months ago. >> new outrage over a growing scandal. >> a blistering new report confirming serious allegations against the v.a. hospital in phoenix. >> the white house now said that secretary shinseki is on quote, thin ice. >> the area that they have been searching is not the final resting place of the malaysian aircraft. >> the search for flight 370 continues, but now it has to move into a different phase. >> militants in syria say it was an american who carried out a massive suicide bombing on sunday. >> another close call between two planes. the alaska airlines flight was about to land at anchorage international airport and was alerted to avert an outbound cargo jet. >> after a year in exile, edward snowden speaks. >> and a rescue from colorado national park. >> it was a stupid idea. >> watch as this suv smashes right into a library in upstate new york. >> all that -- >> in hollywood bratd pitt attacked on the red carpet. >> a man jumped the barrier and punched him in the face. >> and mayor de blasio wants to end the ban on owns ferrets as pets. >> just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail. >> class of 2014, dismissed! >> on "cbs this morning." >> what an honor this must be for you to have your birthday celebrated on spike tv just knowing this will air between tattoo might mayorsnightmares and "the hunt for big foot." welcome to "cbs this morning." good morning norah. >> good morning. this is one heck of a report. >> we begin with a new report. the v.a.'s internal watch dog says secret waiting lists for health care are widespread. >> one list includes 1,700 veterans at the v.a. hospital in phoenix. nancy cordes is on capitol hill where lawmakers from both parties are now saying that the v.a. secretary should go. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you and our viewers in the west. they're so angry because it didn't take the v.a. inspector general's office much time at all to determine that there was what they described as a systemic manipulation of v.a. data. they are looking at 42 v.a. facilities and have already found possible cases of civil or criminal violations that they're referring to the department of justice. >> it's time for secretary shinseki to step down. >> reporter: the latest revelations triggered more calls from capitol hill for v.a. secretary, eric shinseki to resign. >> these violations should not have happened on his watch. >> reporter: including for the first time from some senate democrats, a trio who are all in the midst of tough reelection campaigns. >> we expect answers. that's all we're looking for here. >> reporter: a rare late-night hearing turned contentious as the house veterans affairs committee questioned v.a. officials who did not show up for a hearing last week. >> until v.a. understands that we're deadly serious, you can expect us to be over your shoulder every single day. >> reporter: the harsh inspector general's report focused first on phoenix where the scandal surfaced. there they discovered 1,700 veterans who had requested a primary care appointment but were not placed on the electronic waiting list putting them at risk of being forgotten or lost. investigators also reviewed the records of 226 veterans who did get an appointment and found their average wait time was 115 days not the 24 days facility officials initially reported. the v.a.'s inspector general says it's examining 42 v.a. facilities where scheduling managers may have engaged in manipulation of v.a. data that distort the manipulation of wait time in an event to boost their pay and bonus. "since 2005 the v.a. office of inspector general has issued 18 reports that identified deficiencies in scheduling. florida republican jeff miller is the chair of the house v.a. committee. >> if you've known about problems like this for years, why are you only now calling on the v.a. secretary to resign? >> the issue is much larger than one person. it is a bureaucracy that really lives for itself and not for the veterans that it is supposed to take care of. >> reporter: in an op-ed in "usa today" this morning, secretary shinseki describes the findings of the inspector general's report as reprehensible. he says they're being addressed and he has called for a kind of triage for those 1,700 veterans in phoenix who didn't show up on any waiting list. he wants them to all be seen immediately to make sure that they don't have health problems that aren't going unaddressed. >> nancy, thanks. today is the 83rd day since malaysian flight 370 vanished. we're no closer to knowing where it is and no one is looking. a search ended wednesday with no sign of the missing jet. a wider search will begin in august. >> the fourth near collision in the sky is under investigation. alaska flight 135 from portland oregon was about to land on the same runway where a cargo plane was taking off. controllers told the class air flight to abort the landing and go around to avoid the small plane but both planes veered right putting them just a quarter mile apart at the same elevation. >> the 737's anti-collision warning system in the cockpit and the pilot quickly changed altitude. the jet with 147 people aboard landed safely. deborah deborah hersman joins us from chicago. >> good morning. >> what's going on? >> i think the important thing for people to know is that they are be reported. >> are they on the rise then? >> every year there are really thousands of near events but only a handful of them, about 40 a year of those thousands, end up being really severe. the good news is we haven't had one of them turn into an actual event that's resulted in fatalities and the bad thing is we're seeing the same thing happening year in and year out and we have to do a better job of stopping it in the first place. >> how catastrophic with a collision be? >> the worst happened in the canary islands decades ago. aircraft-to-aircraft events are significant and have really tragic outcomes. >> let me just ask you, are they on the rise and is it a matter of time before we'll see it again? >> well, i think the reporting is important because getting the information, getting the specifics of the event and learning from them are really the keys to preventing them from occurring in the future. so we really don't want to throw any cold water on the fact that these events are reported because just as you heard in the veterans situation, you really want transparency and sunshine in these situations to know accurately what's going on. but this is a significant concern. airport -- it's inherently risk risky. the ntsb has had this issue on its most wanted list consistently since its inception. it's probably what keeps a lot of people up at night, as traffic increases, that's good news for the economy, but as traffic increases, where are the risks in our system? >> deborah, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> u.s. intelligence officials are investigating a man they think is the first american suicide bomber in syria. he went by the alias abu-huray ray-enrique. it's believed he dadeied in one of four suicide attacks monday night night. officials are not releasing his real name. >> a chopper went down? slavyanask. >> edward snowden says he is not under the control of the russian government and hasn't given russia any documents. >> when i think about an instance that really struck me as, oh my god, we can do this and that we can do it to anyone was that people at nsa, analysts, can actually watch people's internet communications, watch them draft correspondence and actually watch their thoughts form as they type. these activities can be misconstrued misinterpreted and used to harm you as an individual, even without the government having any intent to do you wrong. the problem is that the capabilities themselves are unregulated, uncontrolled and dangerous. >> our cbs news analyst is in washington this morning. