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KPIX CBS This Morning Saturday August 16, 2014

Emotions flare again in ferguson, missouri. Police under fire again, this time for releasing a Surveillance Video of a robbery, allegedly showing the teen who was subsequently killed by a Police Officer a short time later. This family has never said that mike brown jr. Was a perfect kid. Reports that Islamic State fighters have massacred 80 yazidis in a village in the north of the country. Last night the u. S. Carried out further air strikes on i. S. Targets. Seaworld plans to build a bigger, better habitat for its killer whales. The move follows negative publicity about its treatment of the animals. It took seven hours for a fisherman in the gulf of mexico to reel in an 809pound tiger shark. Hes just ginormous. Ive never seen Something Like that. He donated 75 pounds of shark meat to a charity in Corpus Christi that feeds the homeless. This has got to embarrass some boys. Davis becomes the first female pitcher ever to win a Little League world series game. Its over all that c. C. Rider a sea of candles surrounded graceland tonight. All that matters. To mark Elvis Presleys death. Elvis presley died at age 42 august 16th, 1977. On cbs this morning saturday. We must be in heaven, man 45 years ago the woodstock music and art fair opened in upstate new york. Nearly 400,000 hippies enjoyed peace, love, lots of mud and some great music. We also have a great lineup of guests for you this morning including puss boots, a littleknown brooklyn bar band that features ninetime grammy winner norah jones. Plus the culinary innovator with restaurants from honolulu and San Francisco to chicago and orlando. Chef Roy Yamaguchi joins us in the dish. First, the new tensions overnight after last weekends shooting of a black teenager in a st. Louis suburb. This morning we know much more about the 18yearold who died and the officer who shot him. The new developments stoked further anger in ferguson last night. Police and about 200 protesters clashed again after a crowd broke into the Convenience Store that brown allegedly robbed the day he was killed. Lets get the latest now from vladimir dutier in st. Louis. Good morning. Reporter good morning. As you say, things are calm today and order has been restored to the streets of ferguson after dozens of looters ransacked several stores in the area including the one where Michael Brown was allegedly stealing a box of cigars just a week ago. Police in riot gear were on the scene, some with highpowered rifles trained on the crowd. Zpat the tense standoff there were no injuries and tear gas and rubber bullets were not used. All this anger comes after the release of the videotape which revealed more about the circumstances leading to the deadly incident. The videotape shows a man resembling Michael Brown at a Convenience Store committing a robbery. The man wearing a st. Louis cardinals cap reaches over the counter and grabs a 48 box of cigars. In the video, the suspect shoves a store clerk as he leaves. According to Police Dispatch transcripts, the suspects description was broadcast at 11 52. Ten minutes later an officer spotted Michael Brown. And a minute later, brown lay dying in the streets just three blocks away from the store. Every time they do something, they dont want to talk about it but everything we do get exposed reporter the video released reignited the anger of some local residents. And browns family criticized the tapes release. Brown family attorney anthony gray. The family feels that that was strategic. They think it was aimed at denigrating their son. It was a character assassination attempt. Reporter today police also released the name of the Police Officer who shot and killed brown. Something protesters had demanded. Hes Darren Wilson a fouryear veteran of the Ferguson Police department with no record of disciplinary action. At his home in suburban st. Louis county neighbor ron gorski described wilson as quiet and says they didnt know he was a Police Officer. I feel sorry for the family and for him and the situation as a whole across the country. Reporter after four days of violent protests the appointment of Missouri State patrol captain ron johnson to head up security seemed to bring calm to ferguson. All day friday the 27year state patrol veteran met with people on the streets where he grew up trying to calm and reassure residents angered by the shooting and the militarystyle reaction of local police. Were going to make a difference, but just like me and you are talking and youre listening to me ill tell you, weve got to start with me and weve got to start with you. So hey, you keep doing what youre doing were going to be all right. Were going to continue to talk. If somethings not right, im not going to tell you its right. If something is wrong, im going to tell you its wrong, okay . Okay. All right. Reporter vinita much of the frustration in the community stems from the conflicting information given by fergusons police chief. At a press conference yesterday, he said that officer wilson when he stopped Michael Brown, stopped him for walking in the middle of the street and that he was unaware that a robbery had taken place. Later he told local reporters that wilson in fact did know that cigars had been taken and thats why he stopped brown. So a lot of conflicting information there. Vladimir dutier thank you. What do these latest developments in ferguson mean . Rick rikki klieman, good morning. The officer was unaware of that video. How relevant is that and how will that play out . I think the video is relevant in a number of ways. Number one is we really dont know if the officer was totally unaware of the robbery because we