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Will be held responsible. The u. S. Under pressure to act in syria. Government forces attacked rebelheld positions near damascus this morning. This follows yesterdays alleged chemical weapons attack. Hosni mubarak who ruled egypt for 30 years is now expected to be released from prison any moment now. Bob filner reaches a deal to settle the Sexual Harassment suit against him. No word on whether it will result in resignation. We expect he will consider resigning for the good of san diego. And out of control wildfire threatening buildings near Yosemite National park. It is only 5 contained. Look at those flames. He said he didnt care if he dies, he dont have nothing to live for. Newly released 911 tapes revealing the harrowing moments in a school where a gunman threatens their safety. Were not going to hate you, baby. Its a good thing youre giving up. A big sinkhole is swallowing land, trees, anything in its path. An unexpected arrival. Huge army hover craft came as huge. Thats not the only one of those. Jason hayward, a broken jaw, in two places. One upstairs and stole a computer from our office. And that had all my ideas on it. It wasnt jay leno, was it . And all that matters. The last tapes of the recordings have been released. You have saved this country, mr. President. The history books will show that and know what watergate means. Have you ever texted while driving . Yes, i have sinned, daryl, ive stopped now. Mr. Weiner . Yes. Mr. Albany . Welcome to cbs this morning. Norah odonnell is off. Good morning, gayle. Good morning, charlie. Busy day today. S as are launching more strikes today outside damascus. The attacks are happening in the same area where chemical weapons killed hundreds yesterday. Margaret brennan is at the state department. Reporter good morning to you, gayle, and to charlie. It is not yet possible to verify who carried out the attack or the type of toxic gas used that caused this mass killing, but it raises tough questions about whether any country will take action to stop it. Many images of what may be the worlds most lethal chemical weapons attack in nearly 30 years are too graphic to show on network television. More than 1,000 civilians died in a gas attack outside damascus accord to syrian activists. The white house said it was deeply concerned and called for an urgent United Nations investigation. Those who are responsible for the use of chemical weapons will be held accountable. Reporter this alleged chemical attack took place nearly a year after president obama warned Bashar Al Assad that use of chemical weapons would change his calculus. Thats a red line for us. There will be enormous consequences if we start seeing movement on the chemical weapons front. Reporter when proof did emerge two months ago, the president promised to widen the scope and scale of aid to the armed rebels. Those weapons have not arrived. Leading to more questions about the obama administrations policy. Im not talking about red lines. Im not having a debate or conversation about red lines. Im not setting red lines. Reporter this week the president s top military adviser, martin dempsey, says the pentagon is not yet training any rebels. In a letter to congressman, elliott angle, dempsey said, quote, they must be ready to promote their interests and ours. Today, they are not. Angle, a democrat, said there are military options including missile strikes that the administration should immediately consider. I think we have a lot of bad choices to make in syria. And in my opinion, are standing on the sidelines, really doing nothing is the worst choice we can make. Reporter assad is winning the war with the help of iran and hezbollah. And now al qaeda is in control of parts of syria. General dempsey will answer questions at 11 00 a. M. About whether those threats merit u. S. Military intervention. Thanks, margaret. More than 19,000 firefighters are battling flames in ten western states this morning. One of the out of control wildfires in colorado, the rim fire, threatens thousands of bill buildings. It is also blocking a major road into Yosemite National park. Steve large of our affiliate station is about 50 miles west of yosemite. Reporter this fire is only about 5 contained right now. It is massive. Its already burned 25 square miles. I got up close to some flames that reached 100 feet high. And let me tell you, they were extreme. In spite an air attack for five straight days, the fire in this National Forest west of yosemite with its towering pines and thick oaks is raging out of control. I can feel the heat on my face. These flames are intense. Fueled by dry weather and high winds, the rim fire exploded in size, growing 60 in just one 24power period. Threatening 2,500 homes. Right now, this fire has grown so large. The head is creating its own weather. Reporter it has been an unpredictable inferno. Jumping highway 120. Forcing officials to close this major route into Yosemite National park. The park is still open. A thick smoke cloud is moving in this direction. Showing the path of pollution from more than 50 fires burning in the west. For now, the nearly 1,100 firefighters battling the rim fire must do so from its perimeter. So far, two homes have been destroyed. Many cabins and camp grounds evacuated. I think im in a little bit of shock, but ill be balling my eyes out when i start to calm down because this is my backyard. Reporter officials here are concerned about getting the upper hand on this fire. Theyve asked the governor, jerry brown, to declare a state of emergency. The Weather Report is showing temperatures will reach into the 90s again. Making it very difficult for firefighters. There will also be no rain and more wind. The future of san diegos mayor could be decided this morning. Mayor filner reached a tentative deal to settle a Sexual Harassment lawsuit. This agreement could finally mean that filner is ready to resign. Bill whitaker is in los angeles with that story. Reporter good morning, gayle and charlie. The democratic mayor has been in negotiations with the city and with Attorney Gloria Allred who represents some of his accusers. Now it seems that mediation could be leading to an end to this sixweeklong saga involving filner, the women, and the city of san diego. We have reached a proposed resolution. Reporter the tentative agreement with democratic mayor bob filner came Late Wednesday after three days of closed door negotiations. A source close to the talks tell cbs news that a resignation is part of the settlement but nothing is official till the City Council Approves the agreement on friday. Our process, city hall, as well as the mediation process, requires we maintain the confidentiality of the proposal until they have heard of it. Reporter shortly after the deal was announced, filner was spotted entering an suv loaded with what appeared to be several boxes. He was then whisked away from city hall. The latest development came on the same day filners 18th accuser went public. Because i thought it was exciting to get to meet the mayor for the first time reporter business woman diane york said the 70yearold made unwanted ed aed advances her during this photo op. When we posed for the photo, there was a hand that went to my back to my buttocks and i was shocked, it was inappropriate, and i was startled at the time. Reporter since allegations against filner first surfaced, calls for his resignation have only grown. With the petition drive in full swing. Throw bob out reporter still, his supporters say hes being denied due process. How would you feel if your father, your son, your brother, your husband, were accused . Allegations. No evidence. No facts. Reporter it seems that if the mayor does step down, the city will waste no time in trying to find a replacement. The union tribune, san diegos largest newspaper, reports that aides to potential mayoral candidates have been told they can expect a special Election Campaign to begin as early as saturday. Were hearing the 911 calls this morning from the woman being hailed as a hero after Tuesdays School shooting east of atlanta. Mark strassmann interviewed one of the first officers on the scene. Hes in decatur, georgia. Mark, good morning. Reporter good morning, charlie. When the 911 call came in, lieutenant consuela howard was in the car ready to confront the crisis. All the cop knew