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> edward snowden and others make this point that there has been no damage to the united states and any person. has there? are they telling the truth when they make that point? >> i don't think they are. i think they're ignoring the evidence. i think officials from the intelligence community have made it very clear that the terrorists have changed the way that they're communicating, the silence in some way is deafening. you have also had very important damage to our alliances and relationships with germany and brazil. we know there are going to be billions of dollars spent on reengineering because the chinese and russians have started to look at these documents and engineering around them. and there's been significant damage to the private sector. silicon valley is affected by all this. so to suggest there is no evidence of damage is just to ignore the facts. >> juan secretary of state john kerry in our area yesterday called him a traitor and edward snowden said last night he believes he's a patriot. he says also that he's serving his government because in the wake of his disclosures, all three branches of government have, in fact made reforms. does he make a point? >> well he does have a point that he has sparked a debate in terms of the limits of these capabilities, what those limits should look like and there have been some reforms. but i would argue that to spark that debate by stealing thousands of documents, a majority of which have nothing to do with purported domestic spying, is probably not the right way of doing it and certainly not stealing them and leaving for hong kong and then moscow. >> he says he wants to come home. are you aware of any negotiations to bring him back to the united states? >> we clearly have a legal team they're going to be in discussions with the department of justice. i think it's going to be very hard to see a clemency deal at this stage at least, charlie, because in part the government doesn't quite know what documents are still out there and what will be released. there's also still a lingering question of collusion. has he worked with any intelligence services? he seems to say no but i think there are those in the u.s. government who have suspicion. >> thank you. >> a japanese oil tank exploded this morning sparking a huge fire off the country's west coast, sending flames of black smoke in the air. the coast guard said the tanker was empty so there's little danger of a major environmental disaster. no word on the cause. >> donald sterling's intentions are unclear this morning after indicating he would sell the los angeles clippers he is now sending mixed signals. meanwhile, hisses change estranged wife's offer says they have several offers and she wants to sell. >> i'm not telling you he won't sell. at the moment he hasn't professed any immediate interest in a sale. >> reporter: that is donald sterling's attorney. he says donald sterling wants to fight the nba because he is not a racist and feels unfairly accused. how long hand how hard will he fight this? >> to the bloody end. we're seeing his ego emerge and return and it's a good thing. >> reporter: is ego a good financial plan? >> maybe not. >> reporter: in correspondent to the nba, he dismissed the whole thing as a lover's quarrel. sterling says those now infamous remarks to his girl friend were illegally recorded and the league is violated his constitutional rights by using the recordings against him. his estranged wife shelley, owns 50% of the team. she wants to quickly sell it before the league terminates their ownership. last week donald sterling authorized his wife to negotiate with the nba regarding all issues in connection with a sale of the clippers. but now in an abrupt abr the outside this looks up like a complete mess. is it? >> i wouldn't go that far. >> reporter: let's say you actually win and he keeps control of the clippers. the coaches said they'll quit the players won't play. what kind of team does he have? >> the players are making a lot of money, and you tell me if they're going to walk away from that. >> reporter: if the sterlings do sell, they could walk away wit>> f m the outside tould walk a team the sale will be on the league's terms. for "cbs this morning," ben tracy, los angeles. >> tributes to author maya angelou are pouring in this morning. former president clinton called her a treasure and gayle king was a good friend. gayle? >> i was. i knew her for close to 30 years. i have to say, guys it's even tougher today than it was yesterday to know you won't hear the voice, the conversations are the wisdom of maya angelou. she died very quietly in her sleep yesterday morning. she was a writer of extraordinary grace, a champion for justice, an inspiration to millions but what she was most proud of about all else of being a teacher. outside maya angelou's house in winston salem, north carolina a memorial has sprung up. she died wednesday morning. cause of death has not been released. >> you may trod me in the very dirt but still like dust i'll rise. >> reporter: president barack obama, who awarded angelou with the medal of freedom said "the voice he found helped generations of americans and inspired the rest of us to be our best sells. oprah shared her feelings "she moved through the world with unshakeable calm confidence and a fierce grace. i loved her and i know she loved me. i will profoundly miss her." angelou was 86 but her mind remained sharp at ever. she was at work on a new book when she died. last friday she posted this message on twitter -- "listen to yourself. in that quietude you might hear the voice of god. she was a professor at wake forest university for over three decades. >> take your time. say it. >> reporter: she loved the written word but angelou was also a director an actress, a singer, a dancer and composer. marcelis collaborated with her. >> it's