Absolute freefall. Even though there are multiple diplomatic initiatives under way, the ground war in ukraine does appear to be escalating. Tony stewart a disappointing run for tony stewart in his first race back. The nascar champ called it quits about halfway through the race after his car became too damaged to continue. A california dad is accused of planting drugs and trying to frame a pta volunteer. His defense, my wife made me do it. That often would not pass the straight face test as a defense. Ground foul. Uhoh, help big boy back into this. Blue beard. Okay, heres to you, pal. Im Anthony Mason with margaret brennan. Charlie, gayle and norah are off. Happy labor day. 40 million americans face another round of Severe Weather today. Winds up to 90 miles an hour toppled trees in iowa this weekend in whats being called the worst storm there in two decades. And the storms also hammered the east. Thousands scrambled for cover at an outdoor concert in philadelphia when lightning made a cameo appearance. Meteorologist megan glaros of cbs station wbbm is tracking todays conditions. Megan, good morning. Good morning to you. Definitely not the best labor day forecast. Were looking at the potential for Severe Weather. Its all as a weak cold front progresses eastward from where it created those storms in iowa to now moving into illinois indiana and ohio. But the risk for Severe Weather today extends really from kansas and oklahoma all the way through to michigan and ohio. Main risks will be from damaging winds and hail. Heavy downpours could also play a factor. The time period is generally going to be the latter half of the afternoon, early portion of the evening, but we are looking at heavy downpours that could occur at any point during the day today. It is going to be warm and muggy long the east coast. 89 in d. C. Today, 88 in new york. About 82 for chicago. 101 degrees in sacramento. Look at labor day as a whole across the nation it will be dry and beautiful in the west. Hot in portions of texas. Those dry conditions continue in the west obviously, as they see some warmer weather. By the way, this is the first day of meteorological fall the official start to fall of course on the 23rd of this month. So here we go. Anthony. End of summer megan. Thank you so much. If labor day is like the rest of this summer in Southern California lifeguards wont be doing any relaxing. Hot days and rough surf led to a Record Number of saves this year. As of last week Los Angeles County lifeguards rescued nearly 10,000 people. Thats more than double the number in all of 2012 and 2013 combined. And heres something to think about on labor day. The lifeguards keep so busy overtime has gone up boy more than half in recent years, costing 1. 5 million. Thank your lifeguard when youre on the beach today. Especially now. Hollywood stars want their privacy saved, but it might be too late after dozens of intimate private photos were apparently stolen in one of the biggest Cyber Attacks targeting celebrities. Among the victims, oscar winner jennifer lawrence. Hackers may have taken explicit images off of her cell phone by hacking the storage cloud. Lawrences publicist calls is a flagrant violation. Mary Elizabeth Winstead also got hit. She tweeted knowing those photos were deleted long ago, i can only imagine the creepy effort that went into this. Feeling for everyone who got hacked. A Promising Development this morning for the 6 million americans battling heart failure. A new study looks at an experimental drug that could improve the quality of their lives. Pills taken twice a day are shown to lower the chances of death or hospital stays by about 20 . The pill is made of two medicines that block the effects of substances that hurt the heart. Novartis wants the fda to approve use in the u. S. By the end of the year. Two teenagers fell 30 feet from a carnival ride in el paso texas, late last night and one is seriously hurt. The other suffered minor injuries. The Fire Department rescued another passenger. Witnesses tell our el paso affiliate kdbc that the ride door was not closed. Those claims are unconfirmed, as Police Investigate this morning. This labor day is no holiday at two of Atlantic Citys famed hotel casinos. The showboat closed sunday and the rebel will close its hotel this morning. Its casino folds tomorrow. Michelle miller is here with the latest blow to the boardwalk. Michelle, good morning. Reporter good morning. Well gambling was once credited with helping revive Atlantic City, but now the industry appears to be struggling to survive. The resort town started out the year with 12 casinos, but by the end of the month that number could be down to eight. For 27 years, the Mardi Grasthemed showboat has been a fixture on Atlantic Citys boardwalk. But sunday it became another casualty of the losing streak hitting casinos here. It was a shocker for us. Reporter Jo Mary Blanco is feeling double the impact. Her husband is a showboat employee and she works at the nearby trump plaza, set to close in two weeks. Weve got to stay standing and keep going. Maybe other things can come up you know. I havent figured out yet what were going to do. Reporter with four casinos shutting down this year nearly 8,000 people will be left out of work. Thats