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KPIX CBS This Morning July 11, 2013

George zimmerman trial. Closing arguments will begin this afternoon. Yesterday, a dummy had a cameo. Both lawyers straddled the mannequin during their questioning. Its a courtroom rarity when one attorney asks another attorney, may i borrow your doll . There are a bunch of people who still need help and theres not enough medics out here. 911 calls made moments after the flight crashed. According to the ntsb, the pilot initially said do not evacuate the passengers. The boston bombing suspect pleaded not guilty at his First Court Appearance yesterday. In arizona, a major dust storm. Strong thunderstorms in indiana, ohio. A lot of people without power. Flash flooding in colorado causing mudslides, swiping vehicles right off the road. I started freaking out. Mud started coming through my side of the door. President obama met with senators schumer and mccain to push for immigration reform. House republicans meaning to start from scratch. The stroller gets stuck in the car. The baby was not hurt. The guy drove off. Running for its life from two hungry cheetahs. It leaps to safety inside of a packed car full of tourists. And all that matters. The secretary of state said his wife is improving. He became emotional while talking about her. I want to thank everybody for the remarkable outpouring of good wishes. Its been really very special. On cbs this morning. Justin bieber cursing out a former president and relieving himself inside a restaurant and not in the bathroom. You know what canada its time to pick him up. This mornings eye opener is presented by choice hotels. Good morning. Welcome to cbs this morning. Charlie rose is off so anthony macing is with us. Hello. Great to be here. We are hearing dramatic 911 calls made by survivors of the asiana plane crash. Have finally started clearing the debris left and we are hearing new details about why some passengers waited to escape the wreckage. Reporter a lot of us have looked at the video and pictures of this crash and weve been astonished that only two people lost their lives. Now with these 911 calls, we can hear from passengers inside the plane just how frightening this experience was. Hi we are at the San Francisco International Airport and we just got in a plane crash and there are a lot of people that need help. Reporter passengers frantically dialed 911 seconds after their plane slammed into the runway and burst into flames. There is a woman out here on the street on the runway who is pretty month burned very severely on the head and we dont know what to do. Okay we do have help started that way. You said theyre there but theres not enough people correct . Yes, she is severely burned. She will probably die soon. Reporter emergency dispatch calls captured travelers pleading for ambulances to help the critically wounded. Were you on the plane . Yes weve been on the ground 20 minutes. There are people laying on the tarmac with critical injuries. Were almost losing a woman here. Were trying to keep her alive. Reporter the details as a caravan of buses reportedly carrying survivors visited the crash site for the first time. Earlier, ntsb chairman Deborah Hersman revealed the pilot initially told Flight Attendants to keep everyone seated while he talked to the control tower. 90 seconds later, a Flight Attendant spotted flames. From their views, the attendants revealed to our investigators they tried to expedite the passenger evacuation procedures by directing passengers to doors that werent as crowded and they were also fighting the fire. Reporter hersman said rescue trucks arrived within two minutes and began battling the blaze within three minutes. Two emergency slides deployed inside the plane, pinning two Flight Attendants. Two other members ss of the crew were ejected. Two were found in their seats outside of the airplane. These were seated in the rear of the cabin. Reporter some of the Flight Attendants appeared emotional at a News Conference wednesday. The remaining six the ntsb wants to interview are still in the hospital. One of the pilots told ntsb investigators he was blinded by a flash of light about 500 feet in the air. That would have been about 34 seconds before impact. The ntsb has not yet said if that flash of light may have had any impact on the crash. Anthony and norah. Ben tracy, thanks. Remarkable how calm some callers were. Closing arguments will start today in the George Zimmerman murder trial. Hes charged in the shooting death of teenager trayvon martin. Yesterday brought more tension between the judge and the defense team. Mark strassmann is at the courthouse in sanford, florida. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Judge nelson has to make a key ruling before those Closing Arguments can begin. Should the jury be allowed to consider lesser charges of manslaughter and aggravated assault. If she does zimmermans defense team has a new worry. This jury could acquit him of murder but convict him on a compromised verdict. Youre aware that during this trial you have the absolute right to remain silent. Do you not have to say anything do anything or prove anything. Is that correct . Yes, your honor. Reporter George Zimmerman will not tell his story in court. 