like playing with another musician jazz musician. she knows the history of culture, the mythology. >> i am the hope and the dream of the slave and so there i go. >> it's quite obvious she let out this big laugh, just a big, hearty laugh. i talked to family members who talked to her the day before she died. they said she was laughing cracking jokes, she was making plans for a 4th of july party. so those of us who have been living with her and loving her all this time we knew the end was sooner than later near we just didn't think that it was going to be then because she had been fragile for so long and was doing okay. >> we'll have much more on her later in the broadcast. gayle, thank you. >> we're going to look at we are starting out with sunny skies all the way to the coastline. going to be a nice day ahead, probably the nicest day of the week. we are going to see plenty of sunshine just about everywhere you go. a nice look from our mount vaca cam. clear skies. likely to continue throughout the day. some mild to warm temperatures outside. by the afternoon, maybe a little warmer than yesterday up in the mid-80s inland, 70s a 80s around the bay and 60s along the coastline. next couple of days big changes as clouds roll back, in much cooler over the weekend. >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored by panera it's salad season. stop by your local cafe for your favorite. he calls the santa barbara shooter the loneliest person he ever met. >> ahead we sit down with family friend to talk about elliot rodger and the personality his family never saw. >> stay tuned for your local news. spreads. the possibilities are delicious. ♪ ♪ ♪ new hershey's spreads. bring the delicious taste of hershey's chocolate to anything - everything. with new hershey's spreads, the possibilities are delicious. are you ready grandma? 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embarcadero. the proposed site is expected to be between piers 30 and 32 near the bay bridge. lucas has already been offered a spot to build in chicago, where his wife is from. stay with us. traffic and weather in just a moment. good morning. we have a lot of slow traffic right now in parts of the east bay. highway 4 jammed solid heading to concord and southbound 680 is still a mess from pleasant hill into walnut creek. there were a couple of earlier accidents but not big ones. just a lot of congestion through contra costa county. also, westbound 580 heavy through the livermore valley. biggest delays from north flynn to stant we railroad the drive time is in the red from north flynn to santa rita. it's backed up on the bridge westbound 92 slowing around hesperian and okay on the span. with the forecast, here's lawrence. we are looking at lots of sunshine to start the day. and that's the way it's going to end, too. we are going to see a great day ahead. some changes though coming so enjoy that sun. looks like we'll see some mild to warm temperatures around much of the bay area. 80s inland. 70s and a few 80s inside the bay and 60s along the coast. then the fog comes back tomorrow. some drizzle along the coastline. much cooler temperatures on the way. you never know what those flowers did to pick me up pick my spirits up and make me feel that, if a legend like you could care about me just maybe, maybe i should just get better, and -- to this day, i carry with me this card that he sent me. this card right here. give me a minute. it says -- dear tracy, i hope you get better but i still don't want you coming to none of the home games. oh. this one is from don sterling. >> go, tracy morgan. a roast of don rickles. that was a good one. welcome back to cbs "this morning." coming up in this half hour new technology saving lives on the nation's roads. more car the equipped to warn drivers of dangers. plus the host of the 2022 winter olympics named next year. the competition is anything but intense. why do so few countries have interest in going for the gold. that's ahead. and the "wall street journal" looks at computer hackers apparently based in iran. they targeted high-ranking american officials the last three years. among the victims, a four-star admiral. investigators say the hackers tricked officials to give up personal information through links like facebook and linkedin. and cooling off, in october we gave you a rare inside look inside a plant in irwindale, california, but neighbors complained about the spicy odor in the air. last night the irwindale city council dismissed its lawsuit against the company. the owner is planning to address concerns so good news for the sriracha lovers. it will stay. >> i knew that would make you happy. and a man accused of attacking brad pitt had at least one other red carpet run-in. the suspect jumped a barricade in hollywood last night. brad pitt was not hurt. he was attending the premiere of a movie starring his longtime partner angelina jolie. earlier the man crawled under the gown of an actress at the cannes film festival. we're a little over him now. the same guy who went up to will smith and tried to kiss him, will punched him. >> he punched brad pitt in the face? >> no. he tried to get in brad pitt's face and then they pulled him off. he tried. tiger woods, is recovering from back surgery. it's unclear if he'll be able to play in the british open the pga championship or the ryder cup. and the san francisco chronicle says the hidden cash scavenger hunt moved to san jose yesterday. this time it was caught on camera. ktvu channel 2 in the bay area was on the air as a man ran by hot on the trail of the latest clue. he found $120 attached to a fire hydrant. the station admits telling hiding cash where it's live cameras would be. he was very excited. and honoring six murdered schoolmates in fitting fashion wednesday. it happened just offshore from the campus. the killer's parents are in seclusion but a friend is telling their side of the story as john blackstone reports, a man says elliot rodger showed no violent signs before his rampage. >> reporter: on the night elliot rodger brought terror and death to the streets of santa barbara, his parents in secret cars raced to try to stop him. longtime friend simon astar. >> in each car listening to the radio. and they are hearing that there's been a massacre in santa barbara. they then talk about a black bmw, and elliot has a black bmw and peter said to me during that drive he knew that his son had caused this. >> reporter: you met elliot? >> yes. >> reporter: you knew him to some extent? >> yes, i did. he was a boy that was unbearably removed. he hardly joined in conversation and when he replied to something, he looked startled. i thought he was the loneliest person i had ever seen in my life. >> i've been forced to endure an existence of loneliness rejection and unfulfilled desires. >> reporter: does the family themselves feel a sense of responsibility? >> inwardly