it was a school full of kids. We had an immediate situation. Immediately, i came on the radar, we need s. W. A. T. Reporter lieutenant howard, from her position at the site of the school, could not see the gunman menacing the front office. Michael hill, armed with an ak semiautomatic rifle, had a hostage. Antoinette tuff, the schoolbook keeper who called 911. He just went outside and started shooting. Reporter hill stepped outside three times to shoot at police. They were actually showing up, they were pulling up at the time, this young man came to the door and just started firing. You knew there was somebody inside with a gun and knew there were hundred of kids in that school. Yes, yes. That had to be worrisome. Scary. It was very it was frightening. Reporter inside, the shooter told the bookkeeper to warn the 911 operator that police had better pull back. He doesnt want the kids. He wants the police. So back off and what else, sir . He said he dont care if he die. He dont have nothing to live for. He said hes not mentally stable. Reporter the gunman inside was bipolar and schizophrenic according to what his brother told cbs news. The schoolbook keeper convinced him to put down his weapon and give up. Well, dont feel bad, baby, my husband just left me after 33 years. I mean, im sitting here with you and talking to you about it. I got a son thats multiple disabled. Its going to be all right, sweetheart. I just want you to know that i love you though, okay, and im proud of you. Thats a good thing youre giving up. Dont worry about it, we all go through something in life. Reporter Police Rushed the front office and arrested the gunman. Do not move. I think as a whole, as an entire community of law enforcement, we did an outstanding job. Were not saying were better than anybody, but we made sure that those kids were not hurt that day. And thats all i can i can say. Reporter when Police Arrested hill, howard was right there and she says that he said nothing, offered no resistance. On a table in that front office, police found his ak47 lying on the table along with 500 rounds of ammunition. Charlie and gayle, he could be arraigned later today on multiple felony counts. Thank you, mark. Stocks are up this morning following a rare losing streak after an up and down day yesterday. The Dow Jones Industrials lost 105 points. That is the sixth straight day of losses. The average closed below 15,000. Anthony mason is here. Anthony, good morning. Charlie, how you doing . So its august. You said it right. Whats going on . The markets worried about the fed. Its as simple as that. The fed didnt make it any clearer yesterday whether its going to do. The fed said its going to taper. Its going to pull back on the stimulus pumping into the economy. The big question, when is it going to do that . The minutes came out yesterday that shows the fed is divided on whether it will pull back. The lack of clarity has made the market nervous. Its still up 15 for the year. When it pulls back, what happens . When it pulls back, its just a sign that, you know, people are waiting to see where the economy is going to go. Till the fed send ace clear signal, this is what were going to do, youve got people jockeying for position. Theres a new report that says salaries have been flat for workers for the past decade. Does that factor into the economy . I think it tell, ys you what felt. Despite signs the economy is working, for the average worker, things arent getting better. Wages have been flat for a decade. The other thing that peep forget here is despite the recession, the job market was bad even before the recession. We were on course for the worst job growth in 40 years. Its only gotten worse. An economy needs ku s consum demand to fuel growth. I think what this economy is waiting for is some big new change. Like we have the dotcom boom that saved essentially that decade in terms of job growth. We havent seen that happen yet. All right, anthony mace son thanks. Vice President Joe Biden says his son will leave a houston hospital today and return to delaware. The Vice President says bo biden had a successful medical period at the md anderson cancer center. The statement did not reveal what kind of procedure it was. 44yearold bo biden is Massachusetts Attorney general. He was hospitalized after feeling disoriented. Former egyptian president mubarak is getting out of prison this morning. Taking him from prison to a Military Hospital where he will be held under house arrest. Mubarak still faces charges related to the protest that forced him out of office in 2011. His release comes in the middle of a deadly crackdown against opponents of the militarybacked government. This morning the man at the center of chinas biggest government scandal in 30 years went on trial. He used to be one of chinas senior leaders. He is now charged with bribery, corruption and abuse of power. Seth doane is in beijing. Seth, good morning. Reporter good morning. This scandal has rocked china over the last year and it continues top. It was expected to be a quiet scripted day in the courtroom today. It was anything but. It was our first glimpse of bo xilai in months. Since this once popular leader and rising star of the communist party fell from power. Prosecutors charged that bo received bribes totally 3 million. A defiant bo said bribery allegations were untrue. The disgraced politician was also charged with abuse of power and epbezelment. Prosecutors say he embezzled the equivalent of 820,000. The bribe in embezzlement amounts are ridiculously low for a communist leader in a position like his, he tells us. You said it has been predetermined. Explain that. Its to make sure bo wont cause difficulty for the leaders of this regime, he told us, and to make sure the case does not trigger the public to make association, such as how much money do other leaders get. This scandal and bos abuse of power charge stem from the 2011 murder of british businessman neil heywood who had been a close business associate of the bo family. Bos wife confessed to killing heywood. She said she killed him to protect her son. Other reports speculate it was a feud over money. Foreign media were not aloud in the courtroom. So details were pieced together through transcripts. Chinas courts are controlled by the Ruling Communist Party and have a 98 conviction rate. The state broadcaster reported today that the trial is expected to last two days. With a verdict expected in september. Time to show you some of this mornings headlines from around the globe. The National Security agency misled the federal court that surveys its surveillance programs. Thats according to declassified documents. One of the nsas surveillance programs gathered tens of thousands of domestic emails each year from americans not connected to terrorism. The chief judge at the time found the nsa had violated the constitution. In texas, the paper says closing arguments are expected today in the trial of major hasan. Hes charged with killing 13 people in the ft. Hood shooting. Hasan represented himself and made no attempt to prove his innocence. According to britains guardian, told him to resign during a mystical experience. The 86yearold benedict stepped down in february. The first pope to do so in 600 years. Z net says yahoo was number one in internet traffic last month. Yahoo got a boost after buying the popular blogging site tumblr starting out with some low clouds around the bay area this morning. The thunderstorms are out of town. That means were going to watch things calm down become more seasonal outside. Clouds trying to break up out over the bay. We are going to see more sunshine there today. And looking good. Low pressure finally scooting out of the way. That means well, were going to see some sun this afternoon and no threat of thunderstorms. Inland. Around the bay. Patchy fog toward the coast. Next couple of days, warming up into friday. Then cooling down a few more clouds over the weekend. This national Weather Report sponsored by famous footwear. Famous brands, famously easy. Famous footwear. Victory is yours. The last of Richard Nixons white house tapes show a president under sgleiege. Im never going to discuss this [ bleep ] watergate thing again. Never, never, never. Was it really a secretary who erased 18 1 2 minutes of crucial information from those tapes . This morning investigators say who they believe actually deleted history. Plus Peter Greenberg goes where the atlantic meets the pacific. 