Captioning funded by cbs this is the cbs morning news for friday, august 2 pd this is the cbs morning news for friday, august 2nd, 2013. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, the state department is taking a potential Terror Threat very seriously. Its prompting embassies throughout the muslim world to shut down sunday. Susan mcginnis has more. Susan, good morning. Good morning, annemarie. Without elaborating it says its closing its diplomatic posts because of security threats but intelligence says they picked up signs of a plot by al qaeda. The state department reacted to a security concern thursday, ordering u. S. Embassies and consulates across north africa and the middle east to be shuttered down on sunday. They include dip employee masts posts in egypt, israel, and jordan. We continue our operations with security and safety. Reporter the state department stayed quiet but the closings are tied to a nonspecific threat from al qaeda. Without knowing an exact location officials ordered all of the posts to close. Embassies in qatar, kuwait, and tell man other places. Depending on our analysis. Security at u. S. Embassies and consulates were tested last year. Four americans including ambassador Chris Stevens were killed during a terrorist attack on the consulate in benghazi, libya, last september 11th. Libya is among those diplomatic posts that will be closed and some will be shut down for more than day. The u. S. Officials made this call despite not having all of the details. They say theyre reacting out of an abundance of caution. Annemarie . Susan mcginnis in washington. Thank you, susan. Well, Edward SnowdensAttorney Says the american fugitive haas no immediate plans to leave russia. Snowden was granted temporary asylum yesterday. That has further strained u. S. russia relations and jeopardizes septembers summit between president obama and president vladimir putin. For the time being snowden is living in the home of an american expatriot. Tara mergener reports. Reporter this photo shows Edward Snowden just before he got in a taxi and drove away from the moscow airport. The nsa leaker spent more than a month inside looking for a legal way out. Thursday his attorney held up the documents granting snowden asylum in russia for one year. Snowdens father told Russian Television he expected hes gratified. Hell listen to vladimir putin. He has stopped leaking. Hes made a sacrifice. Reporter through the wikileaks website snowden thanking russia and said in the end the law is winning. The white house is furious and says russia should send snowden home to face trial. Mr. Snowden is not a whistle blower. Hes accused of leaking classified information. Reporter the president held a white house meeting thursday with lawmakers concerned about the scope of the nsa Surveillance Program snowden exposed. Some senators are pushing for new limits and oversight, but at the same time, want snowden brought to justice. I think the American People are capable of separating the illegal, completely intolerable actions of a law breaker like snowden. Reporter snowdens location is being kept a secret, and hell lose his temporary asylum if he leaves russia. Tara mergener, cbs news, the white house. And now to Major League Baseballs drug scandal. The miami herald reports that the u. S. Attorneys office has launched a criminal investigation into the florida clinic accused of distributing banned drugs. Espn reports that talks between baseball and Alex Rodriguez to cut a deal has stalled. Marlie hall is outside yankee stadium. Marlie, good morning. Good morning, annemarie. Well, the future remains unclear for yankees player Alex Rodriguez. One thing is for sure. He says hell fight any suspension. Alex rodriguez has been cleared to play ball again and will suit up for Yankees Minor League affiliate in trenton, new jersey, if he doesnt get suspended first. Major League Baseball has to get this thing done by no later than sunday. Reporter rodriguez and 13 other Major League Players are faces tialleged ties to the biogenic clinic in florida. He needs more than a slap on the wrist. He needs to send a message to everybody. He tells cbs miami station wfor he did it to expose the clinics owner tony bosch who was reportedly supplying steroids to an allstar roster of clients its not me saying, ha, ha, buddy, look at the players, look at the players. Look at what this guy is doing. You guys just happen to be clients of his. Thats not my business. Thats your problem. Reporter but Alex Rodriguez faces a much longer suspension than the others because hes accused of doing more than just using steroids. Its believed by baseball at least that he actively obstructed in the investigation. He says he needs to be made an example of. Anything less than 200 games in baseball loses. Reporter rodriguezs Attorney Says hell fight