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KPIX CBS This Morning May 1, 2014

In car actually just died behind us. Millions waking up drenched from florida all the way to the northeast. The heavy rain was too much for baltimore. Embattled mayor rob ford said hes taking time off from his campaign to go into rehab. And its being described as crack cocaine. A whos who of billionaires just in case they get a chance to buy the los angeles clippers. Oprah winfrey leads the list. I can make some things happen. Cleanup under way in virginia after a Train Derailment may have dumped thousands of gallons of oil in the river. Theres a dog on the field. He just stole the right fielders glove and now the left fielders glove. It was Bill Whitaker day in los angeles. As randy newman sang i love l. A. And all that matters. Army sergeant and his military dog are back together after an emotional reunion in chicago. Got her a nice bed but she can sleep on the couch with me. Finally sterlings alleged mistress said shell someday run for president of the united states. Finally a president who is es. Not afraid to look directly into a solar eclipse. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota, lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Good morning, naraorah. Good morning, charlie. Tens of millions of americans are ready to call may day. There is serious flooding this morning from the northeast all the way to the gulf coast. In pensacola, florida, one of the hardest hit cities, a deadly explosion that may be flooding related leveled part of a county jail overnight. Mark straussman is at the scene where the blast killed two and injured more than 100 inmates and guards. I can tell you there are clear signs of damage to the buildi jail from this blast. From the from the second to the fourth floor. Floor, a long crack that runs toat is the top to the bottom. Theres rubble on the ground that goes into the entrance of f this facility. To see wheth the building is now vacant now also that its first light, it will is be safe enough for them to go the jai into the facility to see what exactly are we dealing with here and how exactly did this happen . Witnes about 600 people were inside the wou jail when the explosion happened about 11 00 last night. 400 inmates, 200 employees. The buses will take them to local hospitals. The ot none of them had life threatening injuries. The two killed were both inmates. The explosion was possibly caused by this weeks flooding. The flooding has startled many people in this community. Across pensacola, people are cleaning up from the worst flooding in decades. More than 20 hours left roads soated saturated, they simply gave way. Ply gave this road was up to the top the t of the area here and its just completely gone now. Braden ball has lived on l has piedmont road for 12 years, but wednesday it became piedmont river. Were talking about the water. How fast was it going down . It was going. I have no idea how fast. Ast it looked like something youd it ride rapids in or something. I i mean it was very very fast. The raging water busted g y underground pipes, sending natural gas shooting into the area. Heavy rains wiped out a section of this highway and despite days out thi of warning, the powerful storm system caught many by surprise. More than 300 9 11 calls were placed from people who needed help evacuating. Floridas governor declared a state of emergency in 26 counties. Repairs to all the washed out roads and bridges will go on for weeks here but there is a more immediate crisis and that is what do with the facility. Also what to do with the become hundreds of inmates now scattered at regional jails. Crisis. Mark, thanks. The system that brought heavy rains and killer tornadoes to b the south is causing flooding to the into the northeast. Th is it is raining hard this morning in eastern new england. Don is in the lindenwood orhood outs neighborhood to show us some of good the problems. Good morning. You can see some of the cars ight stranded overnight during the rapidly rising floodwaters all over this area. This part of queens was built on marshland in the early 1900s. Many houses have basements and residents garages underneath them. Unfortunately that means people are reporting up to 7 feet of water in the basements. This woman was stuck in her car for nearly a half hour rescue before rescue workers could r reach her. Others were stranded inside inside their homes. Their some couldnt even make it there. T my house was that way or south. I see some cars make it some. Dont make it. Die they just die out. Water just floods their engine and it just turns off. Torrential rain pours through new york city subway grates and seeped into the ground in yonkers, leading to a 50foot mud slide. The storm has been making its way north, drenching the carolinas. Parts of virginia and maryland. In West Pikeland pennsylvania this man was rescued by a raft rescued after his car got stuck. And just outside of philadelphia, a city bus was bus caught in floodwaters, emergency crews moving two passengers and ncy crui the driver to safety. Nd a d in hoboken, new jersey floodwater swamped cars and made roads impasseableimpassable. To teenagers climbed a fence, hoping to hoping to avoid the kneedeep r. Water. This area of queens was very hard hit by super storm signeds storm surge. Believe it or not, some of the residents here are saying that this was even