the u.s. says it will use its veto if a vote is taken as new violence breaks out this morning. will anger be increasingly directed at america? knox appeal. a vicious attack comparing her to nazis. her parents were in the courtroom. we ll talk to them about the tense moments this morning, we ll talk to them about the tense moments this morning, september 24, 2011. captioning funded by cbs welcome to the early show on a partly cloudy day in new york city. i m russ mitchell. i m nancy cordes. great to have you here. came in yesterday. in the driving rain. much nicer today. want to tell you more about the security scare in germany before the pope was about to celebrate mass. here s the latest. charlie, good morning. reporter: good morning. we spoke to journalists who say a gunman opened fire with an air rifle firing into the air. nobody was wounded. vatican officials say german police have the suspected gunman in custody and it took place miles away from cathedral
today, we begin with more wild weather. another raging storm is wreak g ing havoc in the western united states as heavy rain and snow has caused major damage along the entire west coast. this comes after an already devastating week of wet weather. here is nbc s kurt gregory with the story. reporter: more relentless rain in southern california. this following a week of wet weather and much so severe that some 100 residents were evacuated in the highland area. i m afraid. everyone here is keeping their fingers crossed and their toes, hoping that we won t get too much more rain. reporter: authorities blame heavy rain and high winds for the death of a woman killed in santa rosa when a large tree crushed her tent at a wildlife preserve. and there s desperation in lake tahoe, a blizzard is complicating search for a missing snowboarder. it s been difficult. like i said earlier, the blizzard conditions, the heavy snow, the heavy winds, there are no tracks that we can find.
captioning funded by cbs crystal clear monday morning in our neck of the woods. good morning, everyone, from new york. welcome to the early show. i m maggie rodriguez. you watched golf all weekend. my first masters that i watched from start to finish and phil mickelson spoiled me because i m expecting two back to back eagles every time now. and my husband said, yeah, right. not exactly like that. almost three. there were some interesting moments because even in the last round, both mickelson and tiger woods put the ball in the woods and the difference is how they get out of the woods. oh, my gosh. it was impressive. first, though, a lot of news to cover this morning. and we ll start with president obama continuing his push to eliminate nuclear weapons by hosting a very high profile summit that begins later today in washington. cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante has more. good morning, bill. reporter: good morning. it s the largest gather