Movie, the actor and the agent who defied all odds to make the deal of a lifetime. That and much more on cbs this Morning Saturday, may 17, 2014. Captioning funded by cbs we have a fine lineup of guests for you this morning including one of the great voices and influential singers of our time. Mavis staples. Well look back at her career. She earmark perform. Shes here in studio 57. Plus, the chef who likes to keep things close to home. Well talk about his restaurants and his buying local. Wildfires in hot dry son california. Damage from the wind driven fires expedient 12 million. The trouble in california is not over yet. Ben tracy is in escondido with the latest. Ben, good morning. Reporter good morning. Firefighters have made progress. There were 11 major fires burning in San Diego County this week and six of them are now fully contained. About 5,000 will head back out on the fire lines today and theyll continue to get much needed help from above. Landslide. Reporter fighting fires is unique because they have an Immediate Response agreement. Now were coming here to fight another enemy which is threatening where we live. Were woven in into the fabric of this community. Reporter its a Community Cleaning up from an inferno that destroyed at least eight homes including this one belonging to david and sherry roberts. Because everything was going in that direction. All of a sudden it turned around and the wind s. T. A. R. T. Ed blowing right toward me. David thought his home was safe when firefighters surrounded it on thursday but then crews left when they thought the danger had passed. They told me, if the wind ever change, well be back here and protect you. The wind changed and we never saw them again. Reporter are you upset . Yeah im upset. I feel like they let me down. Im disappointed. Reporter on friday the roberts sifted through the debris, fiepgd random memories like this fathers day gift from their son. Its beautiful. It survived. You know its a thing, but its a memory. Reporter now, the san marcos fire that destroyed their home is 50 contained. Investigators are still trying to figure out what started the fire. We know when was started by construction ee whim and yesterday a 50yearold man was charged with arson for starting another. Ben tracy in escondido. Thank you very much. On the east coast more flooding is expected. Torrential rain in virginia closed many roads on friday because of rising water. And water flooded parts of a park in washington. In maryland a number of roads were closed because of high water from flooded rivers. Heavy rain will push through new england today. Now to the crisis at jen malmo tors for its delay in the recall of faulty ignition switch. The Transportation Department has impose add 35 Million Dollar fine. It might have been more but thats the most the agency can levy. Mark albert is in our Washington Bureau with more on this. Good morning. Good morning. The u. S. Department of transportation says gm will be sub jeked to unprecedented oversight and must make internal changes to prevent further violations. It came on the same week gm issued more recalls on defects on vehicles built just this year. For gm its been a rough 48 hours. Five recalls capped off by a public flogging. What gm did was break the law. They failed to meet their Public Safety obligations, and today they have admitted as much. Secretary of transportation anthony fox announced friday the auto make ler pay 35 million, the maximum civil penalty allow allowed for delaying the recall of cars with faulty ignition switches which can cause critical Safety Systems to stop working. The commission say 13 deaths are related to the ignition problems. Gm knew as early as 2001 and knew as early as 2009 it could disable air bags. Instead of telling the government within five days though, gm waited years. Gm engineers knew about the defect. Investigators knew about the defect, gm lawyers knew about the defect but they did nothing to tell the public about the defects. Some members of Congress Thing that civil penalty does not go far enough. At gm, its less than one day of revenue. 35 million is too low of a fine. Its a parking ticket. We have to change the laws so the fine can be five times or ten times greater than this fine is just so a message is sent that it can never again happen. Secretary fox is calling on congress to raise the penalty to nearly tenfold from 5 million to 300 million. In a statement gms Ceo Mary Barra said gms ultimate goes is to create an exemplar process and produce cars. Hes in charge of highway safety, hes been in the front of this fight since the beginning. Senator, thank you very much for joining us here this morning. Good to be with you. Thank you. 300 million. Thats what secretary fox wants it to be. That would be almost ten times what it is now. Is that enough . Im going to impose legislation to eliminate the cap entirely 3678900 million is still a pit answer compared to 37 billion which was gms revenue just in the First Quarter this year. So it has to be more than a slap on the wrist, more than the kind of parking ticket that the cap. What i find fascinating is we keep hearing from mary barra and we havent heard from any of the executives where these changes were made under their watch. Is she being made a scapegoat . Is she being thrown under the bus . Thats a good question. The question is who knew what when as frequently happens in these investigations but the reason why its also pertinent and timely is this department of justice criminal investigation could produce a penalty much larger than the 35 million. In fact, if history is any guide, the toyota settlement very recently resulted in a 1 billion plus settlement to avoid criminal charges there. Any idea what the timetable is going to be on the criminal investigation . Ive urged the criminal attorney general of the United States to expedite