13 days of testimony included this video of zimmermans reenactment for detectives. His defense team saw no need to risk putting him on the stand to be cross examined by prosecutor prosecutors. Hes given his statement five, six times now so the jury has that and we just decided there was enough evidence in there. Reporter this trials final day of testimony yesterday had unusual moments and tense ones. A lot people from can you get to your point . At one point, the judge bristled when she directly asked zimmerman whether she would testify and the defense lawyer objected. Have you made a decision, sir, as to whether or not you want to testify in this case . Your honor, i object to that question. Overruled. Have you made a decision as to whether or not you want to testify in this case. I object to that question. Overruled. The court is entitled to inquire mr. Zimmermans determination as to whether or not he wants to testify. I object to the court inquiring of mr. Zimmerman as to his decision about whether or not to testify your objection is overruled. None of the 59 witnesses who testified for both sides saw how the fight began or ended. So defense lawyers and prosecute prosecutors tried some unusual courtroom theater. They took turns using a mannequin to simulate the final minutes before the fatal shooting. So doing this on cement reporter the all women jury starting this afternoon will hear up to three hours of Closing Arguments from each side. Theyll begin deliberations some time tomorrow afternoon. I talked to defense lawyer mark omara yesterday. He told me that the defense Closing Argument will essentially tell a jury look this selfdefense claim should apply not only to the charge of Second Degree murder but also to any lesser charges that jurors will consider. Anthony, nora. Mark strassmann thank you. Legal analyst jacked for with ed forford with us. We know zimmerman will not testify. What do you make of that Testy Exchange . You have to understand its an adversarial system inside of the courtroom. Sometimes it becomes confront confrontation confrontational. Not always just between lawyer and lawyer. Why didnt they want even George Zimmerman to say he will testify . The Defense Attorneys here feel they want to protect their client from any suggestions here that might be used against him in some fashion. Basically, the lawyers are saying we advice him not to take the stand and not to testify. We bleepelieve the jury has heard everything, seen everything they possibly could. Sometimes as a lawyer, prosecutor or defense attorney and all of us who tried cases have done it sometimes you have to take on not just the other side but stake out your position in front of the judge. You dont want to antagonize the judge but sometimes it happens. Expecting the key ruling from the judge this morning. What do you make of the prosecutions effort to get the jury to consider lesser charges . Even though hes only been charged with murder there are situations where a judge believes if either side arguings it and the judge feels theres a record for it theres facts to support it jurors can consider what are called lesser included offenses. It doesnt always apply. In a situation such as this now, what i think youre saying is sort of the hedging of your bets. Prosecution saying maybe we dont have enough here for a murder. But maybe we could have enough here for a manslaughter. And the defense has to decide well, are we okay with a compromise. Or do we want to roll the dice continuing with the gambling analogy. Roll the dice on all or nothinging . Say, look youve got to say either guilty or not guilty and let us walk out the door. We dont want to consider others. Thats a tough call to make, whether the jury should have a chance to look at all the options. Including both sides using that dummy to make a point, that doll. Were such a visual society now that lawyers want to have some sort of visual add. Visual aids can be helpful. I wouldnt be surprised if you wont see them pulled out again. The defense wants to have an animated recreation. Just an aid form. Probably see it today in additional to a lot of emotion. The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing appeared before a judge. Tsarnaev came facetoface with many of the victims. He pleaded not guilty to charges including using a weapon of mass destruction to kill. Don dahler was in the courtroom. Reporter good morning. It was the first public appearance by the young man since he was captured by police during that chaotic man hunt and arrest back in april. And the security was tight. A police motorcade escorted 19yearold tsarnaev to court as throngs of people gathered. Among then victims of the deadly attack. Im trying to make some sense of what happened to my family. Reporter lizs two sons both lost legs in the attack. She says being there made her sick to her stomach but she wanted to see the accused bomber in person. He just showed no remorse. Looked like he smirked at everybody and he just you know, just had a carefree attitude, like nothing. Reporter with a slight russian accident, tsarnaev said not guilty more than half a dozen times as the charges were read. Occasionally, he looked to family members and smiled. Two relatives wiped away tears while another gave the teen a thumbs up sign. He did not appear to acknowledge any victims. He never looked at us. He never turned in our direction. Reporter prosecutors claim tsarnaev and his older brother des nate detonated bombs. They are also accused of killing this officer while they were on the run. Tamer lynn later died. Tsarnaev appeared in court with a bandage on his arm. The hearing lasted less than ten minutes. As he let, he blew a kiss to his family. My impressions and my feelings, hes a punk. He showed no remorse. Reporter that hearing took place just down the hall from where reputed mobster Whitey Bulger is on trial. Tsarnaevs trial will start in late september. The department of justice will decide whether to seek the death penalty. In canada the worst fears have been realized. That oil train explosion, all 50 people who are missing are now presumed dead. 20 bodies have been found. It is the countrys biggest rail tragedy in nearly 150 years. The railway ceo is blaming the engineer for failing to set the brakes. He is in Police Custody but has not been charged with a crime. Another serious medical blow to Country Music star randy travis. He suffered a stroke last night. The 54yearold singer was being treated for congestive Heart Failure when it happened. Doctors