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Chp Traffic Alert has been issued in oakland. Its because of a stalled big rig. Its blocking one lane southbound 880 approaching oak street. Delays from the 980 interchange. They say it could take at least an hour to clear it out of lanes. The trailers are empty. Lets go live to the area. This is a little farther south of the stall. This is near the oakland coliseum. Northbound sluggish towards high street. Bay bridge, metering lights have been on for about an hour and a half. It is jammed solid through the macarthur maze. Thats the latest from here. Heres lawrence with the forecast. All right. Low clouds along the coastline and inside the bay some of the valleys. Looking good here at the mount vaca cam. A lot of sunshine coming our way and the thunderstorms have headed out of town into far Northern California. So well clear things out here. 50s and 60s right now. By the afternoon, temperatures running a little cooler than normal. Sunny in san jose this afternoon. 76 in redwood city. 63 and patchy fog in pacifica. A little warmer tomorrow. Cooling down for the weekend. ,, [ male announcer ] introducing live tv from southwest. Now you can turn your device into your television. Try it for free today, only on southwest airlines. On the air. In the air. With live tv. Take a look at this, this giant sinkhole in southern louisiana. It swallowed trees in a matter of seconds last night. Sinkhole first appeared more than a year ago in assumption parish. It now covers 25 acres. Its hundreds of feet deep. Its expected to keep growing. The sinkhole has caused a little tidal wave in that swamp. Im always amazed that somebody has a camera somewhere to capture that. Its amazing video. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Coming up in this half hour, the panama canal is the most famous shortcut in the world, but after 99 years, shippers say it is not big enough anymore. Well show you the historic project to expand the canal. Thats ahead. And only on cbs this morning, an answer to one of the lasting questions from watergate. Who erased 18 minutes from Richard Nixons Oval Office Tapes . Well hear from two investigators in a moment, but first the nixon president ial library has released the final 340 hours of those tapes. They were recorded more than a year before the watergate scandal forced nixon out of office. Bill plante is outside the Watergate Complex in washington where it all began years ago. Bill, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, gayle. Good morning, charlie. You know, it was in june of 1972 that burglars entered the offices of the Democratic National committee, broke in. It was eventually traced to the white house. The release of president nixons phone calls and conversations shows him consumed by the scandal. The new tapes from the spring of 1973 show an embattled president preoccupied by the watergate scandal. In daily conversations with aides, he would strategize a way forward, and the tapes capture his frustration. Im never going to discuss this [ bleep ] watergate thing again. Never, never, never, never. Reporter his National Security adviser, henry kissinger, assured him that no one would remember. You have saved this country, mr. President. No one will know what watergate means. Reporter but the world does know, from hundreds of hours of recordings. The impeachment process is getting under way here, but weve seen nixon kind of going solo. His unpluggedness is he doesnt have anybody. Reporter before the existence of the tapes was revealed in july, 1973, nixon asked chief of staff bob haldeman to dispose of the evidence from watergate. Most of it worth destroying reporter the tapes were never destroyed, something nixon said later he regretted. At the end of april he desired to fire white house counsel, john dean. Today in one of the most difficult decisions of my presidency, i accepted the resignations of two of my closest associates in the white house. Reporter following the speech, the president took calls from supporters. He asked the reverend billy graham about tv coverage of his speech. What did cbs do . Reporter two future president s also called. Then Republican Party chairman george h. W. Bush. I really was proud of you. I know it was tough. And ronald reagan. Were still behind you out here and i want you to know that youre in our prayers. How nice of you to say that. This too shall pass. Everything passes. Thank you. Reporter but of course watergate didnt pass, and several years later in a long interview with david frost, nixon said he wished that he had ordered them to carry out the destruction of the tapes. He also told the speechwriter of that april address to add a paragraph saying that he, the president , might have to resign. He didnt say it that night, but it happened 16 months later in august of 1974. Gayle, charlie. Thank you, bill. President nixon spoke with bob haldeman three days after the watergate breakin when investigators listened to the tapes, there was an 18 1 2 minute gap in that recording from june 20th, 1972. It became one of the biggest mysteries of watergate. Nixons secretary, Rosemary Wood, said she erased the tape accidentally by stepping on a pedal while reaching for the telephone. After a comprehensive review, two men think they know who really did it. Phil houston is a cia interrogator and James Robenalt is a nixon historian. Welcome. So who did it . Well, we think all the evidence shows that nixon actually erased the tape originally, sometime in july of 1973. Whats the evidence . The evidence is that you start with Rosemary Wood on october 1, 1973. Shes listening to the tape. She answers the phone. She said she pushed the record button down. That cant do anything. The experts now tell us that would have done nothing. It would not have created a buzz. He gets off the phone, she stops it, rewinds, comes back, theres a buzz. So its already there in the tape. She didnt do it. She couldnt have done it. To cause the erasure she had to do two fingers down on buttons simultaneously. She never said she did that. She did not erase it, it was already there. When we reviewed nixons grand jury testimony, which was released just a couple of years ago, theres a high volume of deception, charlie, whenever hes asked about his involvement with the tapes. So in other words yeah, like what . When you say high volume of deception. For instance . Theres a ton of what we call evasion behaviors. So, for example, probably 60 , 70 of the questions he starts by saying, well, i dont recall or i dont recall specifically. Things that many things that he should recall. Do you think he had help . Yeah. The evidence suggests that hague was assisting him doing this. Rosemary wood walks into the president the day that she does this accident and says i think i did this. An hour later, hague and nixon get in a car, leave the white house and drive around washington for two hours. Now, nixon says we were talking abouting about agnews resignation. No doubt they were. It would appear october 10th. But clearly she says she thinks she did it. From that point forward somebody did five to nine erasures. And who was that . He was going around the white house during this period of time asking people to take the fall. What has he said about it . He obviously denied this before he died. Nixon did something very, very interesting in his grand jury testimony. When he was asked a rather benign question, he stopped mr. Davis and said youre probably wondering why ive been spending so much time with mr. Hague, to include ive taken a twohour, hour and a half or twohour car ride with him. I just want to let you know you have nothing to worry about. Dont worry about us. All we talked about in the car ride was agnews resignation. Did it say anything to either of you that they even took such a long car ride . At the time hague at one point said there are Sinister Forces at work here. First of all, they had to get out of the white house and that tells you something. Because . The mikes had been cut, so theyre leaving because theyre worried that maybe somebody was going to tape what they said. They were talking about agnew but they were also watergate was front and center at that point. They were very worried about a lot of things. But this was