nearly a quarter of the citys casino employees. Ronnie downing works at the rebel hotel and casino which will close its doors for good tomorrow. Were used to this in Atlantic City. Whether its an economic storm or whether its a natural disaster, we know that we all have to come together work out the problems and get organized and move forward. Reporter don guardian is Atlantic Citys mayor. In the short term were going to be helping with immediate needs, so unemployment. If you have Health Benefits how long are those Health Benefits going to last. Reporter but hes also focused on longterm solutions. With casino revenue plunging and outside competition rising hes betting on a future that relies on more than just luck. If you look up and down now, you see the families. Theyre going to seal pier theyre going to the aquarium so the idea that maybe a few years ago the only reason you come to Atlantic City for gambling is gone. Reporter the mass layoffs are expected to give way to one of the areas largest filings for Unemployment Benefits this week. An undertaking so big part of the citys Convention Center had to be booked to accommodate all the people. Wow. Thats a real blow to that citys economy . Thank you, michelle. Ahead on cbs this morning hes the youngest pilot to ever fly around the world. How they wearing white after labor day isnt just the fashion wearing white after labor day isnt just a fashion nono. 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People sort of check this off as a long weekend, but what is this day really about . Well it started off with a picnic in new york city in 1882 but this is a time when labor and work was no picnic. Were talking about a time when people were sixday weeks, 12hour days. There were no laws against child labor. Labor in the late 19th century was hard dirty, difficult and dangerous. And every attempt to organize into unions was usually met with resistance. Sometimes military resistance from the federal government. So it was a very difficult time to be a worker in america. So why did the government put that first monday in september on the calendar as a celebration . Well it was meant, first of all, in 1882 to become a day to work for fair wages, fair working conditions the end of child labor, and the government resisted that for that whole time. In 1894 there was a very violent strike against the pullman car company. Six days after that strike ended because they used federal troops to put it down and a dozen workers died president cleveland signed a labor day law into act. It was kind of a bone tossed to the working people of america. Were not going to give you the hours and things that you want but well give you a day off. So it was a political act but it was a result of something that had been building for more than a decade. It had been building more than a decade. Really 20 years, from the end of the civil war to the turn of the 20th century, there was another civil war in america, the war between working people and the companies that they worked for. It was a battle for really the fiveday workweek and the eighthour work day. Those were the immediate goals. Of course they werent realized on a National Level until 1938 under the Great Depression under fdr. Thats when we first have child labor laws that end child labor in america. Were not talking about kids delivering newspapers and shining shoes. These were kids working in the mines and the factories, doing the dirtiest work going in the smallest places in coal mines. So when we think about labor day today, its a holiday, we enjoy it, we have the barbecue but it was really about a period of tremendous blood, sweat and tears in American History that we dont teach in our history books. And you say theres actually even real significance to the fact youre not the idea youre not supposed to wear white after today. I see none of us is wearing white. I have a little. Who could wear white in the summertime back then . Well, you could only wear white if you were wealthy enough to really not have to work. Working people didnt wear white so it was the kind of thing that you went away to the summer resort if you were of the class that could afford to do that. So there was very strict class distinctions about who could wear white. Then the fashion industry caught on and said well after labor day when youve been wearing white all summer because you can afford to were going to have you buy some other fashion. So it was really a class difference that lingered for a long time until it became a fashion statement. It was about who could afford to have a different wardrobe. Thats right. Always fascinating. Thanks for being with us. Enjoy your labor day. You too. He gave up the dream of four wheels for a pair of wings. How a teens lifelong passion took him on an historic journey. Thats next on cbs this morning. This portion of cbs this morning sponsored by toyota. Lets go places. He insisted on using the rain to save water. Fourteen years ago, i insisted on buying our first prius. Because like toyota, we both know theres a way to do things, and a way to do things even better. The prius. Toyota, lets go places. Now centrum silver has a new easytoswallow coating. 