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President obama. Its the first time the two men have talked face to face. Officials in thailand confirming they have satellite images showing 300 objects floating in the south indian ocean. The search for flight 370 called off due to rough weather. The official death toll is expected to grow up to 25 people. Hundreds of searchers continue to claw through a mountain of dirt and debris. Engine 33 has a mayday on channel 2 tragedy in boston. An inferno raced through a boston brownstone. Two firefighters were killed battling the ninealarm blaze. Citizens were saved, and thats what we do. We sacrifice our lives for the citizens of the city of boston. The twister touched down in roseville, up near sacramento. It damaged 12 homes. Tornado right there. Setting the case for athletics, northwestern Football Players can unionize. Oh, that . The photos from the grand canyon. They used canyons and harnesses to clean the underside of the skywalk. He is being called the drone dentist. A daddy wanted his son to get rid of a loose tooth. And all that matters. Rob ford facing mayoral candidate. Im the only candidate with a proven track record of success. Only the only candidate with a proven crack record. On cbs this morning. According to the Washington Post, two secret Service Officers suspected of drunk driving were in a car crash during president obamas trip to miami. Why do you think theyre always running alongside the president s limo . Theyre too drunk to drive. This mornings eyeopener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Norah odonnell is over and Clarissa Ward is here. We begin with a trip to the vatican. The two shook hands before the president had a private conversation with the leader of 1. 2 billion catholics. Major garrett is traveling with the president. Hes in vatican city. Major, good morning. Reporter good morning. President obamas audience with pope francis lasted precisely 52 minute, just a bit longer than the white house had originally scheduled. One point of emphasis pope francis focus on alleviating global poverty, the president s efforts to reduce income inequality at home and the role of america as a Global Economic giant. President obama pulled into the courtyard in vatican city an American Flag heralding his long anticipated audience with pope francis. The president greeted the gentleman of his holiness and strolled slowly but the app stolic palace to the small throne room where he greeted president obama before they retired to the desk in the papal library. Mr. Obama told the pope the audience was a great honor, and that he was a great admirer. In an interview with de la cera mr. Obama said pope francis has changed minds and invigorated moral debate. With a single sentence he can focus global attention on an urgent need, issues, the president said. He can cause people around the world to stop and perhaps rethink old attitudes and begin treating each other with more decency and compassion. At this Years National Prayer Breakfast in washington, the president identified with the pontiffs actions and his call to aid the impoverished. Like matthew, he has answered the call of jesus, who said ollow me and he inspires us with his words and deeds as humility and mercy and missionary impulse to serve the cause of social justice. Reporter the president presented pope francis with a gift honoring the pontiffs recent decision to open the papal summer guardardens to the public. A box used for a garden, full of seeds, a harvest that the pontiff can deliver to a charity of his choosing. The number of people missing this morning after a deadly mudslide has been cut nearly in half. The search for victims is now in its sixth day. Officials say some of the bodies may never be recovered. John blackstone is just outside of oso where First Responders are sharing stories of tragedy and survival. John, good morning. Reporter good morning. Well, theres daylight coming to the west coast here the confirmed death toll in this landslide will be rising again. The landslide impact zone is just a half mile down the road beyond this roadblock. Searchers there yesterday located eight more bodies and theyre certain to be finding more. One of the victims found under the mud yesterday was summer raffo. She never saw it coming. Reporter her brother, dayn brunner, a local policeman, has been a part of search all week. Was that painful or relief when they called you . It was a relief in a sense that, okay this is closure, just seeing the car put the exclamation point on the amount of devastation, the amount of force and the amount of physics that were involved with that mountain coming down. Reporter and that amount of force, you think killed your sister instantly . Yeah, yeah. Thats the belief that we have. Reporter and thats a comfort . It is, because that was one of the concerns did she suffer . Is she still alive . It appeared she did not suffer at all. Reporter others were luckier, and for the first time Helicopter Rescue teams are telling theoryir stories of pulling people from the mud soon after the slide. The kid was in mud about up to here. Reporter helicopter crew chief randy fay scanned the moonscape that was oso, washington, and spotted a 4yearold boy. We have no clue how he ended up there by himself. Reporter fay was overcome describing the moment he saw the boy was alive. Well, ill cry, so maybe thats not a good idea. Crap. Sorry. Reporter even more emotional for rescuers is when theres no sign of life at all. Going through the rubble of a home and picking up clothes of these little ones you know, and holding them in front of me and just looking to see what size