front and center. I often wonder, jim, why not just erase the whole tape as opposed to leaving a gap, which makes it look suspicious . Why not just erase the whole thing and say i dont know anything about anything. The better question for him was why didnt you destroy the tapes . John connolly said take them out into the rose garden and burn them. But he only got rid of the watergate portion of that tape. Quickly, why did it take so long to reach this conclusion . Because it dropped. As soon as nixon resigned, nobody was indicted, there was no criminal proceeding, it totally dropped. Everybody looked at can we technically recover this. Nobody has looked at all the circumstances and talk to the experts who actually were talked to back at the time but never had their five minutes. And now with this new revelation, does it change anything do you think . You know, i think to me this is further evidence that the president was in what we call lost frame. John dean and i see a ledid a c attorneys. When you have two situations like bill clinton, ive got to Say Something bad, you will act irrationally and this was richard nikds acting irrationally. Thank you both. Imagine a navy of one million ships and boats. Thats how many vessels have passed through the panama canal since it opened 99 years ago. Well show you how this important channel is now getting a makeover. 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Cbs news travel editor Peter Greenberg has the story of this expansion. Reporter it is one of the biggest Construction Projects the world has ever seen. Its all about dollars and size, but in this case, bigger may be better. The panama canal has been called a wonder of the modern world. Using a system of locks built 99 years ago, the 48mile canal shortened the trip between new york and San Francisco by 8,000 nautical miles, forever changing the way goods crisscrossed the globe. In 1914 when they opened the panama canal, linking the atlantic with the pacific ocean, it was an engineering marvel unmatched in the history of the world. Now, nearly 100 years later, theyre about to do it again, only this time much, much bigger. The only way to get a sense of how really big this is, is from above. The 5. 25 billion dollar expansion can be clearly seen not far from the original canal. It massive project includes the drenling of miles of ocean floor. A fourmile bypass channel is being built, along with new locking systems that will raise and lower some of the largest ships on the planet. Luis herrera, an engineer with the panama canal authority, traveled with us to the canals atlantic entrance. He showed us a backlog of ships waiting to make the tenhour transit. All these ships are waiting to go in the locks . Thats right. Maybe tomorrow, maybe the next day . Exactly. The other locks will help them move faster . Yes, exactly. More ships. More ships. Reporter but its worth the wait. Ships save an average of 29 days by using the canal and not having to go around south america. Each day, up to 40 ships transit the canal, and each one is charged a fee based on how much cargo they can hold. Up to 500,000 a ship, full or empty. These ships are called panamax and their dimensions are precise. Theres no margin for error, and most pass through the canals locks with only five to six inches to spare. The expansion will double the canals current capacity to accommodate the much larger postpanamax vessels being built. The new canal, those ships will pay three times more . Exactly. Close to a Million Dollars . Thats correct. Reporter by 2025, officials expect revenues from the canal to exceed 4 billion. But its not only panama that will benefit from an expanded canal. The u. S. Economy will also feel the impact. U. S. Ports are upgrading facilities to attract supersize ships that will be transiting the new canal. Now you will have the goods going through the panama canal and arriving directly to the eastern seaboard, so youll have a lower cost of movement of the cargo. So to bring it down to the most local level, this shirt was on a ship like this . Thats right, definitely. Reporter but the bottom line, its all about lower shipping costs. So for panama and the world, a bigger canal creates a winwin situation. Announced theyre looking at ways to build their own canals to get in on the action, but so far only panama has been successful. Thank you, peter. It is now starting out with some low clouds around the bay area this morning. The thunderstorms are out of town. That means were going to watch things calm down become more seasonal outside. Clouds trying to break up out over the bay. We are going to see more sunshine there today. And looking good. Low pressure finally scooting out of the way. That means well, were going to see some sun this afternoon and no threat of thunderstorms. 80s inland. Around the bay. Patchy fog toward the coast. Next couple of days, warming up into friday. Then cooling down a few more clouds over the weekend. The u. S. Military is ready on a moments notice to secure chemical weapons when they get into the wrong hands. Well take you along with the paratroopers who are training for that mission. Thats ahead on cbs this morning. 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Now he is writing to the president to explain why he gave up top secret documents and he is also telling a News Organization he is going to live the rest of his as a woman. Traffic and weather right after the break. Now its posturepedic versus beautyrest with big savings of up to 400 off. Serta icomfort and tempurpedic go headtohead with three years interestfree financing. Plus, free sameday delivery, setup, and removal of your old set. When brands compete, you save. Mattress price wars are on now at sleep train. Your ticket to a better nights sleep good morning. We have several different accidents or stalls thousands of problems around the bay area. First to oakland, the stalled rig is still out there blocking one lane. Southbound 880 right there by oakland street caused a Traffic Alert. They are saying about 8 30 they hope to reopen lanes. In the meantime, its backed up both directions but definitely southbound at least the 980 interchange. Danville new york 680 at el cerro boulevard accidents causing slowdowns. Low clouds in the bay area but things calming down as far as thunderstorms are concerned. They are moving into far Northern California. Looks like a fairly normal day around the bay area. The clouds creeping well onshore this morning. You can see sunny breaks there. By the afternoon, though, these 50s and 60s going to warm up nicely still below average but comfortable. A lot of 70s inside the bay. 80s in the valleys. 60s at the coastline. Even warmer for tomorrow. Good morning to you. It is 8 00 in the west. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Eye wild fire is raging out of control near Yosemite National park. Thousands of homes and other buildings are threatened. Well take you to the scene ups says because of obamacare, it cannot afford Health Coverage for thousands of workers spouses. Mellody hobson will tell us what it means for your company Trisha Yearwood is a star on the stage and in the kitchen too. She will tell you how she uses music and food to feed her soul. First, a look at todays eye opener local officials are very concerned about getting the upper hand on this fire. They have asked the governor, jerry brown, to declare a state of emergency. I can feel the heat on my face. These flames are intense. Syrian forces are launching more strikes today outidentify damascus. The attacks are happening in the same area where rebels claim chemical weapons killed hundreds yesterday. Now, it seems that mediation could be leading to an end to this sixweek long saga sofg the women and the mayor and the city of san diego. People are waiting to see where the economy is going to go. Until the fed sends a clear signal, this is what we are going to do and this is when we are going to start, you have people jog giing for position in answer to the last question, who erased 18 minutes from Richard Nixons Oval Office Tapes. We think all the evidence shows that knicnixon erased the tape. When they opened the panama canal, it was an engineering marvel unmatched. Now, nearly 100 years later, this he are about to do it again, thoenl tionly this time, much bigger a surprise for the sun batheers in russia. They said, they are not sure why civilians were on the beach. They were not sure were the hovercraft was there. Im charlie rose with gayle king. No a Norah Odonnell is off. 51 wildfires are burning this morning. The smo he can ke is generating of pollution. One fastgrowing fire near yosemite threatens thousands of homes. Steve large of kobr is in groveland, california, about 50 miles west of yosemite. Reporter good morning, charlie and gayle. This is day six of this fire fight that is intensifying, growing some 60 in one 24hour period. Weve seen flames 100feet high soaring, breaking containment lines. There is no estimate for the time of containment. Forcing firefighters to close one of the main roads that leads into Yosemite National park, a popular tourist spot during the end of summertime. Two homes have been destroyed. 