This is the cbs morning news for wednesday, april 8th, 2015. Good morning. Im Lauren Lyster in for annemarie green. This morning the Justice Department is launching a federal investigation into the deadly shooting of black man by a white Police Officer in souh carolina. The officer was arrested tuesday after the release of a dramatic video showing the incident. A warning, some viewers may find the graphic images disturbing to watch. The video shows officer Michael Slager firing eight times at walter scott as he runs away. Slager has served with the North Charleston police for five years. He was charged tuesday with murder and denied bond at a hearing. If convicted, slager could face life in prison. Activists plan to protest today. Omar villafranca reports. Reporter the video is disturbing. A video shows an officer shoot black man in the back as he ran away. It turned into a foot pursuit. Officer Michael Slager said he stopped the victim, 50yearold walter scott for a taillight. Slagers attorney said the officer felt threatened and that scott was trying to grab his stun gun. Slager was arrested after this witness video surfaced. The video shows slager handcuffing scott after the shooting. The officer then walks back toward where the shots were fired, picks up an object and then drops it next to scott. It is the result of that video and the bad decision made by our officer. He will be charged with murder. Reporter Anthony Scott said his family is in mourning over his brothers death, but is grateful a witness came forward with the video. If there wasnt a video, would we know the truth or would we have just gone with what was reported earlier . But we do know the truth now. Reporter the family and their attorneys say they are pursuing the right path through the courts and are calling for calm, not the violent protests seen in ferguson, missouri, and other towns. That does nothing whatsoever to help the situation. It only makes it worse. Reporter officer slager was denied bail and is awaiting his next court appearance. Omar villafranca, cbs news, akins, South Carolina. A man killed by Florida Police will have a video reviewed today. He was shot in february after family called for assistance. He has a history of mental problems. Police gave the dash cam video to a lawyer for the family. This video is a blockbuster. Its a bombshell. Halls family has viewed the video of the moments leading up to the shooting. They say it contradicts the police account. Theyve filed a wrongful death suit. A suburban new york Police Officer will not face civil rights charges for the deadly shooting of a College Football player. Pleasantville Police Officer hess fired on danroy henry jr. In 2010 when he failed to stop his car. Hess ended up on top of the car and fired through the windshield. Theres no evidence of criminal intent. Two black candidates have been added to the city council. Black representation will increase to three in the sixseat body. Until tuesday the mayor and five of Six Council Members were white in the largely black st. Louis suburb. Millions in the countrys midsection are under the threat of dangerous storms today. Severe weather is possible from the upper plains into the midwest. The systems could bring hail, high winds, and possible tornadoes to kansas and oklahoma. Stormed battled the st. Louis area tuesday with lightning, rain, and hail. The heavy downpours triggered flash floods and covered roads ded roads. Muddy waters surged into roads and covered parking lots in the community of baldwin. Jury deliberations resumed this morning. The panel deciding the fate of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev met for hours tuesday. The seven women and five men are weighing dozens of counts. Don champion is in boston. Don, good morning. Reporter good morning, lauren. While a conviction is almost certain, Legal Services do say it will take the jury some time. We could learn more information about what their thinking is, though, later this morning when they return to the courthouse to start deliberations again. For a second day a jury will try reaching a verdict in the case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Jurors deliberated for more than seven hours monday but could not come to a unanimous decision. They did send the judge two questions which will be answered today. Attorneys for the now 21yearold have admitted he did play a role in the 2013 bombings which killed three people and injured more than 250 others but the jury still has to consider 30 counts against him, 17 of which carry the death penalty. As they do that, theyll examine the defenses main argument. Their client would not have taken part would it not have been for his older brother tamerlan who died. During closing arguments defense attorney judy clark called tamerlan the mastermind behind the attacks and said hes the one who killed an mit officer four days later, but prosecutors say Dzhokhar Tsarnaev shared his brothers radical beliefs and was a participant. Reporter the jurors were shown graphic video of tsarnaev placing a Pressure Cooker bomb right behind children. Of all the places that he could have placed the bomb, he placed it right there, the prosecutor said. They asked the jury to remember 8yearold Martin Richard who lost his life when the second bomb exploded near the finish line. Again, we do not know what two questions the jurors have for the judge, but the judge will answer them later this morning when deliberations start again. Of course, lauren, after the verdict, the punishment phase of this trial could take several days or even weeks to complete. All right. Don champion reporting for us in boston. Thanks, don. Jurors will continue deliberations this morning in the murder trial of aaron hernandez. The jury heard closing arguments tuesday. Lawyers for the former new England Patriots star acknowledged for the first time that he was at the scene of the killing of odin lloyd. Two codefendants are facing trial and are said to be the blame. Prosecutors say hernandez pulled the trigger. Seven people died in the crash of a small plane including athletic officials at ill state university. The plane went down in dense fog early tuesday short of the Central Illinois regional airport. It was returning from the ncaa basketball finals. In indianapolis. The athletic departments Deputy Director aaron leetch and associate basketball coach torrey ward were among those killed. Coming up on the morning news, lights out in the capitol. Well show you what happens when an outage hit washington. And blackout on stage. A candidate for mayor passes out during a televised debate. This is the cbs morning news. 