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KPIX CBS This Morning August 14, 2014

Meanwhile two reporters covering the unrest in ferguson were arrested last night. Stop videotaping. Grab your stuff and go. U. S. Forces looking highly unlikely in iraq. Troops found far fewer refugees on mt. Sinjar. Frightening ride for dozens off the coast of massachusetts. A giant wave slammed ferries. I really thought i was going to die. South korea says north korea fired shortrange missiles shortly before pope francis arrived this morning. The pope called on both nations to work for peace. Going to hug it out with the president . Absolutely no word whether Hillary Clinton and president barack obama hugged it out. In an exclusive dinner party that she labeled part of the president s Foreign Policy a failure. Dont be fooled by the air kisses and the hugs this story is not over. New york state had its rainiest day on record. Also floodwaters swept away several people in the southwest. North carolina may need to work on his getaway skills. He was spotted dragging a stolen safe. It was posted to the twitter account. A spider photo bombed when it crawled across the screen. Shes 99 she weighs 88 pounds. She finished it in 59. 8 seconds getting a world record for her age group. On cbs this morning. Justin bieber went to court and pleaded guilty to careless driving and resisting arrest. Which i can only assume are two of his songs. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs this morning. Gayle king is off. This is supposed to be the first day of school in ferguson missouri. Instead that st. Louis suburb is shaken after another night of violent protests. Police fired tear gas and smoke grenades to disperse a crowd last night. Some of the demonstrators threw firebombs. The town is facing ongoing violence since an officer shot and killed an unarmed teenager on saturday. Mark strassmann is in ferguson. Reporter good morning. Another rough night here in ferguson. Street clashes between police and protesters. 16 arrests, one injured Police Officer and no sign that this frustration on all sides is going to let up any time soon. And now a second witness has come forward to the weekend shooting of Michael Brown here in ferguson. A fourth consecutive night of violence erupted in ferguson last night. We just said hands up, dont shoot. [ gunfire ] you must disperse immediately. This is no longer a peaceful protest when you try to injure people. Reporter Ferguson Police just said released a statement asking protesters to assemble only during daylight hours. Even those protests have been met by a heavily armed police presence. Return to your vehicles. Return to your homes. We were out there peacefully demonstrating and we thought that as long as were peaceful theres no violence everythings okay. Then the next thing i know theres tear gas. Go go. You dont have time to ask questions. Lets go. Reporter several journalists were allegedly physically assaulted by police. Officers stormed a mcdonalds where ryan reilly and Wesley Lowery were working, telling them to stop recording and leave. Lets go. You can move lets go. Reporter one officer reportedly slammed a reporters head against glass. They were eventually detained and released shortly afterwards. Tiffany mitchell says she witnessed saturdays shooting of 18yearold Michael Brown. The first gunshot came from the window so i started getting out of the way. Reporter she said she found brown next to a police car struggling with an officer inside. Shortly after, a gunshot was fired. After the shot the kid breaks away and he starts running away from the cop. The cop follows him and kept shooting. And the kids body jerked as if he was hit. Reporter the 18yearold tried to record the struggle on her phone but was too startled by the gunshots. After his body jerked he turned around puts his hands up and the cop continues to walk up on him and shoot him until he goes all the way down. Reporter all of us standing here can smell and feel last nights tear gas. Remnants of it are on the ground and when you step on it you kick it up. Something else ferguson has cancelled its school until monday because of everything thats happening here. Mark, thanks. Pope francis landed in seoul, south korea, today. On tarmac he was greeted by south koreas president. He also met families of the victims of the countrys ferry disaster. Seth doane is in seoul. Seth good morning. Reporter good morning to you. 10 of koreans are catholic and the vatican is said to be focusing more and more across the region really across asia where likely membership numbers for the church are on the rise. That even may include china. And when youre the pope you can send a message simply in the path your plane travels. On his chartered flight to seoul today, pope francis flew over china. Thats significant because the last time a pope wanted to fly through chinese airspace was in 1989, and beijing refused the request. Despite an estimated 12 million catholics there, china does not have diplomatic relations with the vatican. It hasnt since the communist party took over in 1949. Today, as is customary for each country he flies over the pope sent a telegram to chinas president. It read upon entering chinese airspace, i extend best wishes to your excellence see and your fellow citizens and i invoke the divine blessings of peace and well being upon the nation. In china, the majority of catholics worship in underground churches. Another 5. 