2500 are still threat ened and there are more than 1,000 firefighters on the fire line. They will be facing temperatures reaching into the 90s with no rain and more wind. For cbs this morning, steve large, groveland, california. New fighting in a suburb of dam as cass, syria, when a chemical attack happened yesterday. Hundreds of civilians died from exposure to toxic gas. The assad regime denies those claims. The u. S. Military is getting ready to seize chemical weapons anywhere in the world. David martin went on a Training Mission with the famous 82nd airborne. Reporter in the small hours of the morning, para troopers training at ft. Bragg, north carolina, conducted an assault on a compound they were told chemical agents were sford. After a decade of fighting insurgents in iraq and afghanistan, it was a new mission for the soldiers in colonel mike fenzels brigade. It is one we Vice President addressed over the last 12 years because we have been focused on afghanistan and iraq. Reporter it was just an exercise but major John Nicholson said it was designed to deal with a real world threat. As we look at the evolving situations in syria and other places around the world, were preparing to deal with the reality of securing chemical weapons. Reporter the 82nd airborne is kept on constant alert ready to load and launch 1,000 para troopers and their gear in 18 hours to anywhere in the world. In this exercise, they jumped from 800 feet to seize two dirt airstrips in the woods of north carry care. One airfield is challenging by any measure. Two airfields simultaneously creates incredible command and control challenges. What chemical weapons are involved, what does that do to the operation . It increases the difficulty in terms of the equipment you have to carry and in terms of the expertise. You have to integrate into the operation. Most of the troops in the 82nd are combat veterans. Few have had experience dealing with chemical weapons. In this exercise, they found a component for the deadly nerve agent, vx. One of the chemical agents syria is known to have. I think it weighs on our troops, because it is the fear of the unknown. They havent trained for it before. They are not sure what to expect. Reporter seizing serious chemical weapons would be a major, highrisk operation. This exercise used 30 aircraft to drop the troops and their equipment. In the real world, those low, slowflying planes would be exposed to ground fire. It is an operation the 82nd Airborne Division is preparing for should they ever get the or. For cbs this morning, david martin, ft. Bragg, north carolina. A perfect example of how the military constantly has to prepare for new challenges. It is nice to see they are there and they are ready to go. New figures from a liberal think tank show that most American Workers have not had a raise for more than a decade. The Economic Policy institute finds the median weekly wage in the u. S. Is now 768. Thats the same as it was 12 years ago when adjusting for inflation. Workers became much more productive during that period. 70 of them are actually making less money today. Ups says it will drop 15,000 spouses of employees from the Health Insurance plan. The pack is delivery company. One reason is the cost of the Affordable Care act. Ups is one of the first major firms to directly blame obama care for change in coverage. Mellody hobson is in San Francisco. Good morning. How significant is this move by ups in terms of what impact it might have on other companies . This is actually a really big move. They are a major employer. They employ almost 400,000 people. They have been very direct about why they are doing it. Money, they say this move will save them 60 million. Their Health Care Costs have been escalating 7 a year. Next year, they are saying, they are expecting 11. 25 and they cant afford it. I think at the end of the day, it will give a lot of other big employers permission to do the exact same thing. They will use obama care as a sort of reason for doing things they want to do anyway. I think at the end of date, employers want healthy employees. They want people to have coverage. They are just struggling with how to pay for this. Is it a surprise a company would cut Health Care Costs if your spouse can get it at other places . Is that a bad thing to do . It is actually not. At the end of the day, the spouse will be covered. Those days of where you used to sit down with your spouse and go over each others benefit plans and pick the best one. Those days are probably over. You wont have that option on a goingforward basis in many companies. How does it feed the controversy over obama care . I think it really does get to this whole point. A huge debate about the cost, saying it is too expensive to cover all these people. One thing that is coup he key t issue for the white house, they need young people to be covered. The more young people that go into the system who have very little need on an ongoing basis for health care, specially in the early years, that helps supplement the cost of people in later years. Young people going in will be extremely important. Will the young people say, instead of coverage, ill just take the penalty . Which it wont be very much but over the longterm will rise to be quite significant. Mellody hobson, thank you very much. Tiger woods is blaming a soft Hotel Mattress for throwing him off his game. He was forced to pull out of the last nine holes at a proam event. My neck and back are a little bit stiff. It was stiff this morning after a soft bed. Just one of those things about sleeping in hotels. I didnt want to push it. So i just took it easy and chipped and putted. He says his back is fine and he has gone and gotten a new bed. Charlie, you are the only one that plays golf at this table. Can a mattress throw off your game all that much . I dont think so. Whatever tiger says i would believe. He didnt seem to be making, you can avoid the flew by getting a shot every year. It might prevent even bigger problems. Dr. David agus looks at new evidence linking flu shots to a lower risk of heart attacks tomorrow, we will meet the ceo of harleydavidson. They are marking their 110th anniversary with some impressive celebrations. Thats tomorrow on cbs this morning. [ tires screech ] [ beeping ] [ male announcer ] we dont just certify our preowned vehicles. We inspect, analyze and recondition each one, until its nothing short of a genuine certified preowned. Mercedesbenz for the next new owner. 