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Philadelphia mayoral candidate Lynne Abraham is resting this morning after collapsing during a debate. The former District Attorney fainted while on a live debate last night. She was helped to the back of the stage where she was helped by a doctor. It will not affect her campaign for mayor. Kentucky senator rand paul is now in the race for the republican president ial nomination. Paul made it official with a rally in louisville yesterday. The Tea Party Favorite is hoping to expand his base to win the 2016 republican nomination. Too often when republicans have won, weve squandered our victory by becoming part of the washington machine. Thats not who i am. Paul campaigns today in New Hampshire as he visits early voting states in the next four days. Electricity is back on today in washington, d. C. After widespread outages. The white house and capitol were affected by the power loss tuesday caused by a problem at a transfer station in southern maryland. Craig boswell reports. Reporter a power outage affected customers in the Washington Area tuesday including the white house. During the period in which it seemed to be most noticeable, i was with the president and he did not notice. The whole building is out. Reporter state Department Deputy spokes penn used a cell phone light to continue taking reporters questions in the dark. The lights even went out on oprah at a dedication ceremony at Maya Angelous forever stamp. D. C. s dupont central took a power hit and passengers climbed up the steep escalator to the street. The National Cherry blossom brings a million and a half to washington and bus loads were on the National Mall when the power outage forced some museums to evacuation. At the National Museum of the American Indian the jen raters went on but caused a different problem. It caused a fuse or something to blow, which caused an electrical spark. There was no actual fire but there was a lot of smoke. Reporter outside the National Air Space museum, tourists could only sit and wait. It was a little disappointing because they wanted to go in. Reporter classes at university of maryland were canceled for the rest of the afternoon. For some businesses a Sidewalk Sale worked out just fine. Craig boswell, cbs news, washington. Straight ahead, a whopper of a surprise. An illinois couple named joel burger and ashley king get a big wedding gift from a fast food giant. Details in moneywatch. Big wedding gift from a fast food giant. Details in moneywatch. Whether you need a warm up before the big race. Or a healthy start before the big meeting theres a choice hotel thats waiting for you. This spring, choose choice twice, get a night at no price at 1,500 hotels. Book now at choicehotels. Com incredible ive been claritin clear for ten days. When your allergy symptoms start, doctors recommend taking one claritin every day of your allergy season for continuous relief. 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Good morning, jill. Good morning, lauren. It could be the biggest merger in a decade. Royal deutsche shell has agreed to buy british gas producer b. G. Group. This deal is worth nearly 70 billion. Shell is already europes largest oil company. And if approved it would close in on exxonmobil as the Worlds Biggest Oil producer. Gas prices this summer should be about 32 lower than a year ago. Its lower than six years according to the Energy Department forecast. That would put prices at about 2. 45 during the busy summer driving season. Here on wall Street Investors will be watching for the latest Federal Reserve minutes this afternoon. The dow fell about 5 points yesterday, the s p lost 4 points, the nasdaq dropped 7 points. Tickets go on sale today for the world trade observatory. The deck is the tallest in the u. S. Will open to the public on may 29th. So the main public viewing face is on the 100th floor, giving visitors a spectacular view of the city and its surroundings from about 1,200 feet. The lyric manuscript to a rock and roll classic sells for over a million dollars. Byebye Miss American pie don mclanes 1979 hit american pie sold. Christies auction house sold the handwritten lyrics tuesday to an anonymous buyer. And the burger king wedding is being paid for by the restaurant. Joel burger and ashley king will be getting married in july. A spokesman for burger king restaurants said the company felt an overwhelming urge to help the couple celebrate their marriage and joel and ashley are happy about it. Big things happen to little people. I mean were two small town kids, just grew up together, and we fell in love, and had the right names. The couple has been known as burger king since they met in the fifth grade. Lauren . I bet they didnt know back then they would have their wedding paid for as a result of that. 