i think we must when something like this happens, but i think where they can be at peace with all of this, and it's the truth, is that since he was 9 years old, they have tried to help him. they are mourning more for the innocents that didn't return on friday night than the life of their son. >> too many have died! >> reporter: richard martinez whose son christopher was killed is calling for stricter gun control. >> not one more! >> reporter: elliot's father peter would like to meet him. >> mr. martinez even the way, clearly a passionate wonderful man, they shared that and we'll bring them together and maybe they will have a voice together. >> reporter: last month elliot's mother alerted the santa barbara sheriff that her son may be a danger, but deputies determined there was no reason for concern. do they blame the sheriff's department for not being more aggressive? >> no blame. i haven't heard one woshdrd of blame. elliot fooled everyone for a very, very long time. ultimately, that's what he did with the police. >> reporter: elliot's in his writings expressed this hatred towards women. is that more of how he fooled people? >> i've asked peter about that and i think he was in search for a girlfriend. >> i don't know why you girls aren't attracted to me but i will punish you all for it. >> it has shocked peter to hear of that aggression towards women. or even the way that he would have, must have looked to women, in his household. he did not know this side of his son. no. quite seriously, they are unable to string a sentence together. the memories of their son are going to be very difficult to have any loving memories of him. >> reporter: it's going to be painful forever? >> forever and ever and hence their -- in a way inrretrievable grief. >> sounds like they tried and tried and tried, knew he was troubled and their best efforts weren't enough. >> even the mother call the police and letting them know. this debate will continue as the father, richard martinez has that pledge not one more in terms of requesting stricter gun laws for those that are mentally ill. >> guns and mental illness. we should note there are new test results from the insurance institute for highway safety on front crash prevention. this is only the second time that this particular test has been conducted, and already the agency says the car manufacturers are making significant improvements. outside the cbs broadcast center, we have the full results. hey, good morning, don. >> reporter: good morning. the iihs tested 24 cars and suvs that have the front-end crash prevention system. such as this 2015 genesis, actually one of the highest rated cars they tested's it uses a combination of cameras in the windshield there and an axle radar system to tell when you're getting too close to something. they say that even though this technology is expensive and most of the cars that have it are luxury vehicles you can expect it to become more common because frankly, it is so effective at preventing crashes. the vehicles were tested traveling between 12 to 25 miles per hour to see how well they were able to avoid a frontal collision. they were rated as bake advanced or superior depending on the performance of auto braking system. ihss executive vice president and chief research officer david zoobie says that eight vehicles earned a superior rating. >> highest scoring systems are those that give both a warning about a possibility of a collision, and then follow that up with automatic braking in the event that the driver doesn't respond to the warning. >> reporter: three cars received the basic rating. the 2013 bmw 3 serious, infinity q-70 and toyota avalon. the auto braking system in these cars provided minimal reduction in speed or didn't brake at all. infiniti and toyota didn't respond but bmw says they made improvements to their 2014 model which received advanced ratings in the test. the majority of cars were luxury vehicles because of the increase in costs for the technology but the ihss says the number of vehicle models that provide automatic braking has doubled since 2012. buick, chevrolet and dodge all offered some sort of crash prevention system in certain models for the first time this year. >> among the cars that have it we're seeing those that intervene with stronger and earlier braking to result in bigger speed reductions which means fewer crashes and less severe crashes. >> reporter: the ihss expect this to reduce front-end collisions by 14%. in "jeopardy" history. >> julia? >> the philippines. >> collins is already the winningest woman on the legendary game show. we asked her about the key to her success. >> i felt pretty confident going into the show. i felt like i could win, that i had the knowledge, and the focus, and really the confidence to not let a single wrong answer rattle me and i think that's been the key factor for me in being so successful. >> so far collins has won nearly 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"this morning," new york city and philadelphia are out of the running to host the 2024 summer olympic games by choice. meanwhile, the list of cities that want to host the 2022 winter games is plummeting as liz death plumber reports from olympic park money appears to be more important than pride. >> reporter: behind me is the site of the london summer olympics in 2012, wildly popular, but the winter games, always a different story. smaller, less lucrative, but still very expensive to stage. that's why there's a certain chill in the air recently among theaters. a what a whopping $51 million bought him stadiums and an aim of in russia image, but at what cost to himself? >> vladimir putin destroyed the winter games by his spending on sochi. >> planning at nyu. >> the winter olympics are one-third the size of the summer olympics. one-third the number of athletes, one-third the number of countries and building a luge, a bobsled, ski jump they're expensive. >> reporter: bankrupt was looming if they had to outdo sochi so voted a resounding 70%, no. in a referendum this week to hosting the 2022 winter games. and they're not the only ones getting cold feet. germans in munich were crushed when they lost the bid to host the 2018 games and planned to try again in 2022 but six months ago, they withdrew their application. and so did the swiss. mitchell moss says the international olympic committee pushes cities too hard to spend too much. >> i think people love watching the sports. they don't want to pay for the facilities to hold the games. so there's now a view that the olympics are a way in which cities go into bankruptcy rather than add to their glamour. >> reporter: turning a city into an olympic showcase summer or winter, is an expensive gamble and a ground swell of taxpayers don't buy that the olympic billions spent up front will ever pay off. >> we've had too many olympic facilities which turned out to be used for 17 days and are paid for over 17 years. >> reporter: the only two cities left in the running to host the 2022 games are beijing in china and a city in kazakhstan. kazakhstan we are starting out with sunny skies all the way to the coastline. going to be a nice day ahead, probably the nicest day of the week. we are going to see plenty of sunshine just about everywhere you go. a nice look from our mount vaca cam. clear skies. likely to continue throughout the day. some mild to warm temperatures outside. by the afternoon, maybe a little warmer than yesterday up in the mid-80s inland, 70s a 80s around the bay and 60s along the coastline. next couple of days big changes as clouds roll back in, much cooler over the weekend. hundreds of top sellers began the competition at the skipp's national spelly bee. only 46 kids left now. ahead, why some are taking home an extra prize. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] aaah, the amazing, delicious cinnamon and sugar taste of cinnamon toast crunch and cold milk. ♪ ♪ cinnamon toast crunch. crave those crazy squares. ♪ (announcer) from the company that invented litter comes litter re-invented. 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(announcer) alex padilla. secretary of state. good morning to our viewers in the west. it is thursday, may 29, 2014. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead including apple's recipe. the $3 billion fwamgamble. first today's "eye opener" at 8:00. they have found cases of civil or criminal violations that they're referring to the department of justice. the good news is that we haven't had one of these turn into an actual event, but the bad news is that we still see some of the same things happening year in and year out. >> i think it's going to be very hard to see a clemency deal at this stage because, in part the government doesn't quite know what documents are still out there. she was many things -- she was a writer of extraordinary grace, a champion for justice, an inspiration to millions. how long and how hard is he willing to fight this? >> to to the blood end. >> this looks like a complete mess. the ihs says they expect to retuesday collisions by 14%. behind me is the site of the london summer olympics in 2012 wild wildly popular. but the winter games have always been a different story. vladimir putin has destroyed the winter games by spending $51 billion on sochi. >> he scores! i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. a new report exposes even bigger problems at the phoenix veterans the hospital where dozens of patients died, allegedly waiting for care. the veterans affairs department inspector general says 1,700 veterans who requested appointments did not even make it onto an electedronic waiting list. that put them at risk of being forgotten. >> this new report outraged house veterans affairs committee members. they questioned v.a. officials at a hearing late last night. more members of congress including a few senate democrats, say the v.a. secretary eric shinseki should resign. new figure ss this morning reveal a shrinking u.s. economy. for the first time in three years. the gross domestic product fell 1%. officials blame the rough winter weather and preticket the economy will bounce back. last night in chicago two treasury secretaries spoke about the financial crisis. henry paulson and timothy gooet near talked about the emergency they worked through together and how it influences the financial system today. geithner's new memoir "stress test" describes it. melody hobson spoke to geithner last night. >> those weeks in the fall of '08 was five times larger than the shock that happened at the beginning of the great depression. and we could see the dimensions of that then. it was terrifying. i was sort of lucky at that point in the fall of '08 because hank paulson and ben bernanke had to carry the biggest part of the public burden. you have to be open with people about the challenges without adding to the fear and the loss of confidence. >> reporter: housing remains the story. the prices have risen faster than income in this country. and affordability is now becoming a problem. and you say the one thing you wish you had done was to help the homeowner more. >> i wish we'd had the ability and the capacity and the resources and the authority to do more. it is gradually healing. it's just you going to take a while for that to happen. >> reporter: how long? >> if you think baseball season, most people would say it's still early innings in housing. it has a ways to go to get back to what people feel is a little bit more normal conditions. geithner also told us the government has tools that could help more homeowners today but he believes politics gets in the way. apple is moving to a new electronics. dr. dre co-founded the company that makes high-end headphones and offers a music streaming service. >> the $3 billion deal the largest i can whichacquisition in apple's history. good morning. >> welcome. >> it's very complicated. beats makes headphones. they make a good amount of money on headphones. they have a streaming service. apple l feels the world is moving away from downloads and to streaming, spotify model. and, third, it sees a lot of value in the talent in dr. dre. >> not just about the headphones and everything, it's the talent pool. >> it's the head. >> the deal doesn't make sense unless you really value dr. dre and jimmy. >> a lot of people think they are, though. >> and that's probably why they're paying $3 billion. the had headphones business isn't worth $3 billion. the streaming business is tiny. so you have to be betting a lot on the talent. >> do you think steve jobs is turning over in his grave? do you think this is something he would have done? >> i do not think it's something he would have done. i think he would think this is strange and out of carrickharacter for apple. it's the biggest acquisition apple has made in a long time. >> he worked closely with jimmy and depended on his advice and consultation consultation. >> and steve jobs loved that kind of music. from an acquisition standpoint apple does not buy things this large. it has never bought anything close to that. steve jobs focused very hard on making sure apple just did a few things. when he came back after his exile he shut down the business. >> what do you think he would have done in this particular case? >> well a little hard to say. i think he would have seen the change in the music industry and would have shut down and crushed spotify and pandora as best he could. >> there's also this. they have tons of money in apple, so much money they're doing stock buybacks. >> they have north of $150 billion in cash. they have roughly -- >> so $3 billion is nothing, right? >> they have roughly the equivalent of the gdp of new zealand. they have to do something with that money. an acquisition of apple of $3 