Violence. 13 people have been wounded in a hail of gunfire on a basketball court. The youngest victim is just 3 years old. So far no one is in custody. Fbi statistics show chicago is the nations murder capital. The house plans a vote that would keep the government running but put a stop to obama care. The president doesnt want to listen to any reason or any compromise. Sending a strong message to the house we will not blink. The same company that conducted a background check on National Security leaker Edward Snowden also did a background check on aaron alexis in 2007. Pope francis continues to shatter modern perceptions with a candid interview. Pushing catholics to stop focusing on gays, contraception, and abortion. He is saying this is the way i want to do things, how i want to communicate to people. This is who i am. In colorado, 19,000 gallons of ail has leaked into two rivers. The dodgers are the National League west champions. There they go. Theyre going to the swimming pool, guys. Did prince just grab a nacho . Beautiful. He didnt dip it in the cheese, though. Shes an artist. Shes real. Shes just miley. An explosive site in kentucky. And all that mattered. I expect my colleagues to be up for the battle. Dealing with obama care, a deal is dead. Dead. I will do everything necessary to defund obama care. On cbs this morning obama care is dead this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Good morning, norah. Good morning to you, charlie. A very interesting day. We begin with the pope. Some remarkable words from pope francis. He is sending shock waves through the Roman Catholic church this morning in an interview published yesterday in america magazine, saying the church is to focus on smallminded rules. Francis warns, we cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage, and the use of contraceptive methods. The pope says is churchs Pastoral Ministry cannot be obsessed with the transmission of a disjointed multitude of doctrines. And he adds sh we have to find a new balance. Otherwise, even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards. With us this morning is Cardinal Timothy dolan, archbishop of new york, president of the United States conference of katrina lish bishops. Welcome. Thank you, charlie, norah. A joy to be with you. Good to have you. The more this man gives interviews, the more im with you. There is this question of shock waves through the church. Is it because the pope is saying weve got to spend more attention on the poor and not get caught up in these doctrines that become the focus of too much attention . Shock waves is a good word. And shock can be good sometimes. Like you shock somebody thats lethargic and listless and at times the mystical body of christ gets listless, mor by ri bund, and i think thats what hes given us. Hes daring, fresh, innovativin. I love him. Im glad. Every day i say thank god he was elected. Yesterday was the sixmonth anniversary of his assuming the role of the successor of st. Peter. Remember on march 19th. You all were there. We were there. And i tell you, every day i say this man is batting 1. 000. What do you think about the substance of what hes saying . Do you agree . Has the church spent too much time talking about abortion, gays, homosexuality, and contraception . I wonder if we all spend too much time talking about that. I mean, you guys, thats usually the things you ask me about. Right . I dont know if p its just the church that seems obsessed with those issues. It seems to be culture, society. And what the pope is hes talking to the church but i think hes also talking to the whole culture. He says instead of talking act these hotbutton issues, why dont we talk about tenderness and mercy and the love we have and peace and justice . What hes saying is the past two popes, specifically pope benedict, too, has put out new rulings, new doctrines on those issues and it sounds like pope francis is saying im not going to do that, im focusing on something else. Not bad. You think hell speak to those issues. Every pope has a different strategy. Hes saying those are important issues and the church sz haas got to talk about them but we need to talk them in a fresh, new way. If we keep a negative fingerwagging tone its counterproductive. More importantly, talking about the priority of the church. He says i see the church as a hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugar. You have to heal his wound. Then we can talk about i love that. Talking about this and get on with healing the poor and those who are suffering. You got it. I love the image of the church as a hospital. I love the image of the church as a family. I love the church as the image of a tender mother, embracing children, especially those who feel exclulded or wounded. Who in the church is not going to want to hear this . Conservatives . People who want to talk about doctrine . Because not everyone is pleased to hear the pope right. But in a way, charlie, that could be validation of the truth of what hes saying, because if you get some people upset, that means youre usually speaking the truth. Look at what happened to jesus. He spoke the truth and look what happened to him. He ended up on cross. So hes probably knows hes going to get some controversy. He talked about the role of women in the church, that we have to work harder to develop a profound theology of women and the feminine genius is needed wherever he make importance. Isnt that beautiful . He also warned against the feminism machismo. He said we dont serve women well and elevate them if we simply turn them into men. Beautifully nuanced and balanced. Thank you for being here. Invite me more open. Good to be here. Now congress is ready for the first step in a budget battle that could soon shut down much of the government. The house votes today on a republican bill to keep the government running only if all funding is cut for obama care. Democrats say that effort is a waste of time and there are some republicans who agree. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Nancy, good morning. Reporter good morning, norah and charlie. Yes, aides to House Republican leaders tell us they were surprised by the level of opposition to their plan from Senate Republicans and even some moderate republicans in the house. But they are going ahead with their plan to hold a vote on their bill within the next hour or so anyway, and they insist there are ways to resolve this standoff without resorting to a government shutdown. Good morning, everyone. Reporter after bowing to demand from tea party republicans, House Speaker john boehner tried to convince Senate Republicans to join him in what many see as a losing battle. Guess what . Were having the fight over here. Were going to win the fight over here. Its time for them to pick up the mantel and get the job done. Democrats warn the rils i can gambit to tie government funding to the president S Health Care law wont work. I want to be absolutely crystal clear. Any bill that funds obama care is dead. Dead. Reporter so with just ten days to go before the government runs out of money, most Senate Conservatives are making it clear that, while they support their house colleagues, theyll only take this fight so far. We dont want to shut down. We dont need a shutdown. We should avoid a shutdown. Reporter instead, they are already focusing on the battle to come over the nations borrowing limit, which the treasury secretary says needs to be raised by midoctober in order to avoid default. House republicans will meet today to discuss what they want in exchange for their vote to raise the debt ceiling. Their list includes construction of the keystone xl pipeline, more spending cuts, and postponing implementation of the president S Health Care law for one year. Delay a bill, delay a law thats not ready, thats bad for the country. Reporter democrats insist they wont negotiate over raising the debt ceiling. Similar talks in 2011 went so badly, u. S. Credit got downgraded and the dow sank 2,000 points. Not lifting the debt limit is unleashing a torrent, a river of no return. It is beyond cataclysmic. Reporter but before anyone negotiates or doesnt negotiate over the debt limit, theyre going need to resolve this current fight. One senator from texas, republican ted cruise, is vowing to filibuster the bill if Senate Democrats try to strip out that move to defund obama care. He cant stop things on his own, norah and charlie, but he can slow things down. And we dont have much time left. Thank you, nancy. Chicagos reeling this morning from a new round of street violence. Police say in just four hours last night shootings killed one person and 18 others hurt pap 3yearold boy is critically wounded. Dean reynolds is at chicagos mt. Sinai hospital where some of the victims, including that little boy, are being treated. Dean, good morning. Reporter good morning, charlie and norah. Well, first wave of violence broke out shortly after 6 00 in which four people were wounded by gunfire. But it was the second wave after 10 00 that required more than 60 Police Officers and ten ambulances to respond. More than a dozen people were shot when the gunfire e erupted shortly after 10 00 p. M. Near Cornell Square park on chicagos south side. All i can gather right now is that there were two male subjects all dressed in black from head to toe who came into the park, started firing, then took off. Use caution. Theyre arnold, use highcaliber weapons. Reporter among the victims a 3yearold boy shot in the head by a stray bullet. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Like massive people got hit. Little kid got hit in the face. I dont know if hes still alive. I dont know whats his condition. Reporter police are still unsure of the identity of the shooters but say it appeared to be a gangrelated incident. This latest outbreak of violence comes on the heels of an fbi report released just this week, branding chicago as the murder capital of america. With 500 murders recorded in 2012, thats even more than new york city, a city with three times the population. And as we got to see up close and personal in december hold on. Somethings up. Man with a gun. Man with a gun. Stay in the car. Okay. Reporter in the battle over chicago streets, the police have their work cut out for them. Is this a solvable problem or do you just try to maintain a certain level of calm . I dont want to maintain. I want to win. So were going to were going to always try to do better than we did before. Reporter now, the word from the hospital this morning is that the 3yearold remains in critical condition, and it turns out that his uncle was one of eight people murdered in this city over this past labor day weekend. Charlie, norah . Dean reynolds, thank you. The firm that checked the background of Washington Navy yard gunman aaron alexis faces new scrutiny this morning. Thats because usis also vetted nsa leaker Edward Snowden when he sought secret clearance. The company is under federal investigation for possible violations going even before those two cases. People in Northern Colorado are finding mud and misery this morning. Theyre coming home after a week of massive flooding. And now a new worry oil contamination. The death toll now stands at seven. Three others are missing and presumed dead. The number of people unaccounted for is down to about 140. And a special group is being launched to fix 200 mimes of highway and 50 bridges damaged in the flooding. Anna werner is in boulder, colorado. Anna, good morning. Reporter well, good morning, charlie, and good morning to you, norah. And, yes, some people here in the community are starting to ask whether they should be worried about leaks from the many oil and gas operations