it and move it forward because hanging in the balance is the damage gm has done. 13 deaths and more than 30 crashes, untold injuries and property costs. But also the trust and confidence in the ability of the federal watchdogs do their job, and that is another part of the story that hasnt been fully told. Why did nhtsa wait so long. Why did it fail to detect and put together the dots . They say its going to be above 50. What else besiesd removing the cap on the nhtsa fund would you like to see happening . I have legislation with senator markey that would provide much more accessible data. Right now most people want to know safety records or crash histories of cars. They have to submit freedom of information requests, which can take years. This data ought to be accessful on a data base that is easily retrievable by any consumer. And there ought to be much more full reporting by these car companies. Lets remember here concealnt can kill and gm concealed the facts for ten years that resulted in additional texts injuries and damages. You mentioned concealment. Were still weight. Theyre being fined daily because we still dont know the information. 7,000 a day for failure to produce information that they have an obligation to provide to the public as well as the United States government. Againing 7,000 a day for gm is not even pennies. So what needs to happen is also that gm should be warning people about the cars on the road right now because these cars continue to have the ignition switches that cause loss of steering power, brakes and air bags and those cars are still on the road potentially vulnerable in case of jarring or jolting. Right. And we have accidents waiting to happen potentially. Senator richard blumenthal. A top veterans official has resigned. Dr. Robert petsle the v. A. s undersecretary stepped down friday. The he had been set to step down this year. The white house and congress are working to dras allegations against the v. A. Now to western turkey where theres growing anger over the countrys worst ever mine disaster. At least 299 miners were killed in an explosion deep underground on tuesday. 15 bodies were recovered overnight. But a new fire and increased gas levels are remaining for a few miners listed as still missing. The Mining Company has denied negligence and thats only ignited tempers. In soma, Holly Williams is there. Reporter soma is a town stricken with grief for a man lost this this weeks mine accident. And many here are furious with turkeys government which they say is too close to the countrys Mining Companies and too lax on safety standards, but the Turkish Police were determined to shut this protest down. This housewife whose son is a miner confronted them. Why are you here she asked . These people havent done anything. When the protesters refused to leave, the police began firing plastic mar ballable marbles into the crowd. This is a peaceful protest and police are using a water cannon and tear gas to try to force people off the streets. The gas sent people running for cover and enraged the demonstrators. This man said he was a miner. I do it to put bread on table, he told the crowd. But maybe tomorrow ill be the one whos killed. And this woman told us she also works for one of the towns Mining Companies. We wont let them take our lives, she said. We want the people responsible for this disaster to be held to account. This was supposed to be a day of National Mourning in turkey. Instead in soma it was a day of anger and violence. For cbs this Morning Saturday, Holly Williams soma turkey. Today is the anniversary of brown versus state education. Michelle obama visited a restored kindergarten in topeka kansas, to see wait would have looked like at the time of the court ruling in 1954. Mrs. Obama challenged High School Seniors to bat whal she said were the old prejudices that still linger in america. Every day you have the power to choose our better history by opening your hearts and minds, by speaking up for what you know is right, by sharing theoard of education. The lessons you all learned right here in topeka. President obama marked the anniversary at the white house by recommitting to what he called the long struggle to stamp out bigotry and racism. Studies show that segregation is still widespread. Here in new york a school is trying to buck that trend as Elaine Quijano reports. Reporter when this student arrived for sixth grade, she noticed Something Different. In this school e see a lot of blacks and more hispanic people. I was happy for the fact this school wasnt segregated. I hate segregation. Reporter 370 sixth through 12th graders attend a school that used to be a minority neighborhood but in the last ten years fewer than 1 were white. The neighborhood has changed. Its now predominantly white. So principal Jill Bloomberg reached to diversify by reaching out to parents. This year they welcomed ten white students into their class. As a system our schools are incredibly segregated, and i had been sort of hoping that if you build it they will come. When youre mixed with people, youre mixed with people that can teach you things that you would never know if you were all the same. Reporter this is her classmate and friend. Its kind of dumb to have segregation because were all the same. Were good friends. I never make fun of her, she never makes fun of me because were friends. Today youll typically find 28 white stouts. What specifically do parent think they can get out of having a child in a racially diverse integration . The ability to create that mat erd. If they hear somebody saying, oh youre black and youre white, they say its not okay because were just the same. Do you think thats a good thing . I think its good because if you dont stop it at the source or core of it then its going to keep etch keep going and stop it when it starts. Researchers who studied this say housing