are they you know, how old was this child . Reporter but the searchers go back every day, even dayn brunner promises he will return to the mud today to help others find closure. Youre a police officer. Does your training help you handle issues seen to be yes, it does. It does. And believe me, ive had ive had my moments ever since day one. I havent cried this much probably since i was about 2 1 2 years old. Reporter certainly many more tears will be cried here in the days ahead. Officials now list 90 people as missing. Now, thats far fewer than was originally feared here but its half the population of the Small Community that was wiped away by this massive landslide. John, thank you. More bad weather in the southern indian ocean this morning interrupted the search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370. But new evidence of debris on the surface is raising hopes that recovery crews are in the right place. Holly williams is in perth, australia, the home base for the massive search operation. Holly, good morning. Reporter good morning. We have new images today captured by a thai satellite on monday of what could be fragments of malaysian Airlines Flight 370. Thai Officials Say the grainy photos show 300 objects floating in the southern indian ocean. Thats around 130 miles from the current search area. Thats not far from where a french satellite spotted more than 120 objects on sunday. The new images raise hopes that the jetliners wreckage may soon be found. But its frustrating news for the search teams, because today their planes were forced back by bad weather. And theyre now grounded here at pierce air base. They know that times running out in the hunt for the planes black boxes, or flight recorders, which could finally explain what went wrong on the boeing 777. Now, those black boxes can be tracked down via electronic sounds, or pings emitted by their transponders but they may have as little as 12 days of battery life left. Charlie, cla risrissaclarissa . Thanks. A special envoy was sent to speak with victims relatives in malaysia. Seth doane is in kuala lumpur. Seth, good morning. Reporter good morning. This is what we woke up to in the local papers today. Malaysia airlines took out a full page letter of condolence to the family members of the passengers on board flight 370. Then, in another paper, the star, this was the headline. The need for closure. It reads. It certainly is true for family members waiting for word. And every time the search is called off or delayed, only means more waiting. Authorities have not publicly given any indication whether theyre closer to determining a cause behind this missing jetliner. That Flight Simulator seized from captain ahmed shahs home is in the final stages of being evaluated by the fbi. Sources say investigators were able to recover some of the deleted files, but found nothing suspicious. Speculation about the pilots possible role has made headlines, pushing friends including nasir, to his defense. When you hear the suspicion aimed at your friend, what do you think . I think the last person to do that. Reporter the last person to do that. Why do you say that . I dont think reporter boeing and Malaysia Airlines are now facing legal action. The chicagobased firm is initiating a multimilliondollar lawsuit on behalf of at least one passengers family. Now, Chinese Insurance Companies have started paying out compensation to some of those families of the passengers on board flight 370. And at chinas request, malaysia has turned over some of that satellite data used working with experts, to determine where flight 370 ended up. Charlie, clarissa . Seth, thanks. Bostons Fire Department is grieving this morning after the loss of two of its own. Those men died yesterday in a massive nonalarm fire. Sera congi is near the scene in the neighborhood. Sera, good morning. Reporter good morning, charlie. There is an air of sadness in this neighborhood and across the city after the loss of these two firefighters. Strong winds yesterday with some gusting up to 40 Miles Per Hour made this a tough and deadly fire to beat. Im running out of water reporter the fire was spreading so quickly the firefighters had no way out. Investigators say the fire started in the basement of this fourstory brownstone, before strong winds turned the building into an inferno. In 30 years, ive never seen a fire travel that fast escalate that quickly, and create such havoc in such a short period of time. Reporter almost immediately, members of engine 33 reported they were trapped in the basement. Mayday they werent in the building more than two, three minutes when they ordered mayday they were trapped. Reporter firefighters Michael Kennedy and lieutenant edward walsh did not survive. Theyre being called heroes. Citizens were saved and thats what we do. We sacrifice our life for the citizens of the city of boston. Thats what Michael Kennedy, firefighter Michael Kennedy, and lieutenant eddie walsh, did today. Reporter in all, more than 150 firefighters responded to this massive fire. Help, help reporter with the size and intensity, it proved overwhelming. Its unfortunately it takes a tragedy for us to appreciate the work that the men and women of the boston Fire Department do. Reporter 13 other firefighters were injured, but we are told those injuries are not life threatening. The cause of this fire is under investigation. Officials say they dont consider it suspicious. From boston im sera congi. Charlie, clarissa back to you. Thank you. The secret service is dealing with another embarrassing report this morning about behavior in its ranks. The Washington Post reported two agents suspected of