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Along the way Matt Guthmiller was treated like a rock star for his recordbreaking flight but he always heard what critics had to say. Too risky or a spoiled rich brat going out and having a good time. What do you say to those people . Not much. It was certainly a lot of fun, i had a good time and it was a lot of work. I hope what i did inspires other people to go out and do big things. He was inspired to fly a plane at an early age. First asking his parents to take him to airport cafes and then later asking for flight lessons. They leadlet me do this little flight but think they thought it with u going to be the end of it. He soon made a deal to get more time in the cockpit. I made arrangements with my dad. Do you own car . No ive never had a car. You have plane but no car. Right. Reporter by the able of 17 he had his pilots license and two years later leased this singleengine beach craft for his solo flight around the world. The m. I. T. Student did his own plane maintenance. Longer hours in the air meant additional fuel for him as well. How did you stay alert. Basically caffeine and oreos. On a long leg how many sodas and oreos were you going through . There once i went through a couple whole rows of oreos. Reporter flying into the clouds was both beautiful and dangerous. Air Traffic Controllers in other countries did not have the weather radar to help him navigate around thunderstorms. I had no idea, you know which clouds are a little bit higher than where im at and which ones go up to 45,000 feet and break a plane apart. Youre flying a plane thats not pressurized and does not have oxygen. You have a fairly low creel. You cant fly above clouds. Plus, with a bunch of fuel its hard to get up. Shortly before that a student died after he crashed his plane after what guthmiller called the most difficult leg of his own journey. He flew from the same air strip and said the takeoff is challenge because of the heavy fuel load needed for the 16hour stretch. In spite of the risks andve a fear of heights guthmiller succeeded in breaking the record and making money. He started his tech goal at the age of 12 and his goals are sky high. I think it would be cool to start the next apple but well see how that goes. Aiming high right . Yeah. I guess thats how i look at everything. Shoot for the stars, you get something good. Reporter for and happening labor day everyone. It is 7 25. Im frank mallicoat. Heres whats happening on this holiday monday. Today the red cross kicking off their effort to help napa quake victims happening daily at the napa valley marriott from 10 00 a. M. To 7 00 p. M. At night. Volunteers expect to help with supplies for those who have been red tagged or need to game plan the next steps like future housing and financial help. Ray mcdonald a defensive lineman for the 49ers is in some big legal traditional. Mcdonald is a trouble. Mcdonald is accused of felony Domestic Violence and currently free on bail after being arrested yesterday. Caltrans is moving along with the earthquake retrofit thats northbound 280 here in San Francisco. The freeway was shut down thursday afternoon so crews could replace two hinges. So far everything is going as planned. The work is scheduled it should be on track to reopen again 5 00 tomorrow morning. Just in time for the commute. Traffic and that holiday forecast for all the barbecuing out there coming up right after the break. Stay there. Latte or au lait . Cozy or cool . Exactly the way you want it. Until boom, its bedtime your mattress is a battleground of thwarted desire. Enter the sleep number bed. Right now, all beds are on sale. Hes the softy. His sleep number setting is 35. Youre the rock, at 60. And snoring . Sleep numbers even got an adjustment for that. You can only find sleep number at a sleep number store. Right now save 50 on the labor Day Limited Edition bed plus 24month special financing. Hurry ends monday know better sleep with sleep number. Good morning, its a gorgeous morning right now across the Golden Gate Bridge. Could get extra busy though later on today. Last day of the sausalito art festival. They are offering extra Ferry Service if you want to check it out or head to the beach right now things look pretty good on northbound and southbound 101. Lets take a look atre bridges other bridges, a live look at a nearly empty bay bridge. Getting into San Francisco no need for metering lights this morning. If you want to ride mass transit is lot is on a holiday schedule. No a. C. E. Train service for the labor day holiday. Thats your latest kcbs traffic. More on the gorgeous forecast with roberta. One, two, three i was counting the cars out there. Four, five you can count on a gorgeous day today. Good morning everyone. Whens the last time you saw sunshine this early in the city be the way . Thats your city of San Francisco where it is in the upper 50s. Full on sunshine today from the coast through the bay. Into our inland areas. From 69 in pacifica to 98 degrees in Discovery Bay. 83 in santa cruz. 98 degrees in gilroy. And the extended forecast, ten degrees cooler on tuesday and then a pretty stagnant weather pattern each day through sunday. Enjoy your holiday. Safeway understands you got to make every dollar count these days. Thats why they have lots of ways for you to sav