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KPIX CBS This Morning August 7, 2013

Threat. Another possible drone strike in yemen overnight. Strikes are an effort to disrupt an al qaeda terror plot. The g20 summit is in st. Petersburg. I will be going there. However, president obama canceling a meeting with Vladimir Putin. Saying he was disappointed russia granted asylum to the nsa leaker. Former president bush home from the hospital after a heart procedure. Doctors inserted a stent to clear a blockage. Senators graham and mccain during their visit to cairo urged both sides to Start Talking and stop fighting. Days away from allout bloodshed. The ouster of morsi was a coup if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, its a duck. A manhunt in Southern California for murder suspect japs lee dimaggio. Authorities believe he killed a woman and child and abducted one or both of her children. Im begging you to let my daughter go. Youve taken everything else. In the capital of kenya, a massive fire closed the main airport there in nairobi. An escape artist pulls off a death defying sky dive. This escape will be hard to stop. All that and time to dance. Jimmy. Weve come too far to give up who we are and all that matters. This is the house where ariel castro held three women captive for ten years. It is being destroyed. Let everybody know there is hope for everyone. On cbs this morning. The founder of amazon purchased the Washington Post. He said last night like most amazon customers he was drunk and buying crap on the internet he didnt need. Welcome to cbs this morning. Charlie rose is off so Anthony Mason is with us. Good morning, great to be with you. Lots to talk about. We are beginning overseas. As you wake up in the west there is word of an american rebuke against russia. President obama is canceling his upcoming meeting with president putin. The move comes after nsa leaker Edward Snowden walked out of the airport last week after being granted a year of temporary asylum in russia. Major garrett is at the white house. Major, good morning. Reporter a statement just released by the press secretary jay carney confirms whats been expected. The first casually of the Edward Snowden affair. The white house said for days it was reviewing the u tillty of that after russia granted him asylum. While the president did not address this directly he talked about his disappointment with russia in a somewhat unusual forum, the tonight show with jay leno. Happy birthday. Thank you very much thank you. Reporter after the niceties the two men got right to the issues, al qaeda yemen, a global terror alert. Whenever we see a threat stream that we think is specific enough that we can take some specific precautions within a certain time frame, then we do so. Violent extremism is still out there. And weve got to stay on top of it. Reporter then the Global Travel warning for all americans. Are we telling people dont take that european vacation just yet . What are we saying . I think that the general rule is just show some common sense and some caution. Reporter the president sidestepped whether phone and internet surveillance uncovered the suspected al qaeda plot. He declined to describe snowden as a whistleblower for leaking class fewed information. If we dont know yet exactly what he did other than what he said on the internet. And its important for me not to prejudge something. Reporter as for russias decision to grant him asylum the president admitted he was disappointed. There are times they slip back into cold war thinking and cold war mentality. What i consistently say to them and what i say to president putin is thats the past and, you know, weve got to think about the future. Reporter as for the president s recent lunch with former secretary of state and likely 2016 president ial candidate hillary clinton, there was no doubt about her familiarity with the white house. Did you notice her measuring the drapes or anything like that . Keep in mind, shes been there before. Thats true. She doesnt have to measure them. Reporter president obama will attend the g20 economic global summit in st. Petersburg russia september 5th and 6th. This does not constitute a rupture in all relations. Kerry will meet with russian counterparts later this week. Major garrett, thank you. Reports from yemen say u. S. Drones have carried out their Second Attack in two days. Local Security Officials say a missile strike this morning killed at least six alleged al qaeda militants. That comes one day after u. S. Embassy staffers were ordered and evacuated out of yemen. Charlie dagata is tracking developments out of yemen. Reporter its the fifth suspected drone strike in the past two weeks. This one comes at a time when yemen is under high alert reportedly following a message intercepted from al qaedas number one, Ayman Al Zawahiri on attacks there. Yemen reporting they thwarted an attack from al qaeda to blow up Oil Pipelines in key cities. Although its unclear whether its connected with this apparently foiled plot. In a clear indication that the threat extends beyond yemens borders, as many as 20 embassies and diplomatic posts throughout the middle east are expected to remain closed till at least saturday. Anthony and norah. A massive fire broke out this morning at the International Airport in nairobi, kenya. Ipts the largest airport in east africa. Officials diverted all incoming flights. No injuries are reported. Terrorism is not suspected. But it happened on the 15th anniversary of the u. S. Embassy bombings in nairobi and tanzania. Nearly a year later, the Justice Department has filed the first criminal charges in the deadly attack in benghazi libya. Four americans including ambassador Chris Stevens were killed in the assault. Margaret brennan. Reporter good morning. Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against a libyan militia leader believed to be linked to the september 11th attacks in benghazi. His name is ahmed abu atala. The department of justice is keeping the charges against abu atala under seal but what we know is since that night hes been living openly in benghazi. He told cbs news last fall that he was on the scene during the attack. But denied a role in the fatal assault. It is not clear whether the u. S. Has asked libyan authorities to arrest him or whether the fbi has yet identified the other suspects seen in these photos taken off the security cameras at the diplomatic mission. Thought to be members of answer al shar ya the militia led by abu atala. The u. S. Government does not classify him, nor the group, as terrorists. Sayingth investigation is ongoing. Its a top priority. The fbi has not made any arrests during the 11 months since the attack and the administration is under pressure to take action. Last week a small but vocal group of eight republican congressmen sent a message to the new fbi director james comey, pressing him to step it up. Fbi access in libya has been limited since the beginning and any arrests are likely to involve significant negotiations between the state department and the Libyan Government which has, at best minimal control over the country. Margaret brennan, thanks. The search continues for a california man, james dimaggio, suspected of killing a woman, kidnapping her 16yearold daughter and either abducting or killing the womans 8yearold son. The bodies of Christina Anderson and her child were found in dimaggios burnedout home. Youve taken everything else. Hannah, we all love you very much. If you have a chance you take it. You run. Anderson took part in a candlelight vigil on tuesday. Court marshalmartial continues today. Mark nidal hasan is representing himself. Saying, quote, the evidence will clearly show i am the shooter. He says his only regret is he is among the imperfect muslims trying to establish the perfect religion. He said i apologize for any mistakes i made in this endeavor. So far, hasan is not cross examining them. Former president george w. Bush is expected to be released from a dallas hospital this morning. He underwent a procedure to clear a clogged artery yesterday. Doctors placed a stent in the artery. They discovered the blockage during his annual physical monday. Our chief medical correspondent is with us. Explain the procedure, if you would, that the president had. Over time you can develop plaque in an artery supplying the heart muscle. In a stenting procedure, a tiny catheter is introduced right up to that area of blockage and a balloon is introduced to below up that blockage and then a stent is placed to keep it open. Is that the only way to treat a blockage . No therein lies a huge controversy. You would thing, would you not, if you have a blocked artery the person will do better. But its not true. The only time stenting has been shown to either prolong life or prevent a heart attack is if a person is having a heart attack or a near heart attack but 80 of people getting this elective procedure dont know that. Now, cardiologists will say if they think the anatomy is such that a large part of the heart is threatened, they will do the stent. Youre not treating president bush so youre not familiar with him but what do you think that means about his health . Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States for both men and women. Every year many many people die without knowing they have any symptoms of heart attack knowing they have any history of heart attack. So given his this is a very active guy. Should we be surprised this happened . I dont thingk we should be surprised. About 350,000 times a year people have sudden cardiac arrests. Half of the time people have no idea they had any cardiac disease. I covered george w. Bush 67 years old, extremely healthy. Runs bikes, gave up drinking doesnt smoke. Is it possible that stress could have caused this rather than because hes so healthy, that it could have been Something Else that caused it . You know what stress is a factor. At first we used to say, no thats really not true. Now were realizeingeing stress is something that can con tribute. Lets look at basic risk factor high Blood Pressure diabetes smoking, being overweight not exercising. He doesnt have any of those. For people out there listening, thinks the message for people watching this today should look at it. Talk to your doctor. Heres part of the controversy. Routine stress testing for people at low risk of Heart Disease is not recommended routinely. So something must have happened with him. We do not know any of the details here but something must have happened that made them say lets go ahead and do a stress test. Thats very interesting. Doctor, thank you so much. The Cleveland House where three women were held captive is no more. It took less than one hour for crews to demolish it. One of the victims came to watch and she released balloons and spoke. Let everybody know that theyre heard, that they are loved, and there is hope for everyone. The demolition is part of the deal that spared castro a possible death sentence. He was sentenced last week to life. The women escaped in may. The family picked up personal items earlier this week from the house. New developments in egypt. The Egyptian Government says foreign efforts to end the bloody standoff with the Muslim Brotherhood has failed. The top u. S. Diplomat involved in those talks has now left the country. We know that senators john mccain and Lindsey Graham arrived on monday. But as Clarissa Ward reports from cairo listen to this their message fell on deaf ears. Reporter the senators came with a message of