per forred a procedure to relieve pressure on travis brain. He remains in critical condition. Senator obama will meet with senators mccain and schumer today to discuss reform. Speaker john boehner had a closed door meeting with the gop caucus on wednesday. Some republicans want Border Security issues settled. There are concerns about creating a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented ingrants. The dow opened higher after closing yet again in 15,000 territory yesterday. Thats a long way from march of 2009 when it plunged to around 6,500. Fed chairman bernanke says unemployment is still too high and inflation too low. So how is the economy really doing . Cbs news contributor and analyst melly lily liody hobson is with us. He said unemployment is worse than the figure thats out there. What do you think what signal do you think hes trying to send with that . Okay i think hes saying that you look at the number and it masks a couple of things. One, a bunch of people have given up looking. So its worse than we actually think at 7. 6 . The second thing, the jobs that have been added, low paying jobs, retail nonprofessional services. Nonprofessional jobs. Last but not least, another thing thats affecting this number baby boomers. People 55 years and older make up 20 of the workforce. The biggest part of the workforce. And theyre retiring to the tune of 10,000 people a day. So thats making the numbers a little crazy. I think hes saying that unemployment is what hes watching. And that is what is driving a lot of the decisions theyre making. Also sending a signal to the markets that because its worse were not going to end the Bond Purchasing Program so everybody calm down . Absolutely an effort to reassure, no question about it. In june they came out of their meeting and they said we may taper this 85 billion a month Bond Buying Program towards the end of the year suggesting the economy was doing better the market went crazy, did not like that. Now theyre saying look at the minutes, look at what were saying. Were not going to do anything rash. Were going to keep Interest Rates low for a long time. Were watching unemployment so carefully till we get down to some level thats comfortable. They put a 6. 5 target on it initially, saying we wont start raising rates again till we get there. The remarks bebernankes making now suggests not even then. Hes doing what he has to do and saying we will fight this and make sure growth comes back in a reasonable manner and do whatever it takes. I actually think that will calm everyone down and they know theyll be no knee jerk rash reactions here. For the average consumer who says how is the Economic Outlook . Its pretty good. Corporate america remains in good shape. Productivity levels are high. Earnings are coming out. Were in earning season. The numbers look good. Thats an indicator of how the economy is going to do in the future. The market anticipates the future. Thats one of the great things about the stock market. It tells us whats coming. Its continuing to show strong returns. Thats a good sign. Things are Getting Better just not fast enough for a lot of people. Yeah, slow. Mellody, thanks. The New York Times looks at how life is suddenly Getting Better in egypt. Gas lines are gone and police are back on the street. The Muslim Brotherhood proves it was a conspiracy to ensure the ousted president morsi failed. The denver post says lawyers for james holmes are admitting he opens fire at a colorado Movie Theater last summer. 12 people were killed. 158 wounded. Holmes Attorney Says he was having a psychotic episode at the time. Holmes has plead not guilty by reason of insanity. An experimental drone. It successfully landed on an Aircraft Carrier for the first time. Gliding smoothly on to the flight deck yesterday. In the waters off virginia. But it will take years before drones make regular landings on ships. Britains guardian says british hospitals are under pressure to delay cutting a newborns up brillill call cord. Researchers found it denied babies an important supply of blood. It can also reduce the amount of iron a newborn receives. The Indianapolis Star says drinking diet soda does not help you lose weight. One study found peepople would drink artificially sweetened soda were more likely to gain weight. One theory artificial sweeteners confuse the bodys ability to know how many calories it needs and that leads to overeating. You cut off drinking i felt less hungry we i stopped drinking diet soda. It was a White Knuckle ride for one driver yesterday. He had his camera rolling when his car was swept away by a river of mud. He wasnt hurt but nearly 20 cars were hit. Look at this. Part of a highway was shut down. Heavy rain up to an inch caused the mudslides in the mountains just west of colorado springs. And some wicked weather in pennsylvania. A tornado touched down about 50 miles north of pittsburgh yesterday afternoon. Some barns were damaged but no one was hurt. And the first big dust storm the summer swept across Southern Arizona wednesday. It was up to 20 miles wide and 1,800 feet good morning. Plenty of low clouds and fog surging well onshore today even some drizzle as you approach the coastline. You may need those windshield wipers from time to time. Cloudy skies looking toward pleasanton right now. But by the afternoon, mostly sunny skies and all that monsoonal moisture going to stay to the south of us. The sunshine peeking through, some 80s by the afternoon. Some 70s a few 80s around the bay, 60s out toward the coast. Next couple of days, well keep those temperatures down then warming up slightly over the weekend. Announcer this national we port sponsored by smith nephew verilast. Rediscover your go. She hasnt even declared her candidacy but the Hillary Clinton for president machine is already in full swing. We have an insi

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