U. S. Officials face the threat of a largescale terror attack. 19 diplomatic posts in the middle east and north africa remains closed through saturday. Theres been an awful lot of chatter out there. Highlevel people from al qaeda are talking about a major attack. And Global Travel alert will remain in effect for americans traveling overseas. Basically could be in europe it could be in the United States, it could be a series of combined attacks . Today, were expecting to hear from Major League Baseball about the suspension of rodriguez and several other big leaders. For allegedly using performance enhancing drugs. A driver is under arrest facing murder charges after a clou car plows into a crowd at the venice beach board walk. He was looking for blood. Flooding in eastern kansas washing out roads and bridges. Im just asking why are you doing this . A train derailed in louisiana. 100 homes in that area are evacuated. A land implosion in california went terribly wrong, injuring five people. All that tiger woods cruises on to a fifth win of the year, eighth overall, at the bridgestone invitational. That was the only way i was going to lead my team from a loss season to a championship. And all that matters. I would urge the president not to go forward with the bilateral meeting next month. That would give putin the kind of respect he doesnt deserve. For once bob, i agree with chuck schumer. On cbs this morning. An squirrel. Had to be forcibly removed. Psychotic. Yes, he is. Im telling you, theyre possessed. Welcome to cbs this morning. Good morning and welcome back. Thank you. We have intelligence agencies on high alert this morning. In 19 middle east and african nations remain closed this morning, staying closed until saturday. Scrambling to uncover the details of an al qaeda plan that could spark the most serious terror attack in years. Bob orr is in washington. Bob, good morning. Good morning to our viewers in the west. Sources say a major al qaeda plot now is in its final stages of planning. And terror operatives have already been dispatched. We still dont know the time date or target of any attack but analysts are scrambling to fill in those intelligence gaps. The threat comes from al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. The same terror franchise thats tried to bring down u. S. Bound jetliners with explosion ins hid inexplosives hidden in underwear. Sources say in recent days intelligence agents have intercepted the communications of senior Al Qaeda Leaders. Theres been an awful lot of chatter out there. Chatter means conversation among terrorists about the planning thats going on. Very reminiscent of what we saw pre9 11. Reporter sources say that chatter indicates a largescale attack may be imminent. And al qaeda terrorists already have their orders. Because of the level of chatter, it seeps s seems to be a fairly large operation. Reporter Officials Say it is the most specific and credible threat weve faced in years. While the intelligence is incomplete, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey, warns the threat is real. It is more specific and we are taking it seriously. Which i think youd expect us to do. Yes, there is a significant threat steam and were reacting to it. Reporter president obama who arrived home sunday from camp david received regular briefings all weekend from his security team. U. S. Embassies and consulates were shut down sunday primarily in muslim countries from africa to south asia. Officials are fully aware it was 15 years ago this week al qaeda bombed two u. S. Embassies in east africa. And just last september islamic extremists killed four americans in attacks on two u. S. Facilities in benghazi. Now, in addition to the chatter, there are other factors also suggesting an attack could be coming. A u. S. Drone strike recently killed a Deputy Commander of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. The group openly vowed revenge. Just in the past week, the leader of al qaeda publicly called for new attacks on american. Charlie, norah. Bob thanks. National security analyst juan zarate is with us. He served for president george bush. Good morning. We know its both specific and vague. We know it sounds like the chatter before 9 11. What is the president getting . What kind of information and what kind of options does he have . The president first and foremost will want to know what information weve gotten overnight and over the weekend. Intelligence officials and sources are pulsing the system. Getting not only their sources but friends and alleyillallyies, try to gather as much information. My sources tell me there isnt that much thats new. The president may hear some updates but maybe not that much new. Hell get some updates. Whats interesting is they say the operatives already dispatched. Thats right. This is reminiscent the plot in 2010. You recall there was a plot to attack europe sites. People were worried about mumbaistyle attacks coming from the al qaeda core. It never materialized. But officials were worried that they actually had operatives in place. Thats great concern here. This is about al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, in yemen. And the chief bomb maker is ibrahim al asiri, right . Thats right. How concerned are they now about surgically implanted bombs being used . Theyre worried about all sorts of innovations coming from al asiri. Hes not only a master bomb maker but hes innovative. Youve seen the plots that have targeted the United States the best innovation weve seen in term, of bomb making yet. So the concern is not only do you have that innovation but you have techniques perhaps like surgically inserted bombs at play in this plot. Most