here in this region. We got a look at some of those operations for ourselves. In welles county, colorado, bright green liquid sits in a pit below a tank tipped by floodwaters. Video was taken by activist Suzanne Spiegel and her group fracfree colorado. We, you know, walked up to it and at first it was just the smell that hit me, and i literally immediately became lightheaded. Reporter so far the state has identified ten spills caused by the floods including one that has sent over 5,000 gallons of oil into the south platte river. Not that any pollution is a good thing reporter at a press conference thursday, colorados governor says the spills werent excessively large. The several small spills that weve had have been very small relative to the huge flow of water through here. We are responding exceptionally well. Reporter tisha shuler is president of the colorado oil and gas association. Do you feel like you know at this point the extent of all possible leaks . Certainly not. As floodwaters recede, we continue to monitor and inspect. Reporter she says roughly 10 of the 2,000 sites of the floodplain have net yet to be inspected. We flew over the area to see flooded sections for ourselves. Sitting in the floodwater, one tank lying on its side. But shuler says that doesnt mean the tank is leaking. There are numerous tanks that have been askew that are not compromised. Reporter spiegel isnt convinced. Were unable to see if theyre leaking because theyre submerged in water and thats water you dont want to be touching. Its like a toxic sludge at this point. Reporter so that oil and gas industry representative says that its group of operators started shutting down their wells wednesday evening when flood warnings started to be issu issued, but there are still many areas that are inaccessible, some of those wells have not been inspected yet, and they cant tell whether there could be damage or leaks. Back to you. Anna, thanks. Iran may be ready to make a deal on its nuclear program, the catalyst, a recent letter from president obama to launch new president hasan ra hanni. The letter implies that iran could get relief from crippling economic sections if it cooperates. Rowhani is signals a less confrontational tile at home. He wants constructive engagement with the United States and the world. The ambassador who led a state department probe of last years benghazi, libya, attacks, says the review was not a whitewash. Republicans on the House OversightCommittee Say investigators were too soft on secretary of state Hillary Clinton and other top officials. Ambassador Thomas Pickering testified before that committee yesterday. Then he spoke with our own cheryl attkisson. Shes with us from capitol hill. Good morning. Reporter good morning, norah. The accountability review board found serious security lapses in benghazi and faulted four managers but gave pass, in essence, to more seniorlevel officials. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton appointed 4 out of the 5 board members, but pickering says there was no conflict of interest. Thomas pickering and his Investigative Panel cochair mike mullen told congress that not a single military plane could make it to the rescue during the eight hours americans were under threat in benghazi. There were no strip alert aircraft ready to go. It was libya after a revolution on 9 11. We had been bombed twice prior. Theres nobody thats ready to go . Everybody in the military wanted to move forward. It became a physics problem, and its a time and distance problem. Reporter what message do you think that might send to our enemies that there we were for a pretty long period of time apparently unable to help . It would send a message to our enemies if we dont posture ourselves in a different way and change, that were weak and vulnerable, and thats not the message we want to send. Reporter pickering says change is in the works. The military has begun to adjust its readiness stance in some regions. He and his cochair, mullen, say they were fiercely independent. We had unfettered access to state Department Personnel and documents. Reporter but republicans questioned the boards independence when mullen admitted he offered advice to secretary of state Hillary Clinton for an upcoming congressional hearing while he was investigating her agency. Did you agree that that was appropriate . I left that to admiral mullen to make his own decision with respect to that. Would you have done so . I do not think i would have done so. Reporter but pickering defended the decision not to record more than 100 witness interviews and says there was no need to interview top officials including clinton. Do you think in retrospect it might have been a good idea just to do some pro forma deep interviews with the secretary of state and her top deputies . No, i dont. We took a hard look at this, and we took a very serious look. And i think we made that decision in good conscience on the basis of everything we had that there was no trail. Reporter democrats say the focus should be on implementing the accountability review boards 29 recommendations. Thats in the works. Norah . Cheryl, thanks. Time to show you some of this mornings headlines from around the globe. The Washington Post looks at syria. Secretary of state john kerry angrily called for the u. N. To back an agreement by the United States and russia on syrias chemical weapons. Kerry wants his Security Council to take action next week. The wall street journal says there are glitches in Government Software for Online Health exchanges sent to launch in two weeks. The Computer Program can not reliably determine how much people need to pay for health coverage. The New York Times says president obama will announce tough limits today on emissions from new power plants. Senior Administration Officials tell cbs news this the restrictions would apply to g