joline reporter for Country Music icons, this stage is sacred ground. From patsy klein to elvis to the man in black, the grand ol e py is home to many naples. Its where Blake Shelton and miranda lamb bert stand in the background not performing as head looirns but as members of the family. Pete fisher general manager. I often hear on this side of the stage, man, i never get nor vus before i perform. Only here. Reporter why would that be . It means something to them. They car about it. When you perform on the on rarks youre rewriting a page in history. Reporter thats how connie smith felt 40 years ago. She was one of the first to sing at the new opry house. Take me home reporter just a little bit more nervousness there. Becoming part of that legacy is considered the crowning achieve mnlts of the performers career. Keith urban organization ryu now a member of the grand ol opry. I was asked by management to come out and ask you if you would like to be their next member. Oo reporter there now are 65 members and when you walk back stage you can feel and hear the appreciation for what came before. We caught him and his old Medicine Show in a jam session that drew in country legend ricky scaggs. What theyre doing is carrying on the tradition of the old music. Reporter that music was and kornlts to be the soundtrack of peoples lives. The opry has been a place where we can all come, all us common folks and hear our stories put to song. Reporter its also a place where a single performance can launch a career. Josh turner was a complete unknown when he first took the stage and got two Standing Ovations i walked offstage thinking this is the most incredible night of plief. From that point on it just kind of established what kind of an artist i was. Reporter and some have performed to try to salvage a career like president richard nixon. He appeared at the height of the watergate scandal in 1974. That was the year the opry left the mother church, the old ryman auditorium, but it brought along the spirit and foundation, a circle of wood from the old floor. What bitter way to feel the energy of the past and stand on the wood that those legends stood on. Reporter a part of Country Music history that 40 years later keeps its modern house connected to its past. Thats how todays stars like those of yesterday seem to like it. It will all be all right at the grand ole opry tonight coming back home now, if you have any doubt about how important the opry is, just take a look at this. Our own Bob Schieffer and Charles Osgood both have made the pilgrimage to nashville to perform on that stage, so rich in history and tradition, you just want to be there to be a part of it. Norah . What great piece. I love that they care so much they get nervous. Thats nice. Bob schieffer looking good in those jeans and that cowboy hat. I was thinking about jan crawford. Those were some serious boots you had on missy. Those were nice. Those were nice looking. Weve got to get you in a cowboy hat, charlie. All right. I want to see you in one. Ive got one at home. Aisle bring it in. Okay. All right. What we were talking about . Sorry, i lost my train of thought. The grand ole opry. Richl ard nixons presidency ended because of watergate, but he did a lot before that scandal forced him to resign. A ne  next week marks the 40th vs. Of Richard Nixons res ig nachlgs well show you how he changed history by recording himself. Reporter in july of 1973 the Senate Watergate committee cornered richard nixon. Mr. Butterfield, are you aware of the installation of any listening devices in the oval office of the president . I was aware of listening devices, yes, sir. Reporter nixons ovaffl oice had a secret recording system. Play it tough. Thats the way they play it. Reporter the tape suggested a criminal conspiracy that reached the president. In august of 1974 as impeachment loomed, nixon resigned in disgrace. Now 40 years later, these same recordings are redefining nixons legacy. From 1971 to 1973 nixons tape recorder captured 3,700 hours of conversations at the white house and camp david. In their new book the nixon tapes, Douglas Brinkley and luke brick ter revealed why many of these discussions for the first time revealed discussions for the first time. Cbss historian Douglas Brinkley. Good morning. This is a big book. The transcripts piled up a mile high. We tried to whittle them down. What mattered in a hi tore cal view and to tell his personality. Tell us the most important revelation youve seen and heard. One big revelation is he was ready to quit during the vietnam war. He was sick of it. It already destroyed johnson. He blamed it on kennedy and johnson. He said, if i have to quit, aisle qu ill quit. It shows how micro managing he is. Every day he gives orders to the pentagon and never feels his military guys are carrying anything out. Listen to this tape about vietnam. Here it is. We should have finished it flushed it down the drain three years ago, blamed jorns and kennedy. Ken dwi got us in, johnson kept us in. I could have blamed them and been the national hero. And it wouldnt have been too bad. What do you hear there . Little brown people and nobody would care if they get castrated, minillions of them. Americans arent paying attention to foreign policy. He constantly thinks americans are asleep at the wheel and he can do what he wants do. This is a real list. Its stick it to them and bomb them. Its quite diabolical when you start really listening to some of these transcripts. The talk in our white house thats going on about other people in the world. You see policy making in real time. Thats whats fascinating to me. And also very few people knew they were being reported including people of his own cabinet. Including henry kissinger. I was fascinated by one of those exchanges with henry kissinger. You write in the book that nixon had concerns about kis kissinger because hes jewish, but he didnt know he was being recorded. How did he feel . Not good. In a clip like that hes saying i dont care what happens to the soviet jews. Ill tell you what. Jimmy carter cared about them. He got in trouble with it. He got in trouble with it too. Go ahead. There are times when nixon and kissinger are quite brilliant. You can watch their strategy with china, remaking the word. But the tapes do damage in just their callousness in the way nixon and kiss in jer play off of each other. Its dysfunctional. Kissinger is much better with gerald ford, a leader who has a moral compass. Kissinger mixed with nixon doesnt come out well in transcripts when theyre talkings together. There are talks of nixon and kennedy. He was obsessed in ways with the kennedys. Lets listen to this. Mythology. He was very jealous about john f. Kennedy because kennedy learned how to manipulate the media properly and got across that message of profiles and courage. Thats what nixon said he wanted i want the American People to know i have guts, that i could have pulled out of vietnam and been a hero like eisenhower pulled out of korea, but i didnt. I stuck to my guns. Why didnt he get rid of the tapes . Big question. Most smart people thought he should have burned them. That was advice to him. Almost by every Single Person smart. That was his golden nest egg. He grew up dirt poor in california. He thought this was how he was going to write his memoirs. He thought he had a lot of history. He thought it was his Legal Defense if people attacked him, he had legal transcripts. And youve edited them down. Congratulations, Douglas Brinkley. We should point out the book is coming out tomorrow. Theres another book, the nixon tapes on watergate. Youre watching cbs this morning. We love this kitchen whats next . Great do you have measurements . Yeah, i paced it off. Its about twenty by twelve of these. So, we can measure, plan and install it for you. Yea, lets do that ikea. Professional Kitchen Services at a low price. Woah, this kitchen is beautiful give him the tour. Let me show you softclose drawers, farm sink wheres my room . We had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. Because your kitchen dreams can be big. Ikea has it all. Boy, its great to have Doug Brinkley talk about history. I love history. 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