of the information comes from the nsa. Well some of it does. Some of it i think is going to come from human sources. Certainly the indications initially came from intercepts. The Obama Administration has told us repeatedly they have decapitated the head of the snake of al qaeda. And now we have the most significant threat perhaps since 9 11. The problem, norah, is the Obama Administration has largely talked about that decimation of al qaeda in terms of the core. The group in pakistan and afghanistan led by bin laden and zawahiri. The problem is youve had the rise of the al qaeda affiliates. Groups in yemen. East africa. Those groups have taken up the strategic and operational mantle for al qaeda. The group is yemen has been the most dangerous because they want to hit the United States. Juan, good to see you. Major League Baseball expected to announce today it is suspends yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez. Tonight, arod is scheduled to suit up for the first time this season. Don dahler is at u. S. Cellular field in chicago. Don, good morning. Reporter good morning, norah. The suspension expected to last through the 2014 season according to cbssports. Com. Arod has been side lined because of injuries. But he says hes going to play here in the windy city tonight no matter what. Yeah im playing in chicago. Im fine in chicago. Reporter despite the looming suspension over his alleged connection to baseballs steroid scandal, he sounded optimistic after his final rehab game in the minors. I cant wait to see my teammates. I feel like i can help us win. I can help us be a better team. I havent seen a lot of my brothers in a long time. Reporter while sources say the league has threatened a lifetime ban against the threetime mvp, a suspension is more likely. As many as a dozen others are facing penalties but arods is expected to be the toughest. Arod said he was being singled out. Is he . Well, yes, he is. Now, the question isnt whether he is being singled out, the question is is he being unfairly singleled out . Because hes being asked to serve a suspension far longer than anyone else not only in this case but anyone else in any drug case in baseball history. Reporter beyond the damage to his legacy baseballs highest paid player also stands to lose more than 30 million in salary. Hes expected to appeal any punishment and depending on whether the league suspends him, citing drug use or the alleged obstruction of the investigation, arod will be allowed to play in the meantime. So we could see him in the yankees lineup tonight. Hes in there, im going to play. Thats the latest situation. As i said youll probably hear about everything before i will. Reporter we expect to hear something about two hours from now, at 9 00 a. M. Pacific time. Charlie, norah. Thank you, don. Investigators have morning are trying to learn why a driver ran his car into a crowd of people along venices famed boardwalk. John blackstone is in venice. Reporter this venice boardwalk is usually a bustling destination for tourists and locals who come to shop and eat. It was crowded on saturday evening when a driver slammed into the crowd killing one woman and injuring 11 others. We want to warn you the Surveillance Video youre about to see is graphic and may be disturbing. As youll see in the top lefthand corner of the screen a surveillance camera captured the moment a driver deliberately mowed down pedestrians. We thought it was a movie. And then the guy just started barreling down. People started screaming. We just parted like the red sea. Horrific. There were people flying everywhere. It looked like something out of a movie. It was incredible. Ive never seen anything like it. Reporter john was on vacation. He watched in horror as the driver plowed through people for 100 yards. He took out the two people working the tend and he hit the woman that was shopping the tent and he knocked her up on the hood and then he went over across the promenade there and he hit two more vendors. And then he drove his car all the way down and kept hitting people all the way down. Reporter he told cbs news the driver appeared to aim for people. I believe he was from what i saw. I cannot speak into what was in his frame of mind but im telling you what i saw. People moved out of the way and he drove to hit them. Reporter just moments before the rampage, Surveillance Video captured the suspect, 38yearold Nathan Campbell stopping and surveying the boardwalk before climbing back into his car and accelerating toward the crowd. 32yearold elichi of italy was killed. Her husband escaped with minor injuries. The driver is in police custody. He took out innocent people. There was no reason for him to do that. Reporter Nathan Campbell fled the scene but then later saturday night turned himself into authorities. Hes been booked on murder and is being held on 1 million bail. The l. A. Times reports this morning that he may be a transient who was living in his car. Charlie, norah. John, thanks. An American Military helicopter crashed this morning in okinawa, japan. The helicopter went down in a Training Area at camp hanson. Japanese Officials Say 3 of the 4 crew members on board ejected and survived. A fourth was injured and hospitalized. Were getting these pictures of the fiery wreckage. Smoke could be seen rising from the forest where the chopper crashed. The crew was on a training mission. There is no word yet on the cause. Two senior lawmakers want president obama to cancel next months summit with russian president vladimir putin. Senator schumer and congressman paul ryan accused putin of trying to antagonize the United States by granting asylum to nsa leaker edward snowden. President