5 million are members of the official chinese catholic patriotic association, which does not let the vatican appoint bishops. This family has been catholic since the dynasty 700 years ago when missionaries first came to china. I hope china and the vatican could reach Common Ground she said, and one day the pope will visit china. Today in seoul, the pope met with south koreas president. And then for the first time made a public speech in english. May god bless you and all of the people. Reporter that was the first of four scheduled remarks that the pope is prepared to give in english. Some vatican watchers say it could be a dress rehearsal for a likely pope trip to the u. S. In september, 2015. Norah. All right, seth thank you. A fiveday ceasefire continues this morning in gaza despite a shaky start. Talks between israel and hamas are under way in cairo. Just after the truce was announced last night, hamas launched rockets. Israeli forces responded with air strikes on gaza. Still, negotiators are hopeful they can reach a longterm peace deal. Progress and hope this morning for the stranded refugees in iraq. The pentagon says food and water deliveries are helping thousands survive after being forced out by the terror group isis. David martin is at the pentagon where defense officials continue to stress the american troops will not take on a combat role. David, good morning. Reporter good morning, charlie. At this time yesterday it looked like the u. S. Military was about to launch a massive rescue operation to avert a humanitarian disaster. But then a small team of green berets and aid workers got a firsthand look at conditions on the ground and found there were far fewer refugees than feared. After weeks of flying up to 60 Reconnaissance Missions a day over iraq and estimating the number of refugees at anywhere between 15,000 and 35,000 the pentagon ordered osprey vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to fly several teams of green berets in the northern iraqi city of erbil. They landed on tuesday and within hours, about 20 green berets boarded blackhawk helicopters to conduct a daylong Reconnaissance Mission on mt. Sinjar where the refugees were stranded. At the same time the green berets were on the mountain the president S Deputy National security adviser, ben rhodes was assuring reporters u. S. Troops would not go back into combat in iraq. Hes repeatedly said we do not want to be reintroducing combat forces on the ground. Reporter the pentagon released a statement saying the team found far fewer refugees on mt. Sinjar than previously feared. Because of nightly air drops of food and water, the remaining refugees were in better condition than previously believed. As a result, the statement concluded, an Evacuation Mission is far less likely the refugees had been stranded on the mountain after fleeing their homes in the face of an onslaught by militant fighters who go by the name isis and consider them to be devil worshippers. The local governor told Holly Williams isis intends to wipe out the yezidi religion. If we didnt get the help of the world, International Help they would die there. Reporter the yezidis have been through an ordeal but it now appears that air drops kept many of them alive and air strikes kept the isis fighters at bay so that many of the refugees could get off the mountain without the need for a gigantic u. S. Led rescue operation. Charlie. David, thanks. A recordsetting storm that swamped the northeast is hitting maine this morning. Portland maine, got more than 6 inches of rain since yesterday. Across the state nearly 8,000 homes and businesses are without power. The same system dumped more than a foot of rain yesterday in new york. Vladimir is in the hard hit town of islip. Vlad, good morning. Reporter good morning, charlie. Rain was forecast to hit this area, that wasnt a surprise but no one could have predicted this. You can see behind me police roadblocks not letting anybody through. Aerial footage shot this morning shows neighborhoods still flooded with water. At least one person is dead in what some are calling a once in a 200year storm that took this area completely off guard. In 14 years weve been here this is the worst. Ive never seen this ever like this. Ever. Reporter what felt like an endless deluge drenched parts of new york wednesday. At one point more than 10 inches of rain in just two hours. So the event that occurred today was unprecedented. Reporter local officials here admitted this area was not designed to sustain this kind of weather event. The drainage systems in the county are designed to sustain a fiveinch storm over a 24hour period. This was 13 inches within several hours. Reporter for some, the rare flooding brought back memories of Superstorm Sandy that pummeled the area just two years ago. Its like devastation all over again. Over by us we had overturned cars and people were one guy was bleeding. His windshield caved in. Reporter hundreds of cars were completely submerged and drivers were forced to abandon their vehicles. We got here and the water was just overwhelming. The cars were all getting stuck and floating actually. Reporter firefighters rushed to save motorists stranded on the highway, while drivers stood helpless outside their cars as the flooded roads brought traffic to a stand still. I wish i never left the house this morning, okay . Thats how i feel. Reporter forecasters say the storm that rolled through here actually picked up moisture off the coast of new jersey. It was meant to actually keep rolling through the area but instead stood right over long island and thats what brought the historic rainfalls. All right, thank you. The white house says there were no stormy discussions between president obama and Hillary Clinton last night. They shared a table