we begin with the race for the white house while the republicans battle it out to see who becomes the front-runner. president obama hopes to take back the spotlight. he's heading off on an old-fashioned bus tour of america's heartland. jessica is in washington. >> good morning, terrell. the president is going to contrast his track record with those of his gop rivals. president obama kicks off a three-day bus tour to talk about his ideas for getting americans back to work. >> over the coming weeks i'll talk about proposals and i won't stop until every american who wants a job can find one. >> reporter: the bus tour the president's first since taking office will give him a chance to defend his record against republicans vying for his job. >> hi, everybody, it's great to see you. >> reporter: fresh off her victory at the iowa straw poll, michele bachmann trying to keep the momentum going last night in her birth place of waterloo, iowa. >> we'll take the country back. i know that's going to happen. >> reporter: the minnesota congresswoman had to share the stage with her newest rival, texas governor rick perry. >> sometimes it kind of takes me a while to get into something, like this presidential race but let me tell you, when i'm in, i'm in all the way. >> reporter: while perry jumped in, another jumped out. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty quite after finishing third. pawlenty says he doesn't have any immediate plans to support another candidate. >> will you ask for his endorsement? >> i look forward to ta you canning to him. >> reporter: but it's clear every contender is looking for anything to get an edge. all this as the latest gop poll released sunday shows the president's approval rating slipping for the first time to below 40%. terrell? >> jessica stone in washington for thus morning, good to see you, thanks. to the tragedy at the indiana state fair. a memorial service is being held for victims of saturday's concert stage collapse. five people died, dozens more injured when powerful winds blew the stage over. >> reporter: this home video shows the giant stage at the indiana state fair crash willing down. a wind gust of nearly 70 miles an hour is to blame. concert go-others waiting for sugarland to perform watched in disbelief as the steel scaffolding collapsed. >> on the ground and all these people just fell. >> they were scared, i know they was. everybody started running. >> reporter: while many fled, hundreds ran toward the stage. they took it upon themselves to help emergency workers lift the heavy beams, lights, musical equipment which fell on top of fans waiting for the show. >> i know that those who were rescued and those who would have been more seriously hurt without their help are grateful today. >> reporter: kirby ayer shared her video with wish in indianapolis. >> nobody could believe what they were seeing. people were in complete shock. >> reporter: the national weather service says the violent weather was not a shocker. >> the weather service indicated there was a good threat for service. >> reporter: an announcer at the fairgrounds instructed people how to evacuate. sugarland is a popular country band. on the website the band members asked their fans to keep the victims in their thoughts. sugarland was scheduled to play sunday at the iowa state fair. that show was canceled. drew levenson, cbs news. >> this isn't the first time a microburst struck with tragic results. >> reporter: kohl, 1997, 6 million spruce trees are destroyed. text, 2009, the roof of the cowboys' practice facility, arizona last month a wall of dust two miles high smothers phoenix, grounding flights, knocking down power lines. indianapolis violent wind collapses a stage, five people are killed. indiana's governor twice called the disaster unpredictable. >> freakish accident. as far as i can tell, fluke. >> reporter: but was it a fluke? a meteorologist and author of a book about preventing weather related disasters says no. >> it was very predictable, and we put out a warning for 60-mile-an-hour winds a full half hour before the stage collapse occurred. >> reporter: three times this summer, violent winds have hit outdoor festivals. disasters like indianapolis need not be fatal, says mike smith. festival sponsors need to rely on professional forecasting >> they would have had enough time, a half hour, if they moved immediately to clear the stage and clear the area, they might have saved some lives. >> reporter: indiana's attorney general and four other state agencies are investigating the incident, trying to recreate what happened. tony guidas, cbs news, new york. back to court for former egyptian president hosni mubarak. security is tight in cairo. earlier this morning he was wheeled to court in a hospital bed. he's accused of ordering the death of hundreds of protesters. in sear yark the navy was ordered into the fight against anti-government protesters for the first time since the uprising again. the syrian gunboat shelled a mediterranean port city. video said to show the attack was posted on the internet. activists say at least 25 people were killed. in iraq a double bombing at a market south of baghdad killed at least 34 people. it happened in the city of kut. a car bomb later in another city killed eight. an the british island of jersey police are questioning an unidentified suspect in the stabbing deaths of six people including three children. the attack happened sunday on the island on the normandy coast of france. police call it the deadliest crime on the island in living memory. coming up, world markets and how the financial week is shaping up, coming up in "moneywatch." plus why ponzi schemer bernie madoff may have lost his last support, his wife of 52 years. first scott pelley has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> investors are betting on high tech, could that be a high bet? 