drinking were involved in a car crash during president obamas visit to miami earlier this month. That report follows an incident this week on a president ial trip to the netherlands. The secret service sent three agents home after a night of drinking, hours after they were warned to stay out of trouble. One agent allegedly passed out in a hallway. Members of Congress Said wednesday the episode points to larger problems. Our own investigation shows this is probably more widespread and more systemic than the secret service or the department of Homeland Security Office Inspector general is willing to admit. Senator johnson says he will release his own report on the secret service soon. Now to what is being called a big win for college athletes. A National Labor relations official ruled wednesday that Football Players at Northwestern University are employees of the school and can form a union. The decision could have a Ripple Effect for colleges nationwide. Northwestern quarterback kain colter started the drive to organize his teammates. Its a huge step on our journey to gaining basic protections and basic rights. We finally have somebody in place to negotiate on our behalf and to make sure you know, our experience is the best it can be, and somebody actually looking out for the players and only, you know, for the players. 60 minutes Sports Correspondent Armen Keteyian joins us this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Why do you think the ruling was made . Its astonishing. Its a landmark ruling in a lot of ways. In the big picture, this says a couple of things. One, for the first time really an independent voice has said, look, College Athletics at northwestern meaning at Major College around the country, is a fulltime job, that these athletes are Athletes First, and theyre students second. And it also brings into question the relationship between the coaches and the scholarship, and thats going to have a Ripple Effect as well. But, armon, this is part of a larger movement. This is not an isolated event. Not at all. The ncaa has been under siege in the last year on three different fronts. One, you have this union case now thats just blown up. You have a likeness case involving a former ucla player involving the rights to their own likenesses and compensated for that. And now, you have jeffrey kessler, a major sports lane labor attorney questioning amateurism. Where are we headed . I think short term, charlie, well be headed into the nlrbs National Office in washington where a fivemember panel will take this up in the coming months. Northwestern is certainly going to appeal this case in that respect. Dont be surprised if the ncaa doesnt go to court. This is a staggering potentially staggering effect on and i think the other thing thats interesting here is this is yet another drumbeat about just how big College Athletics is right now. In the case of the final four coming up now with march madness, its like 7. 3 billion in Television Revenue over the next ten years, and you have universities like the university of texas that made 109 million last year 89 million at the university of alabama, michigan with 81 million. This is just another example that, look we are long since past the day of amateurism. Thank you. Youre welcome. Time to show you some of the mornings headlines. New york daily news, osama bin ladens soninlaw faces life in prison. He was convicted of conspireing to kill americans. He was the first brought to trial in the United States since the 9 11 attacks. The New York Times says citigroup failed the federal reserves stress test for the second time in three years. It was the only one of the nations top five banks not to pass the annual financial checkup. The fed denied citigrups plan to reward investors with higher dividends and stock buybacks. The Company Behind candy crush is falling further on wall street at this hour. Usa today says shares of gamemaker king digital opened down almost 16 today. That is the worst debut for big ipo in 15 years. The wall street journal says Rupert Murdoch is expanding the role of his sons in the family controlled business empire. The media mogul recently celebrated his 83rd birthday. Lachlan murdosh will be named ceo. A major bust in a sophisticated baggage theft ring at Los Angeles International airport. Police confirmed multiple arrests. 25 search warrants were served. The suspects are mostly workers contracted by the airport. And its 7 19. Ahead son cbs this morning, Vladimir Putin wants to toughen up russia. See how hes turning to Steven Seagal and josef stalin what from the kpix 5 weather center, good morning, everyone. Out the door it would be advisable carrying the umbrella. A stray shower still in the offing right now we do have some rain showers north of the Golden Gate Bridge right there heading towards the santa rosa area. Otherwise, mostly cloudy. A southerly breeze up to 15 today. Right now 40s and 50s. Climbing to highs in the 50s and through the 60s. We have a brandnew area of low pressure promising heavier rainfall by friday night through saturday morning. Scattered showers saturday during the day. This National Weather report sponsored by walmart. Save money, live better. Ey. Live better. This morning, youll meet the man trapped by flames high above houston. When i got to the window, like i said, it was jammed. I couldnt get out. I thought, well im not going to, you know, get out of here. I said a prayer god, get me out of this. Ahead, he and the firefighter who saved him take us inside the dramatic escape. The news is back this morning on cbs this morning. Stay tuned for your local news. 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