with more on this. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning, betty. officials say documents contain some very sensitive information. information that taliban and al qaeda are anxious to get their hands on. wikileaks is about to do it again. >> we have a duty to all the people who can benefit from the release of that information. we are talking about information that derives from the war. >> reporter: the website's founder julian assange says his organization will soon release thousands more secret military document about the afghan war. he didn't give a specific time frame but revealed his staff has gone through half of the 15,000 remaining records. >> this information is so valuable. >> reporter: the online whistle-blower posted 76,000 files. the pentagon blasted the leak, one of the largest in u.s. history saying it put american troops and afghan informants at risk. military officials believe they identified the additional batch of documents but they fear a second leak could be more damaging than the last. pentagon sect geoff morrell slammed the decision, saying it would compound a mistake that has already put far too many lives at risk. they refuse to black out the games of afghan informants. the taliban says it's using the record to track down sources, a fact he reluctantly acknowledges. >> that's what happens in war. a time of war inpirs war. >> reporter: assange claims releasing the documents could save thousands of lives but many wonder at what cost. and 22-year-old private bradley manning is suspected as the source of the leak. he was recently moved from a prison in kuwait to quantico, virginia. >> tara mergener in washington for us. thank you. now we want to take you to the gulf of mexico where the broken bp oil well remains sealed at the top and officials say the long-delayed bottom kill procedure pay not be needed after all. no leaks had been detected. it was capped over a month ago after spewing nearly 5 million barrels into the gulf. scientists say a quarter of the oil remains. alabama filed suit against bp and two other companies on thursday, accusing them of negligence that damaged the state's coastline. pore dangerous thunderstorms are expected today in the midwest, including iowa, where days of heavy rain this week caused deadly flooding. among the worst hit was the university town of ames, which is north of des moines. bottled drinks water was distributed to the town's 55,000 residents on thursday after flooding caused a water main break. a violent storm also struck the maryland suburbs of washington, d.c. thursday, toppling trees and causing widespread damage. in maryland, a huge tree crushed an apartment. ten people were hurt, four taken to the hospital. one resident who hid if a closet describeds the chaos as the tree came down. >> all you could hear were kids scream examining dying and everybody thought we were going to die. it was terrible. it was just terrible. >> about 93,000 washington area residents lost power during that storm. in california it's another round of the waiting game for same-sex couples hoping the ban on legal marriage will be lifted. the federal judge who struck down the ban gave opponents of same-sex marriage time to appeal. late thursday, they did. now the issue is in the hand of the federal appeals court. >> reporter: same-sex couples will have to wait a little longer to get married in cal. a federal judge held off on making a decision. couples hoping to die the nigti the knot were disappointed. >> we were told to clear the line while straight people get their marriage licenses. >> reporter: last week judge walker decided it was unconstitutional but on thursday he decided not to lift the ban until a higher court rules on the case next week. >> we'll just keeping on keeping on. we'll keep coming back. >> reporter: if the ban was lifted city officials planned a major celebration at this west hollywood park that would have included the nuptials of 300 couples. in 200 8 california allowed same-sex couples to marry but voters overturned that months later. last week same-sex couples celebrated when judge walker struck down proposition 8. but this legal fight could continue for some time. >> just the first step in a continuing appellate process. >> reporter: the u.s. supreme court may ultimately decide the case and that could take up to three years. cbs news, los angeles. now, to the corruption trial of rod blagojevich where thing may be looking up for the former illinois governor. blagojevich was in court thursday when jurors told the judge that after a week and a half they've agreed on two of 24 counts. the judge told them to keep working. experts say it's a positive sign for the defense. an israeli man is jailed this morning awaiting extradition to flint, michigan. post of the 18 known or suspected victims were black. five died. joel brown has more from leesburg, virginia, one of the cities where the killer is thought to have strucked. >> reporter: a man believed to have terrorized three states is behind bars. federal agents arrested elias abuelazam wednesday night while he waited to board a plane in atlanta. >> they had mr. abuelazam paged over the intercom. he was taken into custody without incident. with he approached the ticket counter in response to the page. >> reporter: police believe elias abuelazam is responsible for 18 violent attacks. four were attacked in michigan, three in virginia and one in ohio. authorities think the stabbing free started in flint, michigan, where elias abuelazam worked as a convenience store clerk. >> still shocked that i had this guy in here around me, around my sisters, around my employees. >> reporter: police in virginia say the killer began striking here in leesburg about a week ago. a teenager believed to be one of the victims managed to run away and made it to this gas station. he was bleeding and begging for help. police in virginia also suspect they caught the killer's chevy blaze other a surveillance camera outside a shopping center. this video was taken just before another attack. >> he selected the victims in leesburg based upon the color of their skin. >> reporter: authorities say there is no conclusive evidence of that just yet. >> we'll be methodical and thorough in our continuing investigation and prosecution. >> reporter: investigators expect elias abuelazam will face charges in michigan first but he could also face federal charges. joel brown, cbs news, leesburg, virginia. president obama signs a $600 million border security bill this morning. that bill would fund the hiring of 1500 border and custom agents to beef up security along the mexico border and also provide for greater use of unmanned surveillance drones. the measure was passed by the senate yesterday in a rare august session. well, just ahead on the morning news -- radio personality dr. laura apologizes for a racist rant. plus, dude, don't look now, a surfer comes nose to nose with a great white. 