billion is not a lot. >> fascinating. thank you. >> we'll be watching. thank you, nicholas. good to see you. from dr. dre we turn to another big name in hip-hop who is still trying to live down his very lousy pitching performance. fifty cent was the laughing stock of the new york mets game. he knows it too. as brandon scott shows us he's in very good company when it comes to bad ceremonial throwing. >> look at how he's holding the ball. >> reporter: it's a ritual more than a centuries old. the first pitches was originally thrown from the grandstands. president reagan brought the tradition to the middle of the diamond in 1988. the last two commanders in chief had very different results. former president bush fired a strike in 2001 while president obama's 2010 opening day pitch was just a bit high. rapper fifty cent's wild toss is one example of first pitches gone wrong. pop singer carly rae jepsen fired this dribbler last year. nba player john walsh's talents on the hardwood didn't quite translate to the diamond. and the hero cat had an excuse for her errant throw. she is after all, a cat. but not all ceremonial first pitches go so badly. actor matthew mcconaughey showed good form as did nfl quarterback kaepernick colin kaepernick. throwing that first pitch isn't easy. there's a whopping 60 feet 6 inches between the pitcher's mound and home plate. that's like the height of a six-story building. former all-star bobby grich spent 17 seasons playing in the big leagues. >> so you get the hand above, elbow above the shoulders, hand botch the head, and it's elbow/wrist. >> reporter: he says it's all in how you hold the ball. >> i would say it starts with the grip, right? you want to make sure you have two fingers and the thumb underneath, gather turn. >> reporter: so you don't have to be a big leaguer to throw the perfect first pitch. just be sure to practice. for "cbs this morning," brandon scott the, anaheim, california. >> harder than it looks. i reached out to fifty yesterday. he told me that the ball slipped. i asked him to come here and talk about it. he said the ball slipped and that they've asked him to come back and try again june 14. it will be interesting to see if he does. 60 feet is a lot, though. i didn't realize six stories. >> he looked like he was in front of the mound. his problem wasn't distance. a little bit of aim, i think. >> it looked like he had the ball too much in his hand and not in his fingers. >> see, we all have advice. you did it all wrong. ahead on "cbs this morning," new england patriots owner robert kraft is taking part in a different kind of nfl draft. how older a >> announcer: now nexium 24 hours. finally, the purple pill. the as it blocking plan comes without a prescription for frequent heartburn. get complete protection, nexium level protection. you never, ever want to hear a bell at the national spelling bee. >> a-t-t-o. 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>> yes. >> reporter: eight new england patriots ran the drills including tight end rob gronkowski. >> go, go go. >> reporter: and wide receiver jewel januaryulian edelman. the kids worked up a sweat. >> they're having a ball, they're running around and they're being active. >> we make it fun for everyone. >> reporter: since 2007 the nfl's play 60 program has urged kids to get an hour of exercise a day. the centers for disease control estimates more than one-third of american children are overweight or obese. the patriots are now passing that same message to older fans, seniors like nancy ellis, a retired school cafeteria worker. the 67-year-old admits she reads too much and moves too little. studies show 30% of seniors in at least fair health get little to no exercise. >> definitely time to get going. the healthier, the more active you are, the healthier you feel. >> reporter: robert kraft, the 72-year-old patriots opener works out six times a week. >> you want to play 60 for the rest of your life. >> reporter: kraft got more serious about health and exercise three years ago. myra kraft his wife for 48 years, died of ovarian cancer. >> i just decided that you know, for my kids and grandkids and my friends, i had to start eating healthier and working out more. >> reporter: have you noticed a difference in you since you started working out in earnest? >> definitely. it gets your juices going. and when you're dragging and then you go work out, you feel so much better. >> reporter: and stronger. rob gronkowski is 6'6" 265 pounds. >> one, two, three, play 60! >> reporter: gronk, as patriots fans calls him rams his way down the field. with these seniors he was all grace. the older folks they don't have to work out the way you do to get healthy? >> no. as long as you're doing something. >> reporter: nancy ellis is sold. are you ready to work out with rob gronkowski? >> no but it would be fun. if i was 20 years younger. >> reporter: you'd be on it. >> i would be on it and edelman, too. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," mark strassmann, foxborough, massachusetts. >> down girl, down. >> i think that's great, though. what a great program and a great message to send to kids at this age and for bob kraft to carry the torch. that's nice. >> he's a great man. a great, great man. now to the serious story, one out of eight women graduating today from harvard says she was sexually assaulted there. a fellow graduate tells us why they're not going to take it anymore. listen to what they're about to do. that's ahead here on "cbs this morning." cbs >> announcer: cbs "morning rounds" sponsored by claire continue. the number one recommended allergy brand. live claritin clear. clarityin clear. use as directed. for continuous relief. so i did! it's been 21 days and i'm still claritin clear. 16 days of relief from itchy, watery eyes. 28 days of continuous relief from sneezing and runny nose, since i've been taking claritin every day of my allergy season. get the #1 doctor recommended non-drowsy allergy brand. live claritin clear. every day. ♪ (announcer) from the company that invented litter comes litter re-invented. 