white house. the candidates are hitting the trail in five of them today. president obama continues his bus tour in iowa. vice president biden is in virginia. mitt romney is in ohio. and paul ryan campaigns in nevada and colorado. drew levinson brings it home for us this morning from washington. drew, good morning to you. >> reporter: well, good morning to you, terrell. all of the candidates are certainly putting in a lot of miles swinging through those swing states, and all four, plus the first lady, made appearances yesterday. president obama tried to cool off with a snow cone while campaigning in iowa. >> this is outstanding right here. >> reporter: the persistent heat has caused a drought there, and the president told voters he could help, but he says paul ryan and his fellow republicans in the house are holding up his farm bill. >> if you happen to see congressman ryan, tell him how important this farm bill is to iowa and our rural communities. >> reporter: ryan is also in iowa. the new vice presidential candidate got his first taste of presidential politics when he was heckled at the state fair. >> from iowa! >> reporter: a new "usa today"/gallup poll shows not everyone is thrilled with romney's choice. 39% of registered voters say the selection of ryan was excellent or pretty good. 45% rate it as only fair or poor. and 16% have no opinion. iowa is one of the swing states that would decide this election. and like president obama, mitt romney, too, is touring those states on a bus. ♪ he'll be in ohio today, where he's sure to talk more about the economy, just like he did in miami on monday. >> i think it's immoral for us to keep spending our kids' future. if i'm president, i will actually cut spending and get america on track to a balanced budget. >> reporter: and vice president biden campaigned in north carolina monday. today he's in virginia. ♪ even the first lady is trying to win over voters. during an appearance on "the tonight show," she told jay leno that the president's health reform is what she's most proud of during his first term. right now, polls show president obama with a narrow lead over mr. romney, but terrell, remember, there are still three months to go. >> pretty long time in politics. drew levinson in washington. drew, thank you so much. new jersey governor chris christie will give the keynote address at the republican convention later this month. the keynote is the highest profile speech, other than those by the nominee. christie flirted with a white house run himself. christie says he'll talk about the troubles the country is in and the difficult fixes that lie ahead. defense secretary leon panetta says pakistan plans to launch combat operations against the taliban in the near future. pakistani officials told panetta they'll target north waziristan, a tribal area near the afghan border. pakistan's reluctance to target taliban operatives using pakistan territory as a safe haven is frustrating u.s. leaders. the government-controlled syrian media is denying reports that rebel forces shot down a syrian warplane. this is video of the rebel's plane. it shows the fighter bursting into flames after it was hit by antiaircraft guns. rebels also released a video they say shows the captured pilot. state media says a syrian jet on a training mission experienced technical difficulties and that the pilot bailed out. in texas, a law enforcement officer was shot and killed while serving an eviction notice. it happened in college station, just off the campus of texas a&m university, and it set off a deadly chain of events that left two others dead and four more wounded. >> put your hands where i can see them! >> reporter: this cell phone video captures authorities swarming the off-campus residence. they were called in after another officer was reported shot and engaged in what was described as an extended shoot-out with the gunman. >> i heard 30 shots fired. they sounded like semiautomatic rounds, rifles. i've heard a lot of people say it was straight shots, but from what i heard, it was more of a tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap. >> i heard two bullets whiz right by my room over there, and that's when i kind of threw myself out of bed, was like, i don't think i should probably be by the window right now. >> brazos county constable brian bachmann was shot and killed while serving the eviction notice. he was a 19-year law enforcement veteran. >> he was a pillar in this community, and it's sad and tragic that we've lost him today. >> reporter: also killed in the gunfire was chris northcliff, who was outside of the home when the shooting started. the gunman was identified as 35-year-old thomas alton caffall. he was shot and killed by police. three other officers and a 55-year-old woman were wounded. >> there are many, many different witnesses as well as responding law enforcement officers. there's a lot of details that we're trying to piece together. >> texas a&m issued an alert on its website, warning of a shooter near the campus football stadium. the university's 50,000 students were not on campus at the time. constable bachmann leaves behind a wife and two children. the gunman's sister says her family is distraught by the havoc he created. a colorado judge has decided to maintain a gag order in the theater shooting case. the gag order prevents the university of colorado from releasing information about suspect james holmes, the former graduate student. other court documents will also remain sealed. holmes is accused of killing 12 people and injuring 58 others when he allegedly opened fire during a showing of the new "batman." here in new york, authorities are investigating the failure of a multimillion dollar security system at kennedy airport. a man scaled a fence that was supposedly monitored by a state-of-the-art detection system and walked across two active runways before he was spotted. manuel gallegus reports. >> reporter: police patrols are now increased around new york's kennedy airport. that's after port authority officials say a local man breezed past the airport security system. daniel