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Im juliette heres a look at todays forecast in some cities around the country. Make it three in a row for the uconn Womens Basketball team. The huskies won their Third Straight ncaa championship last night by defeating notre dame, 6353. It is the tenth championship for uconn coach gino aureno auriemma tying him for most tournament titles. Auriemma credited his players. Any time youre in a situation, trying to win a tournament, especially the national tournament, you know, so many things have to go right and you have to have players that make those plays, that make it go right. Brianna stewart was named the final fours most outstanding player for a Third Straight year. Meanwhile there was a party in durham, north carolina. Coach Mike Krzyzewski and his duke mens team celebrated their tournament win. It was his fifth championship win. In baseball san diego breaks open a tied game in the ninth inning. They drive in three runs on backtoback hits and newly acquired kimbrel strikes out the side as san diego wins, 73. Tiger woods says hes excited to be back at Augusta National and is ready to go for his fifth victory at the masters. Woods walked the course tuesday. A back injury kept him out of last years tournament and forced him to the sidelines two months ago. Woods explained to reporters how he got himself ready. I worked my [ bleep ] off. Thats the easiest way to kind of describe it. I worked hard. Reporter today woods son and daughter will serve as his caddies for the par 3 tournament. You can watch the last two days of the masters right here on cbs. Our coverage starts saturday afternoon at 3 00 p. M. Eastern and the final round begins sunday at 2 00. Coming up after your local news on cbs this morning, bestselling Author Jennifer weiner. Im Lauren Lyster. This is the cbs morning news. News on cbs this morning, bestselling Author Jennifer weiner. Im Lauren Lyster. This is the cbs morning news. Its an easy way to give listerine® total care to the total family. Listerine® total care. One bottle, six benefits. Power to your mouth™. Ufferers. One tried the newest allergy spray which could take several days to feel the full effect of relief. The other took claritind which starts to work on allergies with nasal congestion in 30 minutes. The moral . Nothing works faster than claritind. The sport of rugby has a lot in common with american football. One concern they both share, the longterm impact of concussions. A team in england is experimenting with new technology that could help protect its players and those in football. Charlie dagata reports. Reporter the violent collisions are just as jarring as those dished out any given sunday on the gridiron but without the pads. Ill tell you, the weight and the collisions probably about the same. Reporter hayden smith ought to know. He played tight end for the new york jets before returning to professional rugby for the lawnbased saracens. In rugby youre very exposed with your face and your head and you try most often to tackle with your shoulder. Reporter alarmed by the price of concussions in the nfl, the consequences of high impact risk as tnld and the risk of longterm brain damage. Theyve begun using a pioneering system that compiles Detailed Analysis of knocks to the head. Stickon sensors about the size of a band aide behind the ear measure the amount and severity of each blow. The results are uploaded and analyzed over the season. The saracens are the first professional rugby team in the country to try out the new technology in order to ensure that what happens on the field doesnt impact players lives off the field for years to come. Ill go ahead and hit our doesnty here. Reporter the x patch as its called was developed by a company in seattle. The companys ceo generalton says the idea was to pick up on small problems before they become big ones. If you imagine being removed from the Playing Field the minute they have a real concussion risk by avoiding subsequent concussions and more serious injuries, we believe they would actually play more, their careers would be longer. Reporter for the saracens, wearing the patch is voluntary, but the performance director Philip Morison said all his players wear them and they didnt need much convincing. They want to make sure theyre going to be okay in 20 years time, and i think things have eevolved over the years where it used to be your bets are off if you think about that. Does it go through your mind that you have this thing and its monitoring what you have to do . You have a job to do. You focus on the job at hand and a little patch behind your ear is the last thing youre thinking about. Reporter but while their heads are in the game, that little patch is now keeping score of whats happening inside them. Charlie dagata, cbs news, london. Coming up after your local news on cbs this morning, more on the deadly South CarolinaPolice Officer shooter. Well hear from legal analyst rikki klieman. And a look at how the redesign of a surfboard may help reduce shark attacks. Thats the cbs morning news for this wednesday. Thank you for watching. Im Lauren Lyster. Have a great day. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. Good morning, its wednesday, april 8. Im juliette goodrich. Michelle griego is off. Im frank mallicoat. Happy tuesday. Nearly 4 30. Actually wednesday, right . Wednesday yeah. Wow whered the week go [ laughter ] how about a little traffic and weather . And a little bit of a change from yesterday morning, huh . Did you say it is wednesday . I did. Its hump day thats right. Good morning, everyone. We do still have a little bit of light rain in and around the bay area at this particular time. Hidef Doppler Radar picking up a couple of cells in the north bay just cleared out. 30s in santa rosa and napa. 50s in the santa clara valley. Gradual clearing today in the 60s. The full sevenday forecast is straight ahead. And checking the roads, because of the light rain you might have slick surfaces this morning but no accidents according to chp just roadwork. Eastbound 92 foster city to clawiter two lanes shut down until 6 00. So heads up