segregation has playing a major role but they point to a southeast of Supreme Court rulings in the 90s that paid the way for School Districts to end their desegregation plans. For cbs this Morning Saturday, Elaine Quijano, new york. Mortgage loans called a. R. M. S are nod working. A. R. M. S are seeing a resurgence. Is that a good thing . Mike is a power broker and a real estate agent. Good morning. Good morning. Why are they coming back . I think during a boom, arm got a bad wrap. It was not a threeletter word but a fourletter word. Part of the reason theyre coming back is you can get such an aggressive rate now. Thing the other big reason is that people arent staying in their homes for 30 years anymore and theyre using prujs like this to be able to be more with their lifer style. An aggressish rate but when it expires, it spikes. Are Lenders Holding a. R. M. Applicants now to Higher Standards . That kind of goes back to dodd frank and qualified mortgage rules that have sort of come into play now. Everybodys being held to a higher standard, but spiskly people are being held to large standard and probably why is most underwriters are going to underwrite you to 2 rp under what youre being quoted at. Its harder to qualify for an a. R. M. Than a fixed rate mortgage. Obviously you said an a. R. M. Is better short term. Is it better if you want to go long term . I dont think its a bad idea. It depends what long term means to you. There are products that are 5year products sevenyear products, 10year products. If you look what people say, were a much more trabs yemt society than people used to be. People are staying in their homes for seven years now. Is that a longterm strategy think it is. Tenyear a. R. M. Is the most popular . I wouldnt say that. I think a 5year. Becausell get the extra rate. I think theyre looking for the most aggressive lowest rate they can get. I think learning having an a. R. M. En a property you have to get a cap so when things are adjusted, theres a swing whether the market goes up or down. Absolutely. The two big things youre going to know going into an a. R. Mchlt is how often is it going adjust . As san ann skpaem example, askpam as an example, what sit going to top at. Youll know going in. If you start being in an economy where you work up that way, you refi out of it and get away from it. But the lom line youre not going to be there for ten years at that particular rate or five years, you have to watch out. I have a 51. You make me a little nervous. Get out of there. Thank you very much. Time to look at some headlines from the this morning. The Washington Post says colorado will become the first state to allow terminally ill paetsch ejtss the right to try experimentally ill. It puts patients lives at link. The baurch globe say as 22yearold woman is hospitalized after falling down an elevator shaft last night at fenway park. The woman fell down the shaft and landed on top of the elevator two stories below. Theres no word on her condition. A man known for interrupting hollywood events tried to crawl under her dress. Security guards grabbed the man but not before he held on to ferrara ferraras foot. Thats quite an image. Romes most famous land mac the coliseum is getting a badly needed cleaning. They will scrub away centuries of black grime and pollution. Theyll be using a simple tool toothbrushes and High Pressure water. Its expected to be cleaned by 2016. They went out for the latest kre rey cruise meth. Rice sent a letter to his caps. He suggested that they wants to keep the texas native close so they could keep him close. I think that ones good. Take a listen to this one. A man in new york is taking the planet to the cleans so to speak. Hes suing a long list of defendants including kmart, a restaurant chain, and the city of new york to the tune of two unbazillion dollar. Thats 36 zeros. Its everything from violations to attempted murder. Were getting into bigger number numbers. Undazillion. Have him practice the zeros. Its 2 x 2 minutes after the hour. Now heres a look at the weather for your weekend. Coming up here trouble in the tobacco fields. A new report discovers the risk of Young Workers some as young as 12 years old that are legally allowed to pick tobacco. And later, the squeeze on wine. More and more wine makers are using chemicals to boost their profits. Youre watching cbs this Morning Saturday. [ barks ] whoo mmm oh, yeah [ whistling ] [ male announcer ] discover your new orleans. Start exploring at followyournola. Com. [ woman ] and i love new orleans few people have their name attached to an entire history but Britains Queen victoria does. She wasnt entirely the fierce ruler that history would have us believe. The nair age. That would be nice, wouldnt it. But everybody gets my name wrong. Wei still do. Well be right back. This former new york mayor Rudy Giuliani led in the recovery after 9 11. He le speak this morning in lower manhattan. Good morning. Good morning. Its hard to believe it was 13 13 years ago. What was it like . Difficult. Back three or four years ago i would thing about it all the time. If i passed there, went to a ceremony there, it with us kind of very familiar. Now, with the passage of time youre sot of brought back into the day and maybe its how well the museum was done. I mean it really brings you back into that darey and gives you a sense of reliving it. For me its a strange feeling because the Television Images are not familiar to me. Of course, ive seen them on documentaries. Ive participated in some documentaries. Its not the same thing. You watched it. I watched the kennedy ash as a child, i watched the kennedy thing but in this particular case, for example when the first tower came down, i was in a building two blocks away. When the police chief yelled out the tower came down i thought he meant the radio tower at the top. I had no conception t