2006. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Thanks for joining us. Im meg oliver in for annemarie green. The weather is expected to improve today in southern california, but it will be days before the area recovers from a powerful flood producing weather system that swept over the area yesterday. The storm brought nearly an inch and a half of heavy rain during a short period of time, causing intense flooding. Oh, my gosh run for your life about 75 miles north of los angeles, the west coast main north south interstate i5 was run over with floodwaters and mudslides. Another major highway was also closed. No one injured but hundreds of cars and trucks were stranded trapping some drivers. This morning, parts of the freeway remain closed. Of control over slopes that drought and wildfires have stripped of vegetation. The swipt mud and water claiming property both small and large, including this boat. Niland said she had only 20 minutes to rescue 20 horses when her ranch began to flood. We went to pull them out immediately and within 45 seconds the water became three feet higher but you can imagine my horse was ready to jump into my arms. Reporter flash flooding in north l. A. County trapped cars and stranded drivers. Danny cueto took these cell phone videos of some he and his friends pulled to safety these vehicles. Three feet and covered in dirt and mud actually. I remember i grabbed a piece of wood from a picket fence and starting digging out from under the bumpers. Reporter firefighters rescued several people. The rain and hail eventually giving way to a massive rainbow, you cant tell how safe it is. Reporter the cleanup process is under way. Firefighters plan to keep several roads closed. Incredibly, there are no reports of any injuries. In leona valley, peter jones, cbs news. California is in for more wet weather thanks to the weather pattern known as el nino. El nino happens every few years when the pacific heats up and it changes weather patterns worldwide. A wildfire has destroyed three dozen homes in Central Texas is about 25 contained this morning. The socalled hidden pine fire is burning about 40 miles southeast of austin. Its burned about six square miles and forced residents of about 400 homs to homes to evacuate. This fire wiped out 1600 homes four years ago. Democrats have taken the the federal election commission, Hillary Clinton raised 28 million between july 1st and september 30th. Bernie sanders was close behind, raking in 26 million. Retired neurosurgeon ben carson had the best haul among republican candidates with 20 million. And donald trump no longer the selffunded candidate raised nearly 4 million. It is report that trump spent more money on his merchandise like make America Great again hats than anything else. The question will he or wont he . Appears a decision by joe biden whether hell enter the 2016 race for the white house is eminent. Several reports indicate biden is on the brink of a decision. Don champion is here in york. Reporter the Vice President is mulling the decision for months. Some of his supporters believe he may have waited too long. Now biden appears to be on the verge of answering a question democratic race. Is there still an opening for you in the race, sir . Im here [ inaudible ] to talk to you. Reporter biden was not talking yesterday as he waited to greet the president of south korea or earlier when he addressed a forum on domestic violence. Its hard for a victim to come forward, because you all know every time a story is repeated, they relive this. It comes back. It comes back like its happening at that very moment. Reporter no word from the Vice President , but one of his top political advisors, former delaware senator ted kaufman sent a letter to former biden staffers and in it, kaufman said biden is aware of the practically commands of making a final decision soon and if he runs, equity, we will knee ed every one of you yesterday. There is the logistical issue. The longer he waits the votes he can qualify for. Biden called democratic strategists in several states wednesday, asking about how, not whether, to launch a campaign. Now at the end of this month, there is a high profile dinner in iowa attended by thousands of party activists. If biden wants to make a serious play in the iowa caucuses, this is an event. It would be hard to imagine he would miss. More wait and see. Don champion here in new york for us, thank you. Coming up on the morning news. We will hear from somebody white house. Republican jeb bush joins us in studio 57 on cbs this morning. A man is arrested in malaysia charged in hacking into the personal information of information of more than a thousand u. S. Security forces. He allegedly gave the information to syria so they could target americans. He is a citizen of kosovo and arrested in kuala lumpur and accused of providing information on u. S. The recent increase between violence. In the past month, at least eight israeli and 31 palestinians have been killed. Johnathan vigliotti reports from tel aviv. Reporter a stae stream of Israeli Security force joined other already positioned in jerusalems old city this morning. Hamas is calling for a day of rage, following morning prayers. The same day israeli banned young muslim men from worshipping at this mosque in jerusalem. The site sacred to both muslims and jews has been at the center of recent attacks. In a speech thursday, israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu singled he was ready to sit down with palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to work on ending the conflict. Because it might stop the wave of false allegations against israeli. Reporter false allegations like the of this boy. Earlier the week they say he was executed by Israeli Soldiers using Excessive Force but yesterday, Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu revealed the young boy was being treated at an