dont have the radio transmissions as to why the officer left where he was and came to that site. By one story, we do know that the officer, after he told these young men to move then comes back because he allegedly sees the significantcigarillos. Lets assume he knew nothing. So then why would the tape be relevant . Well, its relevant because of what Michael Brown, this poor young man who is the victim of a tragedy, who is now dead what did Michael Brown know at the time that he was stopped by the police . That is if he were involved in a robbery, which certainly the Family Lawyers alleges that it looks like Michael Brown on the tape, so does he have a mindset that hes being stopped for a robbery . The other and final reason it may be relevant is how does pMichael Brown, if he is in that tape, act with the store clerk in terms of then how does he act with the Police Officer . How, in your estimation is the police chief handling this . Well, i think that the police chief has made a number of mistakes simply because hes made factual errors. And when were looking at factual errors if he says well, the officer didnt know something and then later says he did know something, it muddies the waters in this type of a case. What are they doing right now to figure out exactly what happened in the middle of that street . Well, what happened exactly in the middle of that street since there was no lapel camera on this Police Officer or any other type of camera because those are things that are happening in progressive policing around the country, havent yet reached missouri what we do know is we have witnesses. But far more important in this case is what is the forensic evidence in this case . Thats whats going to prove the case one way or the other. Ballistics. What is the trajectory of bullets in this case . Was there a bullet that went off in the car . Was there a shot or more shots that went off in the street . Weve got to learn about the ballistics. We have to also learn about finger prints or dna. Weve heard one version of the Police Officers story. Heaven only knows what the final version is because ultimately in all of these cases, the first story from either side is not necessarily the end story. So was there a scuffle over the gun . Is there a fingerprint of Michael Brown on the gun or somewhere in the car . We need forensic evidence. We have all, unfortunately, made a rush to judgment in this case. More answers would be good. Ricki klieman, thank you very much. The events in ferguson will be a main topic tomorrow morning on face the nation right here on cbs. Bobs guests will include missouri governor jay nixon and Cornell William brooks. Now what may change the face of the 2016 election. A grand jury has indicted rick perry on two felony counts for abuse of power. The charges stem from perry allegedly trying to pressure the District Attorney in austin to step down by promising to cut off state funding for her office. For more on the story, we turn to Shawn Sullivan political reporter with the Washington Post, and he is in our Washington Bureau. Shawn, good morning. This is obviously a huge story a lot of people are walking up to. Hes the first governor in nearly a century to be indicted. How did this happen . Well this has been something that has been sort of rolling forward for a while, but it really did catch texas political observers by surprise. You know this case wasnt new, but the fact that you know, governor perry was indicted as you said you do not see sitting governors get indicted very often. So this came as a huge surprise to most of the texas political establishment yesterday. Shawn, what does this mean for 2016 right now . Well its certainly not good news for governor perry. Hes been trying to rehabilitate his image. Hes been traveling the country. Hes been talking about the states economy. Hes been going to iowa. Hes been going to the early states, and hes trying to reboot after what really was a disastrous 2012 campaign. This is clearly a pretty big blow to that right now as he tries to rehab his image ahead of the potential 2016 president ial campaign. Lets talk about punishment here, though. What could he be facing if hes found guilty . Well he could be facing prison time. You know theres a lot up in the air right now. You know republicans i talked to in the state yesterday say, you know this is a political thing. They dont expect him to actually get convicted of anything. You know if hes not, thats certainly very very good news for him. You know any time anyone is indicted by a grand jury its serious, and he does face potentially serious consequences for this. But shawn, in fairness to that point, this is political, right . At least part of it is. Well i mean thats going to be at the center of this case is that, you know you have this democratic District Attorney that perry asked to step down. She didnt step down. He withheld funding from this unit. You know, youre talking about the Travis County District Attorneys office. Its one of the most liberal, if not the most liberal county in texas. And so certainly theres going to be political accusations lobbed from both sides. And perif perry can make it through okay, he might be able to survive because he can say there was a political thing, a witch hunt, and this is not something that is an assault on my character or my record as words, what do you think that analysts are going to think about his statement . Well i think theyre going to think that you know here is a guy whos reacting to a situation by immediately casting, you know under a political lens. Like i said, republicans i talked to in the state yesterday say hey, look. Governor perry used his executive powers. That is not an offense that should be