any suspensions handed down by the mlb. Before joining the yankees in 2004 Alex Rodriguez admitted to using performanceenhancing drugs while he was playing with the Texas Rangers between 2001 and 2003. Annemarie . Thank you. Marlie hall. Bottle services. The Postal Service looks add delivering booze to help its bottomline. Up next, a depraved kidnapper gets his punishment. Well hear emotional testimony from one of his victims. This is the cbs morning news. So do tire swings this is our ocean spray cranlemonade. Its good, oldfashioned lemonade. Only better whoa [ splash ] ocean spray cranlemonade. A bold twist on an old favorite. So ditch the brown bag for something better. Like our bacon ranch quesadillas or big mouth burger bites, served with soup or salad, and fries. Starting at just 6 bucks, at chilis. 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Michelle knight, one of the three women he imprisoned in his home for a decade of sexual and emotional brutality. She told the court and castro what it was like living in that house with its windows boarded up, triple arms on the doors, the heavy chains, the pole they were tied to, and the dark. She shared it all with fellow captives amanda berry and gina dejesus. I cried every night. I was so alone. I worried about what would happen to me and the other girls every day. Day turned into night. Night turned into day. Years turned into an eternity. Reporter knight had five miscarriages during her beatings and forced starvation by castro. He lured her into his home in 2002 with the promise of a puppy. You have taken 11 years of my life away. I have been living 11 years in hell. Now your hell is just beginning. I will live on. You will die a little every day. Reporter alternately apologizing for his crimes and then blaming a sex addiction for his actions. Im not a monster. Im a person. I need to be fixed. I have an addiction. Reporter he then claimed his three captives wanted sex with him and the household he headed was almost idyllic. [ inaudible ] these allegations about me being force ffl, that is totally wrong, but i do also want to let you know i was a good person. Who fathered a daughter now 6 after raping amanda berry. Neither his child, berry, or dejesus was in court, but castro cast a long gaze at Michelle Knight before he was led away. And as he imposed a sentence of life without parole and a thousand years in prison judge Michael Russo told castro theres no place in this city, no place in this country, indeed, no place in this world for those who enslave others, those who sexually assault other, and those who brutalize others. Dean reynolds, cbs news, cleveland. Well be right back. Youre watching the cbs morning news. Back. Youre watching the cbs morning news. 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New york, partly sunny today, miami, a chance of thunderstorms. A chance of thunderstorms in chicago as well. Dallas, sunny, and partly sunny in los angeles, a high of 76. And time now for a check of your national forecast. Showers and thunderstorms, some of which could be severe, will stretch from the dakotas to indiana. Temperatures will range to around 100 degrees. Rain is expected from Eastern Washington state through montana and across the central and southern rockies. And most of the south will be dry and hot as will the desert southwest. The northeast will be mainly dry and pleasant. On the cbs moneywatch now, fabulous fab loses his fraud case and the Postal Service finds a spirited way to earn cash, Ashley Morrison is here with us. Good morning, ashley. Good morning, annemarie. Tokyos nikkei jumped more than 3 . Posting its biggest gain in five weeks. Hong kongs hang seng rose half a percent. The s p 500 index ended 21 points higher on thursday, closing above 1700 for the first tim. The dow rose 128 points also finishing at a record high. The nasdaq was up 49 points. Bank of america may be facing new legal troubles in connection with bad Residential Mortgages it made during the housing boom. The bank says the Justice Department is considering filing civil charges against it. Add issues bundles of mortgagebacked securities known as cdos or collateralized obligations, many sold off and many of them soured. A former Goldman Sachs trader was found liable for his role in a fraud case involving a toxic mortgage deal. A federal jury here in new york found Fabrice Tourre guilty on tuesday. He was accused of leading investors that ultimately cost them 1 billion. It is unclear whether he will appeal. American international group, the Insurance Company that received one of the most biggest and controversial controversial bailout packages during the financial crisis is reinstating its common stock dividend. It reported a net income of just over 2. 