casillo became stranded on his personal watercraft in jamaica bay, right next to the airport, during a nighttime ride over the weekend. he swam three miles toward the airport's lights and scaled an 8-foot barbed wire face. casillo's cousin said he had no choice. >> where else is he going to swim to? is he going to swim to a land mass? it didn't make sense to me at all. >> reporter: a criminal complaint states that a delta air lines worker saw casillo walk across the runway behind terminal 3, past security cameras and motion sensors. the worker then notified police. the airport's state-of-the-art security system cost $100 million. it's designed to safeguard against terrorists. >> if that guy can get in, terrorists can get in. >> just shows that no matter what you do, nothing is going to be fool-proof. >> reporter: the port authority says its goal is to keep the airport safe at all time. "we have called for an expedited review of the incident and a complete investigation to determine how raytheon's perimeter intrusion detection system, which exceeds federal requirements, could be improved." the port authority says it's planning on meeting with the security system manufacturer this week. manuel gallegus, cbs news, new york. >> take a quick break on a tuesday morning. when we come back, iphone fans, get ready! talk of the new iphone 5 ready to make its debut after prices drop for current iphones. and frightening drive. a man drives against traffic for miles as cars dodge him. this is the "morning news." him. this is the "morning news." here's my morning routine. gotta start the day off right. wardrobe. cute. then new activia breakfast blend. a great way to help start the day. mmm... creamy lowfat yogurt with grains in yummy breakfast flavors, like apple cinnamon. its hearty, with twice the protein of regular lowfat yogurt and helps regulate your digestive system. our morning routines are important, aren't they? new activia breakfast blend. ♪ anything, yes, i'd do anything ♪ ♪ anything for you ♪ oh, boy. this is not good. this guy driving the wrong way in australia. traffic cameras caught cars slamming on their brakes, trying to get out of the way. this happened back in february. the driver is 81 years old and drove the wrong way for eight miles. license has been suspended and his lawyer says he may have suffered a stroke, causing him to be confused. speaking of a scary ride, two racers in colorado were able to make it through this. their car tumbled over a turn in pikes peak international hill climb on sunday. they were air-lifted to the hospital and were treated and released. lucky for them. back in the u.s., fast-moving thunderstorms ripped through texas. high winds tore apart an airport in ft. worth sunday night, damaging about a dozen planes. the national weather service says gusts reached more than 70 miles an hour. at one point, more than 55,000 homes and businesses lost power. drought conditions in the nation's heartland are getting worse, even though it's been slightly cooler with some rain. the government now saying more than half of the nation's corn crop was poor or very poor. last week. the usda also predicts this year's harvest will average just over 123 bushels per acre, the lowest average yield in 17 years. the drought is driving down the price of meat and the u.s. military is stepping in with a big purchase. under orders from president obama, they're going to buy more beef, pork and lamb, and the military loves meat. each year, u.s. service members devour 94 million pounds of beef, 64 million pounds of pork and 500,000 pounds of lamb. i totally get that. "cbs money watch" time on a tuesday. google cuts motorola jobs, and the ceo of a collapsed brokerage firm is indicted in a fraud case. ashley morrison here in new york with that and more. ashley, good morning to you. >> good morning, terrell. overseas markets rallied ahead of new economic numbers from europe. tokyo's nikkei gained 0.5% while hong kong's hang seng added 1%. wall street investors showed concern over a possible economic slowdown in asia. the dow lost 38 points while the nasdaq gained one point. google's shares increased monday after the company announced it would cut jobs at motorola mobility. the layoffs will affect about 4,000 employees. that's 20% of motorola's workforce. google bought the cell phonemaker for more than $12 billion last year. motorola has struggled to produce a successful smartphone. fedex is looking to cut costs as well. the delivery service will start offering buyouts to its u.s. employees. fedex has not said how many positions it is looking to eliminate. the company has said slowing economic growth could shrink its earnings into next year. it's already removed some aircraft from its fleet due to lack of demand. the founder of a bankrupt investment firm was indicted by a federal grand jury monday. russ wasendorf sr. is charged with 31 counts of fraud. his company, peregrine financial group, cannot account for more than $200 million in customer funds. the losses came to light after wasendorf attempted suicide. authorities say he left a detailed note in which he admitted to embezzling the funds. and another sign that a new iphone might be on the way. target and best buy have reportedly cut the price on some models of its iphone 4 and 4s. last week, sprint cut prices by $50. now, in the past, retailers have reduced iphone's prices to clear inventory before the new model is released. and terrell, it's a new iphone for you! >> i wasn't -- for me? one for you! >> i'm keeping my blackberry. i'm not going there. >> we're not doing that, are we? >> no. >> ashley morrison here in new york. ashley, thank you so much. see you tomorrow. helen gurley brown, longtime editor of "cosmopolitan" magazine, has died. in the 1960s, her best-selling book "sex and the single girl" started the sexual revolution for women. and when she took over "cosmo," became part of the american culture. she ran the magazine for 32 years, stepping down in 1997. her motto "good girls go to heaven, but bad girls go everywhere." helen gurley brown died monday in new york. she was 90 years old. gurley brown died monday in new york. she was 90 years old. 