prosecuted. This is the same kind of thing that president obama does when he vetoes stuff. Its the same kind of thing president bush did. So they view this as a very different kind of thing. This is not some big scandal in their view. Its the president using the executive office to exercise his authority. Shawn sullivan thank you so much for joining us this morning. Appreciate it. A couple in new york state have been charged in the kidnapping of two amish girls. The suspects have been arraigned on charges that they intended to physically harm or sexually abuse the girls. Steven howells and nicole vasy are being held without bond. The sisters are 7 and 12. They were be aducted from a roadside farm stand wednesday evening. They turned up safe thursday night 15 miles away. Last night the sheriff said the girls provided crucial information that led to the arrests. The reason we were able to make arrests tonight is because just how strong they are and things they are able to remember. Lets remember that weve got a couple of victims here. The suspects are due back in court next week. Both girls are said to be unharmed. In iraq this morning there is a battle in progress over a key dam in mosul, and kurdish officials in Northern Iraq report that fighters of isis have carried out a massacre killing dozens of ethnic yazidi civilians. And there are reports this morning of a significant offensive against isis forces in Northern Iraq supported by u. S. Air strikes. Charlie dagata has more from erbil in Northern Iraq. Reporter Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers told us there is currently a battle under way to retake that dam from isis militants. Theyre taking on mortar fire and u. S. Warplanes are conducting air strikes in the area. Isis took this dam just more than a week ago. It is iraqs biggest, if it were destroyed or opened it could cause catastrophic flooding. Meanwhile, u. S. Military Officials Say that drones have been conducting air strikes in response to a reported massacre. Kurdish Officials Say that as many as 80 ethnic yazidi men were executed. They were told to convert to islam or die. Peshmerga soldiers have gone on the attack in recent days trying to retake territory that was lost to isis but they tell us theyre simply outgunned. They dont have the weapons to match the ones that isis stole from the Iraqi Military in terms of heavy equipment and heavy weapons. Theyre asking for more help from the United States and european allies. And they are heavily reliant on u. S. Air power in terms of surveillance and air strikes. For cbs this morning saturday, im Charlie Dagata in erbil, Northern Iraq. Now to the ongoing confrontation between ukraine and russia. A convoy of 240 russian trucks supposedly carrying r relief supplies for civilians in Eastern Ukraine r remains on the russian side of the bordeder this morning. British journalists photographed a different russian convoy crossing the border. Ukraines president sasaid that column of trucks wasyed. The russian government denies its forces crossed into ukraine. Nascar is introducing a new rule intended to prevent physical confrontations between drivers on the racetrack. As chip reid reports it comes to response to last weekends tragedy on a dirt track in new york state. Reporter after crashing into a wall last weekend, kevin ward jr. , in a video shot by a fan, was seen climbing out of his car and charging onto the track, dodging cars and pointing at tony stewart, a threetime nascar champion. Moments later, stewarts car hit the 20yearold ward. He was declared dead an hour later. The nascar rule orders drivers involved in accidents that dont involve fire to stay in their cars until told by track personnel to get out. Robin pemberton is a top nascar official. This rule is really put in place for the safety of all of our competitors, and its safety first right now. Reporter at prerace meetings, nascar drivers are already routinely told to remain in their cars after an accident. In spite of that its not unusual for drivers to angrily approach moving cars. Two years ago it was tony stewart who walked onto a track and threw his helmet at a car. In another incident he threw safety pads and appeared to reach for the driver. Jeff burton will replace stewart in this weekends nascar race in michigan. Im proud that they want safety to be on the forefront. And thats what this rule is all about. Reporter but the rule has no specific penalties. Nascar plans to enforce it only on a casebycase basis. Some drivers are skeptical including Brad Keselowski who said i dont know how you can enforce a rule like that unless you had a robot on the track to grab the person and put them back in the car. The rule applies only to official nascar races which means it does not apply to the kind of minor league dirt track race where kevin ward jr. Was killed although many of those tracks could choose to follow nascars lead. Chip reid, cbs news, washington. He joins us this morning from the Michigan International speedway in brooklyn michigan the site of this weekends nascar 400. Bob, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Is nascar doing this because they felt they had to do something, or is this something that actually does make a difference . I think they did it because they have to do something. This is obviously was a huge tragedy, and they had to respond to show leadership in the motor sports world. And probably from a legal standpoint as well. How do they actually punish this, though . They could fine a driver. They could dock a driver points. Those are probably the two biggest penalties. They could suspend a driver but i would be very surprised if they actu

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