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[ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. i love your work. on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. there could be an end or at least a brief break from the massive heat wave in the midwest. cooler air is starting to press down into the country and very strong storms are expected in portions of the northern plains. here's another look at this morning's top stories. an israeli man is jailed in atlanta as a suspect in a bizarre serial stabbing spree. the case involves up to 18 knife attacks. mostly on black men. five of them fatal. and same-sex weddings remain on hold in california. supporters of the voter-approved ban are appealing the judge's ruling. steven slater, former jetblue flight attendant, now says flying is in his blood and he wants his job back. meantime investigators are still trying to piece together what really happened on that fateful flight. michelle miller reports. >> what happened on the plane? >> reporter: since monday steven slater has been right riding a wave of praise as a working man's hero pushed to his limit. >> thank you all so much. it's been amazing the support. >> reporter: now passengers are challenging his account saying he was repeatedly rude and unprofessional. >> not a hello. not a smile. nothing. >> i literally just walked away from me. he was so rude the entire flight. a lot of the other passengers that i spoke to said the same thing. >> reporter: slater claims his forehead was nicked by a passenger either closing a door or moving her luggage. several on board saw the injury, but none who spoke saw how it happened. >> honestly when i first saw it i thought oe just cut his head was and on his way to wash it and bandage and he didn't. i just thought, that's weird. something's not totally right here. >> reporter: in fact, law enforcement officials tell cbs news they've interviewed 70% of the passengers on board and they have yet to corroborate any of slater's story. marjorie told "the wall street journal" she did see a nasty exchange between slater and a passenger after the plane landed but she said slater was to blame and the first to use profanity. i didn't think she was rude in the least. it really blew my mind. it was so inappropriate. today slater' attorney declined to address passenger claims directly. >> i can't answer for the mind of those people you spoke to. >> reporter: despite it all, the guy who famously quit his job, now says he wants it back. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> we'll continue to follow that story. meanwhile the skies were friendlier. clear skies gave way to a great view of the perseid meteor shower. it was photographed from stonehenge in england to locations in europe and south america. look at that. meteors were seen streaking overhead at a rate of one every half second. the smart pert cals hit the atmosphere at 135,000 miles an . just beautiful. my job is to hunt it down. i'm fred lemond, and i'm in charge of bp's efforts to remove oil from these waters. bp has taken full responsibility for the cleanup and that includes keeping you informed. you may have heard that oil is no longer flowing into the gulf, but our spotter planes and helicopters will keep searching for any oil. we use satellite images, infrared and thermal photography to map and target the oil. we're finding less oil every day, but we've still got thousands of vessels ready to clean it up. local shrimp and fishing boats, organized into task forces and strike teams. plus, specialized skimmers from around the world. we've skimmed over 35 million gallons of oil/water mixture and removed millions more with other methods. i grew up on the gulf coast and i love these waters. as long as there's oil out there that could make it ashore, i'm gonna do everything i can to stop it. bp's commitment is that we will see this through. and we'll be here as long as it takes to clean up the gulf. good morning. it will be a remeet weekend for many of you. for the third time in as many weeks powerful storms left power outsages and people clearing debris. some streets are still closed this morning and power is still out affecting traffic lights. at the height of the storms, thousands of homes and businesses in the washington area were without power, most in montgomery county. the white oak and motor vehicle office and montgomery college lost power. some outages are expected to last for several days. all right. can we take a deep breath? >> we can take a deep breath we had heavier showers and flood warnings expired to the east. heavy showers over dc, prince georges in to virginia. we go to live doppler 9000 hd right now, and we will show you there is a north and south line coming in to frederick and montgomery county. zoom in for you. come on, radar. be my friend and move. there we go. through montgomery county. look at the heavy shower on east side of damascus and laytonsville and across the district we have a couple of showers also. a couple of downpours in washington. eastern areas seeing lighter rain. scattered showers 95 south of springfield and east of accokeek in to carroll countity one more stop south of colonial beach. that's a heavy shower. not seeing lightning but locally moderate to heavy downpours in spots. it will be better today in in spite of what you are looking at on radar right now. low to mid 80s. >> that's good news. as you mentioned we have wet roads to contend with this morning so take it easy. a live look at the beltway. here's evidence of that. nice and slick here. live shot at new hampshire avenue. no incidents along the way. virginia 395 northbound, pretty nice and quiet from duke street to the 14th street bridge. i want you to know in the district, canal road is closed between reservoir road and that is because -- reservoir and m street because of a downed tree. use macarthur boulevard this morning. pepco customers who were in the dark this morning were in the dark two weeks ago and they say they have had enough. gary spent some time with them in wheaton and has the story. >> reporter: the last time end of july, montgomery county police directing traffic at viersmill and university. no power for the traffic signals. this time, thursday, montgomery county police directing traffic at viersmill and university, no power for the traffic signals. the last time big tree falls on power lines bringing them down. >> please come help. >> reporter: days and days without power for this woman. >> it's terrible. it's terrible. >> reporter: that was then and now things are better. the tree is gone for one thing,. the power lines are back up and the power after this storm, the power -- the power is not on. >> please help us. oh my god, again. again. >> it is frustrating. my son is only 3 and he wants to watch his cartoons so it is tough to sit around in the dark with him. >> hopefully it doesn't stay out for a week this time. >> you did it for a week and you can do it again? >> no. i think i would go crazy this time. i can't. it's terrible. lighting candles and relighting stoves i might as well be in the 1800s again. not one but two rounds of severe storms have left a mess across the dc area. this weekend will be one of deja vu for many as the cleanup begins. good morning, everyone. i'm andrea roane. howard bernstein is here with weather. angie goff has traffic. he has a lot to tell us so let's get