friendship but they also delivered a stern warning. That if this country does not take steps towards reconciliation, it could be consumed by violence. Are you alarmed by what you see happening in egypt . Oh my god, i didnt know it was this bad. These folks are just days or weeks away from allout bloodshed. Theres a demonstration thats going to go bad here soon. The police are going to overreact. Yes, i am extremely worried. Reporter you both called this a coup in one way or another. Why do you think president obama chose to send you two . I dont know but he didnt really send us. We were planning on going. What were trying to do is mom forward and see if we cant bring about Movement Towards peaceful negotiations. Why dont we call it a coup . The people governing the country never got one vote. The people who won the election are in jail. Pretty clear to me thats the definition of a coup. Reporter the president called the senators comments clumsy and unacceptable and announced International Efforts to diffuseefuse the standoff has failed. Certainly not the results they hoped for. President obama says hes endorsing a plan to wind down mortgage giants fannie mae and freddie mac. For too long these companies were allowed to make huge profits buying mortgages knowing that if their bets went bad, taxpayers would be left holding the bag. It was heads we win, tails, you lose. And it was wrong. Michael santoli is a senior columnist for yahoo finance. What does this mean winding it down . Basically mean we would no longer have these sort of quasipublic but profitseeking companies, fannie and freddie, which were out there buying up most of the mortgages in the country and make a profit but in the crisis getting absolved by the government. Even though the president laid out broad parameters it would probably are a more explicit but more limited government guarantee of mortgages. And allow the banks themselves to price the credit risk and not just sell the mortgages, offload them to fannie and freddie. Fannie and freddie basically are the Mortgage Market right now. And fha. Right and the reason banks were willing to make loans is they knee fannie and freddie would buy the mortgages from them. Take them away how does it work . This is the trick. On paper it means mortgages would become more expensive. The president says he wants some provision to guarantee the availability of 30year fixed rate mortgages. That would probably require, again, some kind of implied or explicit subsidy by the government. Do you think this tells us anything about the health of the Housing Market . I dont think you have an announcement like this if there wasnt some comfort the Housing Market wasnt coming back. That they no longer had to do damage control on a day to day basis. If i have a fannie or freddie loan, do i need to be worried . I think no matter what comes of this the loan will be served. It will be handed off to a regular mortgage servicer. I dont think that is really the problem here. Michael, good to see you, thank you. Time to show you some of this mornings headlines. The wall street journal says a top cia official is warning about the risk to our National Security from the civil war in syria. Michael morrell is second in command. He says if the Syrian Government collapses chemical and other advance weapons could fall into the hands of terrorists. The Washington Post looks at irans new president. He wants to restart Nuclear Talks with the west. President huerousaini says hes serious about the issue. A civil lawsuit against bank of america. The bank is accused of misleading investors by lying about the risk from an 850 million mortgage bond deal in 2008. The New York Times says there are new leaks at the Fukushima Nuclear plant in japan. The plant was crippled in the earthquake and tsunami it Officials Say tons of contaminated groundwater from the plant are leaking into the pacific ocean. The plants operator says it does not pose a health risk. Flash flooding is being blamed for the death of a 4yearold boy in southern missouri. Help was he was swept from a car in waynesville tuesday. A woman believed to be his mother is its inmissing. The creek had a foot of water before the rain rose to a record 21 feet. Hundreds families out of their homes. More rain in the forecast. It is just aft back in the bay area, were looking at a mostly overcast start to your wednesday morning. That will change as the day goes on, but still, you can see all the lead end overcast by the bay bridge. Forecast highs for the bay area, we are going to be looking at numbers where they were yesterday. 70 in santa rosa, san jose hit 73. In the city, 62. And livermore 77. Thats about 10 degrees below where we usually are in the first week of august. A look ahead, though, things will change. Well warm up to near 90 by tuesday. Announcer this National Weather report brought to you by famous footwear. Famous footwear. Victory is yours. Historic news in the fight against childhood obesity. The numbers are going down in states across the country. Only on cbs this morning well talk with the man who runs Michelle Obamas lets move campaign. California has made preparations for the big one. Could massive new skyscrapers be built right on top of an earthquake fault in hollywood. Plus a brandnew controversy for Anthony Weiner. This time not for sexting but for what he called a fellow candidate. The news is back in the morning here on cbs this morning. Stay tuned for your local news. Announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by choice hotel, the official hotel of summer. Book direct at choicehotels. Com. [ man ] launch sequence initiated. [ beep ] 15 seconds and counting. [ male announcer ] at kfc we have one mission. 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