putins behaving like a schoolyard bully. In my experience ive learned unless you stand up to that bully, they ask for more and more and more and hes always going out of his way, president putin is to seem to poke us in the eye. Whether its in iran in syria, now with snowed bedensnowden. I would urge the president not to go forward with the bilateral meeting next month. That would give putin the kind of respect he doesnt deserve at this point in typeime. This is a stab in the back. I actually agree with senator schumer, that has to come with consequences. I think the administration should proceed just like we discussed. Schumer says relations with russia are more poisonous now than at any time since the cold war. Signs iran may be ready to engage in serious talks about its nuclear program. The countrys new president saying he wants to reduce aggression. He has the backing of irans supreme leader. Reporter in spite a battered economy and galloping inflation, iranians are filled with anticipation as they prepare for a brandnew chapter in their political history. With a dash of pomp irans new president took the oath of office and laid out his vision for an administration based on dialogue and prudence. Its already clear that Hassan Houhani will be a very different leader than his presentedpredecessor. By contrast rouhani, a cleric who studied law in britain, is a moderate reformer. Hes also says his Health Policy adviser, a pragmatic and broadminded diplomat. Do you think he would even seek direct talks with the United States . Actually personally for myself, i hope so but it needs time. Reporter rouhani was the surprise winner of the president ial election back in june when he captured a significant share of the youth vote. Now hes got to deliver on his election promises. First and foremost reviving the economy. Iranians are having a hard time making ends meet as international sanctions, brought on by Irans Nuclear program, are effectively choking off the countrys income. On the campaign trial, rouhani vowed to improve living conditions. The only way to do that is to get sanctions lifted by coming to the nuclear negotiateing table prepared to compromise when talks resume later this fall. Two of president rouhanis initial main appointments may be real indicators that his government will be seeking constructive dialogue with the west. His Foreign Ministry and his chief of staff are both men who not only graduated from american universities but who spent significant amounts of time in the United States. For cbs this morning, im Elizabeth Palmer in tehran. More than 100 families are out of their homes this morning in central louisiana after a Train Derailment on sunday. There are chemicals on board that could be deadly. 26 cars jumped the tracks west of baton rouge. One carried sodium hydroxide which can be lethal if its inhaled or if it touches the skin. New images reveal a disturbing scene as firefighters responded to the crash of an asiana flight at the San Francisco airport. The shots show the moments before and after a fire truck ran over a 16yearold girl killing her. The San Francisco chronicle posted these images and reports video of the actual impact is part of an ongoing investigation. San diegos embattled mayor begins two weeks of intensive therapy today. Ten women have accused bob filner of sexual harassment. Filner will face questioning from her lawyers while hes in treatment. He has apologized for his behavior but he denies harassing anyone but hes now in therapy. For two weeks. It is time now for morning ingheadlines around the globe. The United States is trying to figure out what to do with prisoners its holding in afghanistan. 67 nonafghani prisoners are being held there. Some are al qaeda members. The facilitys supposed to be closed before american combat forces leave next year. Usa today looks at a fundraiser held for the families of the 19 arizona firefighters killed battling the yarnle firefighter. Brendan mcdonna is the lone survivor. A lot of children unborn children. Its going to help a lot. We cant bring them back but we can remember them in a mazing way. The wall street journal says the Obama Administration has vetoed a ban on importing some of apples products. The decision is a setback for samsung. In june, a trade panel ruled apple had violated patents with its ipad and older iphones. The Administration Says a ban could hurt shoppers. The New York Times says only one woman holds elected office in the entire government of los angeles, the nations second largest city. That Council Member was sworn in friday. Nationwide, the number of women running for office has flat lined in recent years. And britains telegraph says chinas close to abandoning its one child policy. The move would help shore up the pension system. It would also stem economic growth. And the body of a snowboarder has been recovered from oregons mt. Hood. This photo showed an ice tunnel shortly before it collapsed on colin backoski saturday. On sunday rescuers used chain saws, chipping away at two tons of snow and ice to r and back in the bay area as we look over ocean beach. Plenty of fog at the shore line. Sunshine spreading toward the day. Well have to wait for that. Low pressure off the coastline persists and cool weather continues in the bay area. 61 in the city. 75 in san jose. 82 at livermore. Temperatures manage only low 80s. Cool it down thursday and friday. By next weekend warmup into the mid 80s. Announcer this National Weather report sponsored by big lots . Heres the deal. Madonna and lady gaga could face charges for what they did on stage in russia. The rick to his school and his nfl hope. 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