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see what's happened. >> reporter: i know. it's really exciting here. you know what norah? there is something that is uniquely american about the spelling bee, and that's one reason why so many of these contestants find it so important, because their parents came to this country as immigrants. when you stand on this stage gunning for this trophy, you belong. >> may i have it in a sentence please? >> reporter: they're little kids. >> can i have the origin please. >> reporter: with big dreams. >> v-o-r -- >> reporter: here through hard work and hope. >> d gshg-e. >> correct. >> reporter: many, like this 11-year-old, are first generation americans. >> i can speak, read write and spell english. >> reporter: his family came to america from bangladesh. >> when i was pregnant then i watched the spelling bee on tv and i wished that my son will be on this stage some day. >> can i please have the definition? oh, no. i just said the definition. >> yes. >> reporter: in many ways the bee is a great melting pot. the american dream spelled out on a stage. >> what we see from children who are first generation or second generation americans is extra motivation. they want to be able to say, i'm here. i'm a part of this great nation. >> a-g -- >> reporter: of the 281 kids competing, roughly half speak more than one language. >> can i have the language of origin, please? >> reporter: like florida eight grader amy, whose family moved from honduras. her mother works long hours to give her children a better life. >> my mom works hard it makes me happy, and i want to do something in the future, be someone in the future. >> reporter: but no group has dominated like children whose parents come from india. they have won the past six spelling bees in a row. gayle? >> thank you, jan. that was great. >> yeah. this is why this is such a great country. >> absolutely. >> to watch these kids and what they're parents sacrifice so they can be there is superb. >> added to america. >> spectacular. >> thank you jan. on broadway he plays a character chasing a dream. ahead, chris o'doud talks about your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. good morning. it's thursday, 8:25. i'm frank mallicoat. here's what's happening around the bay area right now. hundreds of mourners gathered last night at uc-berkeley to remember those killed in the isla vista tragedy. three bay area students were among the victims. another vigil is planned tore 8:-- for 8:00 tonight at lee land high school in san jose. a man rushed to the hospital this morning after getting wedged under a car. it happened at a gas station on geary boulevard in san francisco. the machine had serious head injuries. and san francisco will make its pitch today to convince george lucas to build his museum along the embarcadero the proposed site expected to be between piers 30 and 32. he has already been offered to build a museum in chicago where his wife is from. traffic and weather coming up after the break. tillamook sharp cheddar 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looks like it is going to be the nicest day of the week. plenty of sunshine overlooking san jose. beautiful conditions as we are going to see some mild to warm temperatures throughout the day. a little cooler out toward the coastline. and still a breeze in through the delta. red flag warnings are up again through the carquinez strait and the delta. temperatures today in the 80s inland, 70s and 80s around the bay, and about 66 degrees at pacifica. next couple of days a return to some low clouds and fog. some drizzle near the coastline, too. and some much cooler temperatures right through the weekend. s. and a 60 billion dollar budget deficit. that's what john perez faced when he became of the california assembly. so he partnered with governor brown to pass three balanced budgets, on time. for the first time in thirty years. today, the deficits are gone and we've invested an additional 2 billion dollars in education. now john perez is running for controller to keep fighting for balanced budgets. democrat john perez for controller. welcome back to cbs "this morning." coming up in this half hour no one can be more human than you, or be less human. those are the words of maya angelou as we celebrate her remarkable life. we will revisit what she shared in a note to her younger self. plus you know him from comedies like "this is 40" and "bridesmaids," but chris o'doud is showing his serious side onstage. his broadway debut in "of mice and men" could earn a toney. that's ahead. time to show you this morning's headlines. the "new york post" says the city is considering lifting a ban on a ferret ban. banned by mayor rudy june allygiuliani. >> yes, i do care about the law. i think you have totally and absolutely misinterpreted the law because there's something deranged about you. >> no, there isn't, sir. there's more at stake -- >> excessive concern that you have for ferrets is something you should examine with a therapist. >> and there. >> yes. so take that. >> new york city health officials found ferret posed no serious risk to the public. a vote to risk the ban is set for september. >> i'm glad government is getting something done. this is at the top of my list. >> it's hard when you're called deranged. no, i'm not. >> obsessed with ferrets. >> listen to this the arizona republic says cindy mccain thinks it gwen is paltrow is a joke. called nasty comments comparing them to deeg in a war. senator mccain, of course was a prisoner of war in vietnam. mrs. mccain noted their two sons serving in the armed forces. billboard says australian rapper iggy azalea joined the beatles in a small club. you know the one -- ♪ i'm so fancy ♪ there you go. and two on the billboard top 100 chart, "fancy" poised to be the hit of the summer it seems. the beatles are the only other act to grab the number one top spots with first two hits back in 1964. harvard university is holding its 363rd commencement. this years celebration comes amid a disturbing new report. >> a survey finds 12% of the women graduating say they were sexually assaulted at the school. thattal tos a pattern of colleges nationwide highlighted by a report from a white house task force. the trend is leading former students to take a stand. many alumni are withholding donations until changes are made. lisa paige is president of the alumni network for harvard pwomen. good morning. >> good morning, norah. >> that same poll showed that only 16% of the students who were sexually assaulted even reported the assaults. >> that's right. >> wow. >> when a woman finds herself in that sort of a position and it's not just women. it can be any gender identity who's been violated often the issue is that he or she feels somewhat responsible for having put him or herself in that position, and then it's difficult to acknowledge what has happened to you. i, too am i survivor and went through it myself. >> did you report it at the time? >> i did. i toot the tutor where i lived pshgs he told me not to bother. i was a second semester senior and it wasn't worth it. >> so you dropped it? >> i did. >> this is a drop going on for decades but now you're doing something serious about it? what is that? >> we are getting serious. there have been enough task forces and studies as harvard and all the other colleges and universities across the country. so right now we are urging alumni not to donate to the capital campaign until we see some serious, sig sig any of sent change. >> that's what alumni are for. institutional memory and should be at the table where the college and university decision-makers are, concerning this issue. we know what's