worse. If theres any good news at all, its that its expected to warm um and to dry out later today. Norah. Don, thanks. Flash flood being hit parts of north carolina. Dozens of people had to be rescued in fayetteville. Those of you in the west face much different conditions this morning. Megan glaros of wbbm is tracking your extreme weather. Good morning to those of you in the west where fire danger will be high today and temperatures anywhere from 10 to 20 degrees above normal with a big ridge of High Pressure centered over idaho. Thats going to create winds ramping up through Southern California today, the santa ana winds will be in effect today, gusting anywhere from 40 to 70 miles an hour. Temperatures will range from 90 to 100 and low humidity levels will all make for a very high fire danger in Southern California today. Highs will range from 84 in seattle, which could be a new record there, to as much as 93 near the coast in los angeles. But you get inland in Southern California today and temperatures could top 100 santa an degrees. Hot day there. Megan, thanks. That extreme heat and those santa ana winds are fuelling a gerous dangerous wildfire in the foot hills east of los angeles. Good morning. Reporter good morning. And good morning to our viewers here in the west. Were here at a staging area for the more than 700 firefighters on the ground. The conditions were so ripe for a wildfire that crews across the state were sent to this area before the fires even started. Crews overnight continued to battle fliemsames in the San Bernardino mountains. Fire forced more than 1,600 families to leave their homes. Kim packed what she could after spotting a cloud of smoke over her neighborhood. You go to bed thinking this w might be the day i lose my home. Po were trying to save our lives at this point. The wildfire ignited wednesday morning and quadrupleda few in size in just a few hours. By mid afternoon, it charred a thousand acres and covered communities in smoke. The wind gusts here are up to 60 Miles Per Hour and are preventing helicopters and air tankers from taking off and ing dousing the fire from the air. Takin those strong santa ana winds fan the flames and sent dangerous rhoods embers flying into neighborhoods miles away from the wildfire. Were worried mostly about re spotting. W you get the ambers in this wind spot and the smoke and dropping into the yards. Reporter so the area could here. Be vulnerable long before the fire gets here . The in these areas. S like reporter with forecasters orecaste predicting more strong winds and predic hot temperatures this area will remain at risk, even after this fire is contained. And this morning families are being allowed to return to their homes. So far no homes have been damaged. Thank you. No the mayor of north americas ged. Fourth largest city says he needs to go to rehab. Toronto mayor rob ford is putting politics on hold to seek help. Professional help. Last nights announcement came after a new alcoholrelated dent and incident and another video allegedly showing ford smoking crack cocaine. Michelle miller is here with thegood mor mayors newest woes. Here we good morning. Good morning. Here we go again. Earlier mayor ford launched a and Reelection Campaign based on the with spirit of Second Chances and forgiveness. But many are wondering if its finally time for the infamous mayor to exit public life for good. Love i love our city and i love being your mayor on wednesday torontos a Mayoral Campaign was brought to a stand still when rob ford announced he was entering rehab. In a statement ford saturday i have a problem with alcohol and the choices ive made under the influence. I decided to take a leave from campaigning and from my Duties Campaign as mayor to seek immediate help. Te today was the first day that the mayor not only acknowledged that he has a problem but made steps to actually do something about it. Reporter but just hours later, a new wave of scandal erupted. First, the globe and mail published pictures showing ford allegedly smoking what is said to be crack cocaine. Its said the video was shot by a drug dearlyler attempting to sell it for at least six features. M and in a tape ford who is female drunk, can be heard making offensive comments about a female political rival. [ bleep ford declined to comment on the latest allegations, but calls the for his resignation have grown louder. For the good of the city i call on mayor ford to resign from his office at mayor. Yes, i have smoked crack ive cocaine. Do i . Am i an addict . No. Do who do i speak to about the proper code of conduct . I the mayors antics grabbed International Headlines making adlines ford canadas biggest newsmaker in recent history. But in november the city council stripped ford of his powers after he admitted to having owers substantial abuse issues. Adm if youre drinking enough that you can try crack in your sues. 40s and you dont remember it nd maybe thats something you mightr want to think about like talking to somebody about. I wasnt elected to be some perfect, jimmy. Reporter perfect or not, e this latest round of scandal may be enough to convince ford to a get the help many think he really needs. I think with him just so much had been piling on and its getting to him. Its weighing on him and maybe today was the day that all the dominos fell. Reporter well despite y is fords checkered past, he continues to enjoy widespread support in many parts of the city. Conti but when this latest round of allegations, his political opponents hope this will be enough to convince mayor ford and the city to give up the keys to fords nation once and for all. Michelle thanks. The nba moves closer today to forcing Donald Sterling out as owner of the los angeles clippers. A committee of ten team owners will discuss sterlings future after his lifetime ban for racist comments. Carter evans is at Staples Center in los angeles. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Todays Conference Call is the first meeting of owners since nba commissioner announced the ban on tuesday. Now comes the hard question. Can he and other owners force Donald Sterling to sell his team . No matter how long it takes, ong no matter how much money it costs, we need to get him out of out there. Reporter the nbas reigning mvp, lebron james, called on the leagues owners to move quickly to force out Donald Sterling. Terling. The next step is for the owners to vote and get him to sell the franchise. Thats what nba commissioner adam silver plans to do. The owners have the Authority Owner subject to three quarters vote to remove him as an owner. T thats 23 of the 30 teams in the nba. When asked anonymously, 16 owners told the Associated Press as they would vote in favor of forcing sterling to sell the clippers. Eight declined to reveal their he position. Dallas match ricksvericks owner tweeted he agreed 100 with the eed commissioners findings but on monday expressed concern about g a setting the precedent. I thi its a slippery slope. When you start trying to remove people from the nba or any organization based off of their private thoughts they have at home. N reporter the leagues bylaws spell out what happens if any sterlings ownership rights are terminated. The commissioner will take he control of the clippers set a price, price and put the team up for sale. But one longtime nba executive tells cbs news quote, the league expect as fight on this and that fight could end up in ederal court, says gabe feldman, the director of the law program at tulane university. D the question is does his racism give the other owners the legal right to vote him out . Vot we dont know the answer yes. Reporter even though the tha clippers are not yet up for ng up same, big names are lining up to told bid. Oprah tells us she may partner with david geffen and Magic Johnson moved one step closer to throwing his hat in the ringing on wednesday. I will be owner of an nba team sometime. It has to be the right situation. Is the clippers the right situation . Of course. Its one of the premiere franchises. Reporter while potential buyers wait the clock is ticking for the nba. Sterling has five to reply after written charges are filed against him. After that the board of governors will hold a hearing within ten days on the matter. Thanks. Ford is appointing a new ceo this morning. The promotion was expected. Fields has been running fords daytoday operations for more than a year. Tireing after eight years. St. Adam sinn fein is under arrest for a notorious murder more than 40 years ago. The investigation is reopening old wounds. N lon elizabeth, good morning. Is reporter good morning. Gerry adams actually handed himself in late yesterday and spent the night in a cell but he hasnt yet been charged. He explicit lely denies he has anything to do with this crime. Im innocent totally of any part of the abduction, killing w and burial of jean mcconnell. Re she was dragged from her home by the i. R. A. , forcealsely accused of informing. Her murder was just one atrosity gerry ad in the decadeslong struggle against the irish. Witnesses, including former i. R. A. Member deloreses price says he was a paramilitary commander, too. In 2012 she told cbs news adams. Had sent her to plant a bomb in london. Who sent me to london to blow to it up . Reporter who . Gerry adams. Gerry adams has worked hard to recast himself as a clear s voice for irish reconciliation re now and in the future. I have tried to work at building the peace. Reporter but his past may yet get in the way. This of course is politically explosive, norah, and there are fears it might undermine northern irelands still very still fragile peace. Indeed elizabeth. Thank you. Its 7 19. Ahead well look at headlines from around the globe. Plus up to 50,000 we are going to see near recordbreaking temperatures again around the bay area as High Pressure sits over hid. So yeah, a lot of sunshine to start the day. But well notice some changes by the afternoon. Hazy looking back towards San Francisco right now. But that strong dome of High Pressure sitting overhead and those offshore Winds Continuing at least this morning. By the afternoon a little bit of a sea breeze kicking in maybe slightly cooler near the coastline, still 80s and 90s in the bay and 90s in the valleys. Much cooler tomorrow and a whole lot cooler for the weekend. Announcer this this National Weather report sponsored by kohls. Find your yes, kohls. A massive sinkhole a massive sinkhole swallows cars in a neighborhood full of homes. Im chip reid in baltimore. Is it a landslide or sinkhole . Whatever it is its huge. Well show you coming up. The news is back in the morning here on cbs this morning. Stay tuned for your local news. This portion of cbs this morning sponsored by toyota, lets go places. Toyota. Lets go places. 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