5 billion in the last quarter. Aig almost imploded after making big bets on investments that ultimately failed. Well, Rolling Stone magazine made money in controversy. There was a public outcry when they put Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its cover last month, Rolling Stone now says it sold over 13,01 13,000 copies of that issue. Thats almost twice the usual issue. The agency lost 16 billion last year. The postmaster general estimated that it could make as much as 50 million a year if congress revises the current law and allows the Postal Service to deliver wine and other alcoholic beverages. Theres going to be a lot of alcohol there. Indeed. They get points for creativity. Ashley morrison in new york. Thank you. Well, an illinois man found a novel way to protest. Roger herrin paid 150,000 in quarters. They filled 150 bags and weighed four tons. Herrin had them delivered by truck to two law firms. In marion, illinois. The lawyers were not happy. The money was part of an Insurance Payment after car crash killed herrins teen age son. When we return, jailhouse letter. Former new england patriot aaron hernan daze wrote a letter saying he will be cleared and return to football. R saying he will be clear and return to football. I, i got it, i got it made i got it made i got it made fresh at subway breakfast made the way i say i got it made i got it made i got it made fresh at subway breakfast made the way i say [ male announcer ] Nothing Better than a subway bacon, egg cheese with avocado made freshly before your eyes. Wantchip egg wle south, banana peppers. Hey, you say it well make it. Subway. Eat fresh. At subway on monday. And an observer explains whats going on ine the negotiations. Plus our exclusive cbs po reveals. Which side has t publics support. And where new security conc forced us embassies to clo this weekend. Join us for kpix 5 news this morning. Beginning at 4 3 good morning. Its friday,, heres a look at todays heres a look at todays forecast in some cities around the country, washington, d. C. , mostly sunny today. Atlanta, partly sunny. Rain in st. Louis with a chance of thunderstorms and lateday thunderstorms in denver. Seattle, mostly cloudy. Aaron hernandez says he is innocent and is vowing to play football again. Hernandez is in a massachusetts jail cell. Hes accused of murdering an acquaintance odin lloyd in june. The website tmz sports obtained a letter written by hernandez to a fan who said he spent time in the same jail. It reads in part i know everything happens for a reason and i know god has plan for me. The world just makes things out of false accusations and it will all die down, especially when they say not guilty. Hernandez signed the letter using his jersey number 81 and told the fan i cant wait to sign this again when im playing again. The former new england patriot also asked the recipient not to share it with social media. And now to baseball. A great ninth inn iing, red sox rally. Trailing 72, boston scored five runs to tie the game, and the bases were still loaded. That brought up daniel nava. A highdriving win. Thats going to do it. The red sox have won the game youve got to be kidding me. The red sox stunned seattle with an improbable victory. Boston maintains sole possession of first place in the a. L. East, moving ahead of tampa bay. In texas, yu darvish struck out 14 Arizona Diamondbacks over seven shutout innings. It was his eighth doubledigit strikeout game of the year. A. J. Pierzynski hit one of three texas home runs as the rangers beat arizona 71. And now to College Football and defending champion alabama. It tops the brandnew Preseason College poll. The crimson tide with last years Championship Team got 58 of 62 first place votes. Rounding out the top five, alabama was followed by ohio state, oregon, stanford, and florida. And this morning College Football is remembering Heisman Trophy winner dick kazmaier. Kazmaier, who was a halfback at princeton was the last ivy leaguer to win the heisman. He never played pro football. He went on to graduate school and on to a successful career. He was named athlete of the year ahead of sam musial. He died of heart and lung disease yesterday. He was 82 years old. Its good, oldfashioned lemonade. Only better whoa [ splash ] ocean spray cranlemonade. A bold twist on an old favorite. To prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, hes agreed to give it up. Thats today . [ male announcer ] well be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. I was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. And now ive got to take more pills. Yup. Another pill stop. 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He was in such pain and his father was so distraught as any father would be. What did sajads father say to you . Please help my son. Reporter wilson arranged for doctors in the u. S. To operate on sajad. The somjis agreed to have sajad