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keegan bradley made an amazing charge at the end, forced a three-hole playoff against jasson dufner. he won the first two holes and put it in on 18. in baseball all good things come to an end including dan uggla's 33-game hitting streak. he went 0 for 3, a great catch by darwin barney. chicago went on to beat atlanta 6-5. when we come back another look at this morning's top stories. and looking back on an ugly week of violence and looting in london. there were a few heroes. is...is- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. it's the at&t network... and off we go! seeking inspiration from the world's best yogurts for activia selects in paris we discovered the inspiration for a totally new yogurt. activia selects french so silky and smooth with lots of juicy fruit. then our search took us to beautiful greece and this thick and creamy greek yogurt, so rich and full of flavor. it was a grueling trip! try new activia french and greek yogurt. a world of great new tastes. on the "cbs morning news" here's a look at today's weather. temperatures in the northeast cooler than normal. dakotas and surrounding states could see severe weather this afternoon, with strong gusting winds and damaging hail. here's another look at this morning's top stories. campaign 2012 is more or less officially under way with michele bachmann the winner in the iowa straw polls. texas governor rick perry joined the republican field and president obama hitting the road for a bus tour. and experts blaming microburst winds for a collapse of a concert stage in indiana that killed five people. the hacker group anonymous broke into the bay area rapid transit system. it posted the information of more than 2,000 b.a.r.t. customers in response to the agency's decision to shut down wireless service last week. >> by performing this action you have not only threatened your citizens' safety but also performed an act of censorship. >> a spokesman says there's nothing illegal about it. at least five people dead, thousands facing charges for violence and looting and $350 million in property losses from theft, damage and arson. mark phillips has more. >> reporter: lately, it's the police who have been breaking in, and it's the looters, not the loot they're after. it's been a week in which britain has had to take a long, hard look at itself and try to come to grips with what's happened here, starting by getting a grip on the people who caused the trouble. police have been using security camera pictures of the looters in action to try to track them down. and a few of those still on the loose have stood still long enough to explain why they did it. the short answer, because they could. >> we didn't do it for the fun of it. we did it to survive in this world. >> felt like christmas came early. >> reporter: the rioters weren't all black. this was equal opportunity, plenty of villains and heroes, including the malaysian mugged by the rioters. hu speaking about his broken jaw could only thank you people for the donations given to him afterwards. >> people were very generous. >> reporter: another hero the father of the young man in birmingham who along with two others killed by a speeding car as they stood trying to protect the family business, an angry crowd threatened revenge. the father tried to calm them down. >> this is, try when you understand this, look back at your life and look at how stupid you were. >> reporter: it's been a season of contrast in britain, grim now, gloriously royal just a short time ago. a disparity all too evident to the born poor member of parliament for the area where the rioting started. >> i think that this summer raises profound issues about what really is the british character and that's not just the character of those at the top of society, and demonstrated during the royal wedding. it's also the character of those at the very bottom of society. >> reporter: hasn't reflected well lately. >> it hasn't reflected well at all. >> reporter: it's been an ugly week. mark phillips, cbs news, london. >> meanwhile in libya this morning, moammar gadhafi called on his people to pick up weapons. speaking by telephone gadhafi urged his people to "liberate libya from rebels and nato forces." this morning, new evidence that autism runs in some families, affecting especially siblings. i'm terrell brown. this is the "cbs morning news." on our car insurance. great! at progressive, you can compare rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! 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