This is the cbs morning news for wednesday, august 7th, 2013. Good morning. Thanks for joining us. Im Alexis Christoforous. President obama is speaking out about the Terror Threat thats forced the closure of more than a dozen diplomats posts. Yesterday they were ordered out of yemen and the first criminal charges were filed in last years attack on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi, libya. Jericka duncan has our report. Reporter president obama got serious on the tonight show with jay leno, speaking publicly for the first time about the current Terror Threat. Its significant enough that were taking every precaution. Reporter the president ordered the closure of almost two dozen embassies and consulates in the muslim world since last weekday. 19 of them were shut down saturday. This extreme radicalism is still out there and weve got to stay on top of it. Reporter yesterday the u. S. , france, and britain evacuated their workers from embassies in yemen because of the threat. This was a deci
Bush. Reporter were live in the presidio where San Francisco firefighters are mopping up a fire that charred about three acres. Well tell you if any homes or blilds were buildings were threatened. A statewide amber alert is in effect. And a fastmoving fire at a san jose Storage Facility. These are live pictures at the scene. We have a news crew headed there. Mornings on 2 starts now. Well, good morning. Its tuesday, august 6th. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im dave clark. Im tori campbell. Breaking news about heart surgery performed on former president george w. Bush this morning. A spokesman for the former president said doctors in dallas inserted a stent after discovering a blockage in an artery during a routine physical exam yesterday. The spokesman said the blockage was opened with no complications and that former president bush is expected to go home tomorrow. Also new this morning, a fire burned several acres in the presidio. At one point, the fire threatened a National Cemetery. Ktv
A Baltimore County judge ordered one of two drivers charged in a crash that killed six construction workers on the inner loop of Interstate 695 to serve 1 1/2 y
Melachi Brown, 20, who police say was speeding when he collided with another driver in Maryland, pleaded guilty to six counts of manslaughter in a state court, records show.