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Weve received your numerous emails and phone calls expressing displeasure and demandig cbss return to our service. Our executives have been dealing with this issue 24 hours a day, seven days a week since this began. While it is a very complex situation involving many different issues, we at Time Warner Cable want our customers to know one thing. We dont care. Thats right. Any comment . I have lots to say but im going to follow his lead. This morning, researchers say there is another reason to get a flu shot this fall. A new study shows that when certain people are vaccinated, the risks of a heart attack falls which up to 45 . Dr. David agus is in los angeles. Good morning to you. Good morning, gayle and charlie. What is the connection between a flu shot and a heart attack . It is an exciting study, because it gives us the link that we were missing. We had data before that if you got the flu, you had a dramatically higher rate of heart attacks. Now, we have the missing piece. If you get a flu shot, a 45 reduction in this australian study in a heart attack. It is no thet a cause and effec. It is an association. Whats the Science Behind it . It is pretty wild. When you get a cut on your leg, it is inflammation. You can think about it. You have inflammation in the arteries in your heart. When you get the flu and you get that inflammation with the flu, it is going to make whats going on worse. It can block one of the arties and lead to a heart attack. Is it possible this could extend to other diseases . We have data that getting the flu shot or not getting it will lower your rate of Heart Disease, cancer and obesity. Everybody over the age of six months should get a flu shot. This is another example of why that is true. What do you say to people . I am one of those people. Gayle, im going to hit you in the head. It is a nobrainer to get the flu shot. Gayle, if you got the flu, four or five days, you would survive. A decade from now, your rate of Heart Disease and cancer are higher. Your rate of heart attack will be lower if you get the flu shot. When we see stories like we just saw on ups, dramatically rising Health Care Costs that are causing changes, we have to ask the question, why are things like flu shot optional . You believe that everybody over six months should get a flu shot . I think the data merits we should all get it. The evidence is very compelling. Dr. Agus, good to see you a few years ago, Trisha Yearwood gave up singing for cooking. Now, she is ready to restart her nashville career. Trisha talks this morning about the two stars she may be working with. All that mattered three years ago, a note surfaced that had the whole world cheering. Do you remember what it said . The answer is next on cbs this morning. My name is lee kaufman. Married to morty kaufman. [ lee ] now that im getting older some things are harder to do. This is not a safe thing to do. Be careful babe. There should be some way to make it easier [ doorbell rings ] lets open it up and see whats cookin. Oh i like that. Look at this its got a handle on it. I dont have to climb up. This yellow part up here really catches a lot of the dust. Did you notice how clean it looks . Morty are you listening . Morty . [ morty ] im listening i want you to know morty are you listening . Morty . ,,,,, all that mattered three years ago today, 33 miners were found alive in a collapsed mine in chile. 17 days after the collapse. Rescuers drilled a hole more than half a mile underground in an attempt to make contact. When the drill surfaced, a note was attached that read were all well in the shelter, 33 of us. International rescue teams spent the next two months drilling a hole large enough to safely remove the miners. On the morning of october 13th after a 24hour operation, the last of the 33 miners were brought to the surface to be reunited with family and friends. I remember that. Great moment. I remember that note, i remember that story. Im greg norman and spike lee. You remember that story . Remember when the note came out . Greg, you think spike could make it as a golfer . Yes, he could. He has some interesting stories. I heard spike say i dont play golf but i live near one. ,,,,ood enough. Look at em. Living on cloud nine with that uverse wireless receiver. You see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldnt just set up a tv in the basement. I mean, come on nope. We could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. Yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, wed have to go to my aunt sallys. Have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch . [ kids cheering ] youre missing a good game over here. Those kids wouldnt have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] switch and add a wireless receiver. Get uverse tv for 19 a month for 2 years with qualifying bundles rethink possible. Your realtime captioner linda Marie Macdonald itsle 25. Im Michelle Griego 8 25. Im Michelle Griego with your kpix 5 headlines. Roads are now reopened in the tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco. The area was closed off after a person was shot near turk and Taylor Streets around 6 00 this morning. Information on the suspected or victims conditions havent been released. Students from city college of San Francisco will hold an Assembly Today to help save their school. The colleges accreditation was revoked and will end next year. Dozens of students were arrested last tuesday after a protest outside mayor lees office. Todays assembly will be at 4 00 on campus. An army veteran from san jose needs your help finding his service dog. Lobo, a german shepherdcollie mix ran off in the city after being spooked by a loud noise in the berryessa area. The dogs owner was training it to help wounded vets. Call the number on the dogs caller if you find it. Traffic and weather coming up. ,,,,,, good morning. The delays are bad up and down the nimitz freeway. Thats all because of a stalled big rig thats blocking lanes for more than an hour. Its in the southbound direction but check out what its doing to the northbound ride. Extra backed up from san leandro. Lets go to our maps and ill show you what were talking about. Southbound 880 approaching oak street. Thats where that stalled out big rig is still there. Traffic alert is in effect. It is jammed solid past the 980 interchange. Also, still heavy traffic in danville because of an earlier accident now off to the right hand shoulder. It was northbound 680 approaching el cerro boulevard. Thats traffic. Heres lawrence. Starting out with low clouds and following around parts of the bay area right now. The good news is the threat of thunderstorms has come to an end. Looking towards san jose, we have some cloudy skies there. Delays at sfo of over an hour on arriving flights and headed out to chicago delays because of thunderstorms. 50s and 60s right now. By the afternoon, we are looking at still some 80s inland, 60s and 70s around the bay and 60s patchy fog toward the coast. A little warmer tomorrow then cooling down over the weekend. ,,, female narrator its posturepedic versus beautyrest its posturepedic versus beautyrest with up to 400 off. Serta icomfort and tempurpedic go headtohead with three years interestfree financing. Mattress price wars are on now at sleep train. Your ticket to a better nights sleep welcome back to cbs this morning. Coming up in this half hour, a great half hour. Golf legend greg norman is in longer on the tour, but hes not letting any grass grow under his feet. His company has designed dozens of golf courses around the world. His Business Empire Sells Everything from eyewear to wine. And he joins us here in studio 57 this morning. Sitting next to his lovely daughter, morgan. Also Country Music star Trisha Yearwood talks with our jeff glor about her passion for singing and supper. She also reveals her plans for a new touring collaboration that will make headlines. Right now time to show you the headlines from around the globe. The New York Times says Maria Sharapova is withdrawing from next weeks u. S. Open. She said her right shoulder is injured. She was seeded third but has only played one match on tour since losing at wimbledon two months ago. The Los Angeles Times says actor Wentworth Miller has revealed he is gay to protest russias antigay laws. The star declined an invitation to the st. Petersburg International Film festival in russia. Miller says, quote, i am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the russian government. And the times of london says the london zoos annual weighin has come to an end. The tricky part was getting the animals on the scale. The statistics are part of a database used by researchers around the world. And in just 30 days, spike lee raised 1. 4 million for an upcoming movie used in kick starter. Thats a website that helps people pay for creative and independent plaunls but its come at a price. It has been criticized by some fans in hollywood alike. Spike lee is here to join us. What a surprise, spike lee, you being criticized. But this is a deal. People say, look, hes rich, hes successful. Why doesnt he just open up his checkbook and write a check and pay for his own movie. To that you say . Wi put money into my film. I self financed a lot of my films. My entire part for malcolm x was put into the budget. I think the thinking is youre taking money away from other filmmakers who wouldnt be able to get the money or have access. No, thats not true. The cofounders of kickstart have data. They have raised 5 million or 3. 