at a party on marthas vineyard. Earlier in the day at a book signing, the former secretary of state talked about her criticism of the president s Foreign Policy. Clinton told the atlantic magazine great nations need organizing principles and dont do stupid stuff is not an organizing principle. She referred to a phrase that president obama used in may. Clinton said she is not trying to distance herself from the president. We have disagreements, does any partners and friends, as we might very well have but im proud that i served with him and for him and im looking forward to seeing him tonight. The obamas and clintons were guests at a Birthday Party for a mutual friend. Kevin ward jr. Began racing when he was 4 years old. His dad says he would drive a cart around a homemade track in his backyard. This morning kevin ward sr. Wilbury his son. Hes demanding answers of tony stewart who killed his son saturday night. Don dahler looks at the awards. Reporter kevin ward sr. Says theres no reason for the crash that killed his son. He said that tony stewart was the best damn driver by far on the track that night. Why he had to go up as high as he did and hog my son, theres no reason for it. He goes on to say apparently tony stewart was the only one driving out there who didnt see him. The one person who knows what happened that night is possibly facing ten years in prison. Is he going to say what he done. Video from the scene shows kevin ward jr. Hit the wall after he and fellow driver tony stewart collided on the track. Moments later the 20yearold gets out of his car. Several drivers whiz by him but when stewart comes back around he hits ward fatally. Ward sr. Says he and his wife watched for 45 minutes as emergency crews performed cpr on their son to no avail. Officials have said theres no evidence of criminal intent but stewart could still face charges in connection with wards death. Ward will be laid to rest today in booneville new york. His father says he was a special person to many and a very special person to his family. Don, thanks. Traffic is frozen right now along a major Southern California highway. The 60 freeway is shut down in both directions near los angeles. A tanker truck carrying milk jackknifed about 90 minutes ago. That accident caused seven other vehicles to crash. Some caught fire. At least 14 people are hurt five of them critically. An american ebola patient is getting stronger. Nancy writebol continues to recover at Emory University hospital in atlanta. Her husband, david, updated her progress to cbs this morning. She keeps telling me that shes doing better bit by bit. Shes sounding stronger each time that i talk to her and just letting me know that the doctors are giving her good reports. Now, hes quarantined himself as a precaution after his return from africa. The fda is packing a potential gamechanger for people who dont get enough sleep. Some 60 million americans have a form of insomnia. It affects 40 of women and 30 of men. The government announced the approval of a groundbreaking type of sleeping pill. Dr. Carol ash is the director of sleep at meridian health. Welcome. Thank you charlie. Whats different about this one . This is an exciting new drug. It really is a new tool in the tool kit for the treatment of insomnia. Typically sleechping drugs are a knockout punch to the brain. They knock out circuits throughout the brain. Kind of think of a house where you get a surge and electricity goes off for the refrigerator the tv not just the lights. So this drug actually is like a switch that turns off just the lights. It works by inhibiting orexin which is a neurochemical that actually wakes up the brain. It stimulates the areas for wakefulness, so its very focused. It still has some of the side effects that other sleeping pills have . Yes, unfortunately. Thats why the fda actually delayed the approval of this drug because when they initially tried to launch it they used higher dosages that actually caused things like Drowsy Driving and even suicide. So it was really initially a concern. When will it be available . Well its approved by the fda and now its going through approval by the dea. And one thing, charlie, even though, yes, any sleeping pills have side effects, the consequences of insomnia are serious. They can result in depression diabetes, hypertension drug abuse, and even death. So you dont just want to use medications. Theres other things that you can bring into the mix, like behavioral therapy that can really help. Other than the question of side effects, theres also the question of dependency. Yes. Well, the statement from merck is that in their studies they didnt see any dependency or any problems with withdrawal. Whenever they do these studies on a small number of patients we have yet to see whats going to happen when you expand it to large populations. Dr. Ash, good to see you. Thank you so much. Its a pleasure. It is just about 7 19. Ahead on cbs this morning, legendary producer Harvey Weinstein returns to studio 57 and he shares we are seeing some thick fog around the bay area some drizzle as you approach the coastline, too. But looks like some much nicer weather this afternoon. Thick skies toward ocean beach. Looks like as we head toward the latter parted of the day, though, hazy sunshine around many spots. High pressure going to strengthen today. That will warm up these temperatures. 80s in the valleys. 70s a few 80s inside the bay. 60s and fog at the coast. A little warmer toward the weekend, too. Cooling down on monday and tuesday. This National Weather report sponsored by macys. 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