israeli hospital. In reaction to the stabbing hundreds of Israeli Soldiers and police are standing guard around the country, particularly in palestinian neighborhoods. On thursday, secretary of state john kerry issued a strong message of support for israeli. We will continue to support israelis right to defend its existence. Reporter the white house says both sides have a responsibility to exercise their strength. Ahead of todays day of rage, Israeli DefenseOfficials Say dozens of palestinians overnight sacred jewish site and this latest incident is sparking more fear of more violence. Johnathan vigliotti, cbs news, tel aviv. In the meantime, American Special forces reportedly knew that doctors without boards rders capacity in country kunduz. The Associated Press reports the americans were gathering intelligence because they suspected the building was used to coordinate taliban activity. The parents charged with killing one son and severely injuring another in a churchrelated beating are due in court this afternoon in northern new york. Prosecutors say bruce and Deborah Leonard and four others severely beat the boy sunday during a spiritual counseling. There was an issue about whether or not they wanted to stay. The oldest brother wanted to stay in the church and that there was a confrontation between the two boys and the parents about that. 19yearold lucas died. 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Mary barro says they will have them next year. The super cruise effort will ease the effort on drivers. After tonight, there will be no more us airways. The last Us Airways Flight takes off from san francisco. The red eye to philadelphia. Us airways reservation system a series of Airline Mergers that has created four giant airlines. Four out of every five u. S. Passengers flies on one of the four. Forbes magazine is out with its firstever list of highest paid youtube stars. Cutie pie tops the list, earning 12 million last year. He is followed by smosha comedy act, and the Fine Brothers who film people watching outrageous videos. Most of the earnings come from advertising. 12 million, not bad. Thanks, jill, at the New York Stock Exchange for us today. Coming up in sports, moving on. The mets catch the dodgers napping in a base stealing play that paves the way for new yorks victory and earns them a chance at the world series. 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Those are just some of the headlines on this mornings newsstand. The Sacramento Bee reports the airman who stopped a terror attack on board a french train is out of the hospital this morning. Spencer stone was released from ucdavis medical center. He was stabbed three times outside a bar. Police are still trying to identify his attacksers. Down by a Pawtucket Police officer. Two brothers involved were arrested. Police say it happened after one teen began yelling obscenity ies y ies and threats while walking down a hallway. It ended with the arrest of eight teenagers and two adults. Its reported that two High School Football players who deliberately hit a referee are now banned for the reminder of the year. The attack came in september in the final moments of john jay highs game against marble falls when a player struck the football referee robert watts. Also suspended for the rest of the school year, an assistant coach who denied telling the two players to attack the ref. The toronto sun reports former canadian ambassador to iran ken taylor died after battling colon cancer. During the 1979 hostage crisis for three months. He secured plane tickets and convinced ottawa to issue the americans fake canadian passports. Ken taylor was 81. Coming up after your local news on cbs this morning, gayle king talks with the creators of instagram. And this is the cbs morning familys mouths often need a helping hand. After brushing, helps prevent cavities, strengthens teeth and restores tooth enamel. Listerine total care to the total family. Listerine total care. One bottle, six benefits. Power to your mouth. And for kids starting at age six, listerine smart rinse delivers extra cavity protection after ive never seen, in my life, a greater marketing campaign. You were on the back of every we couldnt get away from you. Youre driving down the street. Like an abutment with your car, your air bag would explode and my face would be right on the inside. 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Some even got in, despite the presence of the massive polar bear. A hero dog was honored in on thursday, governor jay inslee presented the dog with washington i dont know of the day. We told you about tilly last month. She loyally stayed by her friend phoebe for a week after phoebe fell into a water tank and couldnt get out. The dogs were eventually found by volunteers. This might be the play of the year in college football. Stanford quarterback kevin hogan takes the ball on an endaround and fires it toward the end zone and that is where francis awasu makes the catch by pinning the ball to the defenders back. Stanford beats ucla 5635. Coming up after your local news on cbs this morning, the campaign to legalize marijuana in ohio. We will show you the battle over who should grow. Plus gayle sits down with the creators of the possible social media app instagram. When it started five years ago, neither one of you could have predicted or expected this, so what was your expectation . What was your hope for this company . We pressed the button a launch it to the Apple App Store and immediately people started flowing in and all of these email addresses signing up. The first day we had 25,000 people sign up and both of us looked at each other and say esaid said whoa yo. And republican president ial candidate jeb bush stops by studio 57. Thats all ahead on cbs this morning. A musical milestone at the white house. It was the first cubabased musical act performed at the white house in decades