5. So i have brought people to kickstarter who didnt even know what it was. What is it . Its a new thing called crowd funding. Theres two big things here, kick starter and indigogo. So crowd funding is a way where you can go ive been making films since 1986 so i have a fan base. I went directly to my fan base and said help me get this new film made and thats what we did. Whats this new film . Well, our goal was one 250 as we say in brooklyn but we raised more. More than your goal. Yes. Youre the artistic director and you heard about this from one of your graduate students who said, hey, what did he say to you and what was your response . Ive been teaching 15 years and its a threeyear program. I only teach the students who make it a third year. They have to do a thesis film. They have been using kickstarter to get the completion funds for their film for 5,000, 10,000, 20,000. But my t. A. , a fellow morehouse brother told me, spike, you need to check out Veronica Mars raised 5. 5 million. Zach brat but are you taking money from young filmmakers because theres only so much money out there to make films . Thats not true. Charlie, where did you go to school . They should teach you better than that at unc. No, he went to duke. He went to duke. Lets talk about basketball for a moment. Kickstarter, youve got your money and will make your film, right . Right. Basketball, are you thrilled about the fact that the Brooklyn Nets have three of the best players from the celtics so well have a genuine rivalry between the knicks and the Brooklyn Nets . Three old players from the celtics. Well, time is now, george allen used to say. The future is now. Are you on the russians payroll too . No. Get some money from him. There you go. I am curious about kickstarter for you. Were you worried about reaching your goal . I was tracking it in the beginning. It didnt seem like the money was pouring in. Was it something that you had to work very hard to get this money . Were you worried about it . Because if you hadnt reached your goal, you would get nothing. Heres the thing, though. Once i decided to be a filmmaker back at morris college, anything i work my butt off for me. Ill go as far as james brown as far as getting it done. Just get out and do it. Elbow grease, youve got to get it done. So once i made my mind up, it would get done. And what did you give the people that made donations . Didnt they get something for making a donation . No, heres the thing. Its not a donation, its a pledge. A pledge. Well, 31 people bought the 10,000 pledge where i take them to dinner and they sit courtside. My wifes seat, thank you, tonya. 31 people for 10,000 to sit courtside for me at the worlds most famous arena. Not the barclay center, buddy. Madison square garden. All these people that pledge this money, they get nothing out of it. What do you mean . Let me finish. They get to sit courtside with me at a game. Are you crazy . You guys, talk to him, please. Tell him. You didnt hear the rest of the question. Finish, charlie . Is that all they get out of it, the possibility of sitting with you at a game . Its not a possibility. Where is the art of cinema here . People are paying for me to make my next film. In other words, the joy they get out of it is the possibility of watching a new film by spike its not a possibility. Were going for it. Are they going to cancel the season . No, hes the commissioner of the nba. Im interested in people who participate in funding your film. They get out of it simply the joy of watching your film when its released . Can i just tell you a story real quick. I know were on the clock. Yes, we are under time. I got a tweet that said, spike, tonight i had to make a decision whether to send you 5 or eating and im going to go hungry tonight and you can take this 5. I dont ask anybody to do that, but thats the type of because they say they want to support you for a movie they dont even know what it is yet. But they have seen 30 years of films. Thats what matters. Okay. Go make your movie. Take your money. Charlie rose is contributing 20. Make your movie. 20 cant get you courtside, baby. 20 cant get you courtside next to me. I dont need spike lee to go courtside. I dont need courtside to be court side. Its a bromance, i love it. Greg norman is here. They call him the shark. How did he get tha, ask me what its like to get your best nights sleep every night. [announcer] why not talk to someone whos sleeping on the most highly recommended bed in america . Ask me about my tempurpedic. Ask me how fast i fall asleep. Ask me about staying asleep. [announcer] tempurpedic owners are more satisfied than owners of any traditional mattress brand. Tempurpedic. The most highly recommended bed in america. Buy a tempurpedic mattress set and get a free twin tempursimplicity mattress. Find a store near you at tempurpedic. Com. Theres a Certain Group of writers and a Certain Group of fans, i think youd think hes not really lived up to his potential. Right. Absolutely. I know i havent lived up to my potential. I know i havent achieved what i know i can achieve. But, you know, theres more time for that too. Im not like im washed out and over the hill. You still like playing golf . I love it with a passion because i love to play. Every day is a different day. Every shot is a different shot. And its just you . And its just me. Steve crop also a very good golfer. The twotime british open champion has been elected to the world golf hall of fame. Hes also been very successful as an entrepreneur. His businesses range from clothing lines to golf course design to wine making. Were pleased to have greg norman here. Welcome. Good morning. You have lived up beyond your potential in business. Way beyond what i ever thought id be at this stage of my career. Its just been a fantastic journey, charlie, quite honestly. Identified very early on there was a space, there was a position about understanding what the brand does for you and how to market that brand. Through that whole process ive learned with some great people around and here we are today, a global company. I want to talk about the business but first golf for a moment. Why didnt you live up to your potential when you look back . Quite honestly i was probably a little stubborn. In what way . I wanted to do things my way. I had a great people around from a physiotherapist and stuff like that, but i was so set in my ways. If i had to change things and do things again, id probably bring in an inner core of people like maybe a sports psychologist to help me understand. I played fairly aggressive golf. I believed in my ability. You heard me with steve there. There wasnt a shot that i didnt love. There wasnt a shot that wasnt going to challenge me so i went for it most of the time instead of maybe scaling back a little bit. And do you now look back and say id give up less money to have more trophies, more championships, more big wins . Not at all, because there is a fine line you walk. People lived and died by the things that happened to me and what i did to myself on the golf course. Sport is an interesting way of understanding a persons psyche, that individual. People who watch you, they want to reach through that tv screen and touch you and feel you. So the outcrying of support that ive had over the years, 35 years of playing the game of golf has allowed me to evolve to being the person i am today. Be natural, be who you are. If you play the game of golf that way, be that way. Never put the game above yourself. Always put the game ahead of everything you do in your life because the game is the most important thing. So i was able to capture all of that because of the fan supportive had today. And now in the business world, its amazing being the living icon. When you are the living brand, its a very interesting path you have to walk down now compared to just walking to the first tee, staying inside the ropes and playing golf. Did a bad mattress ever affect your golf swing . It did, actually. Charlie said he didnt doubt what tiger said. Listen, i dont play golf. No disrespect, greg. But when he said that, i said really . Could it . Most of the time its a bad pillow. Youre right. You get your head caught in the wrong position. We are very aware of our golf swing and tiger is a very