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[ female announcer ] charmin ultra soft is so soft you'll have to remind your family they can use less. it's made with extra cushions that are soft and more absorbent. plus you can use four times less. charmin ultra soft. here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. in d.c., heavy thunderstorms, 89. thunderstorms as well in atlanta, 88. mostly sunny skies in st. louis, 88 degrees. afternoon thunderstorms in denver, 91. and partly sunny skies in seattle, 79 degrees. top stories now on a tuesday morning. the candidates for president continue their swing state campaign push today where both candidates are touting their economic plans. president obama continues his visit to iowa. mitt romney is in ohio. and three people were killed in a shoot-out near texas a&m university. a gunman opened fire from inside his home as a sheriff tried to serve an eviction notice. the law enforcement officer and the gunman were among the victims. a mother and son are behind bars this morning, accused of stealing more than $2 million worth of toys from toys "r" us. police in florida say 46-year-old michael pollara and his 70-year-old mom, margaret, traveled the country stuffing expensive toys into the boxes of cheaper products they bought at the stores, then selling them online. >> this is his job. i go to work at the sheriff's office, he goes to work and steals. >> authorities tracked the two for months before arresting them last week. here's one creature you don't ever want to run in to, a burmese python measuring 17'7" and weighing 164 pounds. it is the biggest ever caught in florida. it was pregnant with 87 eggs, which is also a record. scientists euthanized the snake and will study it to gain insight on controlling the python population. where there's one, there's probably more, so watch where you let the dogs play. and the latest edition to merriam-webster's collegiate dictionary is released today as part of an annual update. they include bucket list, which is a list of things that one has not done before but wants to do before dying. earworm, a song or melody that keeps repeating in one's mind. hey, i just met you, this is crazy. sexting, the sending of sexually explicit messages or images by cell phone. and f-bomb, used metaphorically as a euphemism for that four-letter word that rhymes with duck. let's go. coming up on your local news on "cbs this morning," peter greenberg has the newest trends in vacation travel. i'm terrell brown. this is the "morning news." is the "morning news." [ music playing ] [ music playing ] hgotta start the day off right. wardrobe. cute. then new activia breakfast blend. a great way to help start the day. mmm... creamy lowfat yogurt with grains in yummy breakfast flavors, like apple cinnamon. its hearty, with twice the protein of regular lowfat yogurt and helps regulate your digestive system. our morning routines are important, aren't they? new activia breakfast blend. the olympic flag arrived in brazil monday, officially kicking off preparations there for the 2016 games in rio de janeiro, but the games are being met with some protests. some say 4,000 people will be forced from their homes in an area where the olympic park is being constructed. seth doane is in rio with that story. >> reporter: this is the spray paint here that marks that your house should be demolished. aymar breta has no intention of leaving his home of 18 years. it's one of the last houses still standing in this rio de janeiro neighborhood, and the city government plans to tear it along with hundreds of others to the ground. "we need to fight for what is ours," freta says, and showed the strategy to demolish houses won't work. of the 6.5 million people who live in rio, it's estimated around 20% live in slums like this one. the government says they breed crime and disease. and this one just so happens to be in the shadow of a stadium that will be used for the olympics. most of freta's neighbors voluntarily moved into government-funded housing projects. 160,000 units are planned at the cost of nearly $4 billion. >> these people will be relocated here. >> reporter: jorge bittar is rio's municipal housing secretary. he insisted that the government-funded housing is a long-planned effort to revitalize these slums. are these people being forced to move to clean up this area for the olympics? >> no. >> reporter: no, he assures us, there is no obligation by the international olympic committee. but the glossy materials they handed to us showcase the new housing under the headline "olympic legacy" and "rio 2016." berto dominguez owns one of the many motorcycle repair shops crammed along the main road in front of the olympic stadium. he worries he'll have to move his business of seven years. "in reality, they want to hide the dirt," dominguez told us. just down the street, ayomor freta says not only his home, but the small bar he owns are in jeopardy. the government says this has nothing to do with the olympics. "i really don't believe this has nothing to do with those events." when rio shows off during its 2016 olympics, the world will surely never see the shadows of today's city. seth doane, cbs news, rio de janeiro, brazil. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," surprise crash test results involving luxury cars in crashes on the front corner of the vehicle. plus, the war in washington state over a costco store that's being overwhelmed by canadian shoppers. we'll tell you why americans are so mad. and remembering helen gurley brown. we'll hear from kate white, the current editor in chief of "cosmo," that and more on "cbs this morning." for now, though, that is the "morning news" for this tuesday. i'm terrell brown. take care, everybody. i'm terrell brown. take care, everybody. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> good morning everyone. >> we are following some developing news from lee county >> that is where to wildfires are still out of control this morning. the fireta