good morning. i m erica hill. good morning, i m chris wragge. we have been talking about the heat in texas all summer long. dallas hit an all-time record on tuesday. 70 days of hundred-degree heat. contributing, of course, to the worst wildfires in texas history, destroying more than 1,500 homes. we will check in with our dallas/ft. worth station ktve when the triple digit heat will be over. it has been a long summer. first, get ready for big changes at the airport. homeland security officials say they want to keep terrorists guessing and that means changing how the tsa treats passengers, especially kids. mark strassmann is in atlanta with the details. mark, good morning to you. reporter: good morning, chris. why the move right now and when can we expect the changes? reporter: tenth anniversary of 9/11 is behind us. kids 12 years old or no longer will have to wear shoes and receive fewer pat-downs through security and rolled outline the next few weeks in many ai
along the east coast torrential rains. republican candidates prepare take to off the gloves a new poll governor rick perry with a decisive lead over the pack. we will look ahead to that debate where perry and romney go head-to-head for the first time early this wednesday morning, september 7th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs a foggy morning in new york city. good morning. i m erica hill. i m chris wragge. rub thing e fog out of your . police don t know why a man opened fire in ihop restaurant in carson city. five people died and the gunman who is described as mentally ill. karen brown is live with us for the latest. reporter: good morning to you. one of the witnesses from inside the restaurant here behind me spoke for the first time last night to me and he described an extremely grisly scene with the shooter just seven feet away from a table full of national guard members when he opened fire. but authorities say this was not an act of terrorism. investigators sa
and good morning, everyone. welcome to the early show here on a tuesday morning, i m chris wragge. and i m erica hill. by the way, how did it get to be august 23rd? summer s almost gone. but before we say good-bye, may have a little hurricane to contend with. a 4r09 of people really focused on hurricane irene this morning. that major storm is being blamed for a lightning strike and fire that destroyed the $70 million home of richard branson on his private caribbean island. you may have seen the house in photos. well, there you see what s left of it now. it s been rented by a lot of big stars. apparently kate winslet was there at the time and richard branson credits her with saving his 90-year-old mother. it is a massive loss. we re going to have a bigger report on this fire. but it s an exclusive vacation spot and it s a tough, tough loss for richard branson. but we ll talk about that. first we want to talk about this. hurricane irene could become a major category
set is set to walk free today. we will take a look at the case early this tuesday morning, august 23rd, twven. 2011. captioning funded by cbs good morning, everyone. with him to the early show. i m chris wragge. i m erica hill. how is it already august 23rd in summer is almost gone but we may have a hurricane to contend with. a major storm is being blamed for a lightning strike and fire that destroyed the $70 million home of richard branson on his private caribbean eyelid. you may have seen the house in photos. you see what is left of it now and rented by a lot of big stars. apparently kate winslet was there at the time and richard branson credits her for saving his 90-year-old mother. a massive loss. we will have a report on that fire. it s an exclusive vacation spot and a tough loss for richard branson. hurricane irene could strike from florida to north carolina by the end of this week. david bernard is at our miami station wfor. david, good morning. ask you off
prizfor 18 years for killing three cub scouts. now they re freed after being cleared by dna. justice served or justice denied. the question remains who killed those boys? the reality wedding, kim kardashian s big day. the buzz is one of her bridesmaids could become bigger than pippa, early this saturday morning, august 20th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs and good morning on a crystal clear saturday morning here in new york city, welcome to the early show. i m russ mitchell. i m rebecca jarvis by the way it wasn t crystal clear all morning long, it started out foggy. hopefully thing will clear up. the so-called west memphis three released after 18 years in prison. strange story and different turn in all of this we want to report. we begin with breaking news, four people are dead after extremely dangerous weather from pennsylvania to wisconsin. cbs news correspondent dave bradley reports. reporter: the sudden storm dumped just over two inches of rain over an