finely tuned athlete like all the guys out there who play. Im fascinated, greg, by your business choices from the wine making, the golf design where you say you feel very passionate about how you design a golf course. What makes a good golf course in the greg norman style . When you finish the golf course, make it look like its been there for 20 years. Blend it in with mother nature. Begin with the end in mind. Make sure youre conforming and understanding what the stwoir Environmental Issues are and build it around that. The easiest thing in the world is to build the hardest golf course in the world. The hardest golf course to build is where everybody has a right to finish a prouround of golf, whether its not too tough and you cant play a certain shot. Him not doing it, the harder its going to be for him to do it. The reason why, hes losing his intimidation factor. One of the great assets you can have as a great player is intimidation. Whether its golf, on the tennis court, in basketball. Right now hes losing that enl a little bit because the younger players are beating him. The older he gets, the better the younger players get. Tomorrow well meet three members of the pga tour wives association. They raise millions for childrens charities. The women will tell us what its like traveling the world with their touring husbands. Thats tomorrow on cbs this morning. And country star Trisha Yearwood can sing and she can cook too. Mrs. Garth brooks tells us about her Favorite Foods and what it means to be a gegan. Whats that . Thats coming up next on cbs this morning. Well explain. ,,,,,,,, it seems its a good time to be Trisha Yearwood. For one thing the country star has changed her attitude toward food and its paying off big time. Jeff glor went to her home in nashville to talk about that and other things country. Jeff, good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you. We covered quite a bit of ground from yearwood from her latest cookbook to her cooking show to her upcoming music plans. As usual, she was engaging and, right now, very busy. Before she became a country star, Trisha Yearwood grew up on country cooking. My mom always said you just salt each piece. Reporter so when she launched a few phase of her career, it was really just an old part of her life. This is the place that made you miss moms cooking . As a college student, yearwood realized how much she missed simple homemade meals. She called her mother often for recipes. We are the family like most families who have those recipes written down on a scrap of napkin and its in a shoe box. You look in the shoe box for ten minutes before you find what youre looking for. I thought well have them all in one place. And it turned out to be one cookbook and then two book cooks and now a show and so its been a happy accident. Reporter most of the recipes were hearty but not exactly healthy. That has changed recently. Now eight years into her marriage with garth brooks, both have improved their eating. Yearwood has lost 35 pounds. Was there a moment when you said i need to get healthier . Yeah. I mean my mom passed away from Breast Cancer in october of 2011. I lived with her for a couple of months during that time and i ate. That was my coping mechanism. I just ate. And for that whole year, i just i just didnt care. It was really just im tired of feel tired. Im tired of the way i feel. And something clicked in me. Reporter she says that click was the realization that not every meal had to be the big meal. This is not how you eat every day. When you want to indulge, if youre going to have macaroni and cheese, dont have it every day. Have it for a special occasion and then eat better most of the time. I think sort of the new south lives that way. How would you describe the cuisine of the new south . Its a balance. For me its like if im going to have Something Like homemade cake, like my mother made german chocolate cake, i make it for garth every year on his birthday, but i dont make it the rest of the year. Im going to have a piece on your birthday and enjoy every bite and then im not going to have it. What does he eat, by the way . Hes changed how he eats. Garth says hes gegan which means he eats what garth eats. Hell say i dont really do meat and i dont do much dairy anymore of the a anymore. And then hes eating m ms. Im sure hes watching, i love you, honey, but you really dont get it. But i think for him its been an education. I think hes learning. I like this gegan diet. It seems very flexible. It is flexible. Reporter flexible is also a good way to describe yearwoods singing. She hasnt released a new album in six years. That also is about to change. Shes planning a solo album, and eventually a tour, she told us, along with brooks. This will be our third goround. But it will be a whole different ball game as man and wife to do this together. Reporter she also revealed a Little Information about an upcoming collaboration. Kelly clarkson tweets a photo showing your name and rebas name in the studio. Yes. Whats happening . I dont know. Weve become friends, and i love both of them. And we have been toig with the thought of working together. Kelly is working on a little something. So this is one song. One song at this point right now. Do you want people to think of you right now as a singer or a cook . Yes. I mean if you said, trisha, you have to pick one thing that you can do every day for the rest of your life, i would pick music, absolutely. That is what feeds my soul. The georgia rain really good conversation. You could tell. With Trisha Yearwood. She looks great, she sounds great. Her tv show just won an emmy. The way you started, its really good to be Trisha Yearwood. It reminds me again how great Country Music people are. And its so nice to see her back at belmont where this all came together for her, she went to school. You can see the energy in her when shes Walking Around her. Now we can have some energy at breakfast. We have the granola, fruit and m ms. Im thinking im a gegan. It works, totally. Thank you, jeff. 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The rim fire has expanded across 16,000 acres and right now, its 5 contained. The city of san diego has reached a tentative deal with mayor filner involving a Sexual Harassment suit filed against him and the city. Its unclear if a resignation might be part of a deal. Details are being kept private until tomorrow. And now heres lawrence with the forecast. All right. We have low clouds and fog around parts of the bay area. A little sunshine showing up elsewhere inland. We are going to see more sun across the bay area today. Our mount vaca cam looking good. And the threat of thunderstorms now headed into far Northern California meaning we are clearing out things here. So that low finally moving out of the way. So as it scoots on by, looks like our skies are going to clear out and return to normal weather outside, 80s this afternoon sunny inland. 60s and 70s around the bay and 60s at the coastline with patchy fog. Out over the next couple of days, a little bit warmer tomorrow and then the clouds begin to roll back in. Our temperatures cooling down saturday and sunday. And probably starting out next week slightly below the average. We are going to check out your timesaver traffic coming up next. Good morning. Traffic is still a mess up and down the nimitz freeway in oakland. Its all because of a stalled out gravel truck. This is the commute near the oakland coliseum. Let me show you where the problem is. Its in the southbound direction. Obviously slowing traffic in both directions. But the Traffic Alert is southbound 880 by oak street. They are now saying closer to 9 30. Thats when they hope to reopen lanes. In the meantime, expect delays from the 980 interchange. Bay bridge, things improving. Backups to the end of the parking lot. Jonathan a diamond ring wayne go big or go home. You won a car this is a very happy man. I got the big deal jonathan its time for lets make a deal. Now heres tvs big dealer, wayne brady. Wayne welcome to lets make a deal. Lets make a deal. Im wayne brady, and we do it like this. Who wants to make a deal . Lets see, lets see. Lets go over here. You, dean, come here, dean. Come on, dean. Dont. Dont fall, dean. Dont fall. How are you . Im awesome. Wayne and what do you do, dean . I work in marketing. Wayne work in marketing. Okay, so working in marketing