been going on the past, well do i have to say my age? but it's been going on for decades, since title 9 put women and men in the same housing. so -- >> one more time. lay out the changes you're demanding, and hope that alumni pressure will produce? >> i'm sorry, charlie. we aren't demanding changes. in fact, we are encouraging a dialogue between alumni and college officials, because in that way we believe solutions will emerge. >> what do you think is the most misunderstood aspect of sexual assault on campus? what do you think that we all don't get and understand about this? >> that's a great question. thank you for asking that. i believe we don't understand that it's institutionalized gender bias that leads to the issue itself. and a lot of people don't understand that elite universities are also struggling with these issues. it's not just frat boys at penn state, for example. and it's -- it's just young men who think that they're able to take what they want and as i said before it's not always men and women, the problem, but you get the picture. >> how many additional alumni from colleges have you signed up for this effort? >> well we are working with alumni from 20 different universities, a phone call today and am excited about that. it started out just six weeks ago with only three schools. you can see how rapidly that coalition is growing. >> good luck. >> we support you. >> very important. glad you're talking about it. thank you. we turn once again to maya angelou. she rose from a life of poverty and abuse to become one of our great literary and american icons. in 2012 she reflected on her life story here in our first-ever "note to self." this is a letter to myself when i was about 15. today i'm 83 years old. ♪ dear me -- myself then -- first i know that you know how to listen. when i was 8 years old i became a mute and was a mute until i was 13. and i started my whole body as an ear so i could go into a crowd and sit still and absorb all sound. that talent or ability has left and disturbed me until today. once you richardappreciate one of your blessing one of your senses the accepts of hearing, then you begin to respect the sense of seeing and touching and tasting. you learn to respect all the senses. find a beautiful piece of art. if you fall in love with van gogh or matisse, or john killen or if you fall in love with the music of coal train, the music of aretha franklin or the music of chopin find some beautiful art and admire it and realize that that was created by a human being. just like you. no more human, no less. the person may have keener eyesight, a better ear. the person might have a more alive body and can dance, but the person cannot be more human than you. that is very important, because that ensures you that you are a human being, and nothing human can be alien to you. you will be able to go around the world, learning languages, speaking to everybody, because no one can be more human than you, nor can they be less human. they can be meaner or crueller or sweeter or prettier or younger, richer but they can't be more human than you. remember that. >> gosh you know guys it is eerie and comforting at the same time to see her voice and hear her and for the first time, i was thinking about you. this is the first time i've had somebody famous and well-known who has died and it's become a news story and sitting in my office yesterday seeing her on the news and the birth date and the end date and people going her home was very have are tough to see. it was hard to see that. she was the only one that could make me feel like i was 7. if she disapproved of something were you saying. i remember calling to complain abouting in at work mid-story, she says, stop it i go i'm not finished. she said but you're wlining and whining is unbecoming. it lets them know there's a victim in the neighborhood. move along. okay. after my mother died she calleded is said my darling girl, how is your heart? no one has said ta that me that way she said i'm sure not. i'm sure not. she was such a wordsmith. had such a way with words. that's what i will miss desperately, thes with of maya. >> just last week sent me a gift. when oprah and i was there last month. working on her last book called encounters going through her life about people she'd met and had leather books made and sent these -- just arrived last week. "letters to my daughter." there's a lot of them. i called her to say, thank you. thank you. maya was very big on thank you. i called her right away to say thank you, and now norah, it's a gift charlie and i will treasure forever. you know some would have said let me put them on the shelf. these are like gold to me. >> they are. >> they're like gold. gayle, she said i have cared for you since we first met. >> yeah. that's beautiful. >> when i first met her i was single. i didn't have any children. kirby is 28 will is 27. known her a long time. she was friends with oprah and that's how we became friends. i will never, ever ever forget her. >> another book in the making she was working on it. >> yes. >> interesting to read that. >> one more chapter. i think we'll see that book. we will see it. >> gayle, thank you. >> thanks. >> thank you. and james franco is getting a lot of buzz on broadway but it's his co-star, chris o'doud, who walked away with a tony nomination. in our toyota green room o'doud's bre okay. watch this. 48. >> 48. how did you do that? >> it wasn't. >> it wasn't. >> that's never happened. it was 48? >> yes, 48. >> yeah. >> i'm impressed. >> impressive. >> very imprelgsed by you. >> whoa. whoa! whoa! >> that was 91. >> 91? >> yes, can we go? >> we can go. >> come on. [ siren ] >> oh, my god! >> kristen wiig and chris o'dowd in the 2011 blockbuster film "bridesmaids." o'dowd cannot you seen on broadway in "of mice and men." he walked with our contributor for other series "the road to the tonys." good morning. >> good morning. o'dowd has plenty of stage experience in his native ireland and elsewhere his performance alongside jam frompg ohes franco is the first on broadway. his character lennie won him acclaim and a tony nomination for best actor in a play. why should people care about theater. about seeing it developing it as an audience? why does theater matter? >> i mean to me it's a totally different art form. i mean i think the idea of comparing theater to film or tv isn't quite right. it's more like why is conversation important? or why is live music important? it's much more of a -- a physical contract between an audience and a performer. >> you have a lot of non-traditional theatergoers in this audience. >> sure. >> a lot of young people a lot of students. a lot of people here excited about james franco being in the show. >> yes. >> have you had interesting responses from different audiences? >> yeah. particularly in the matinees when the school groups come in because it's on the syllabus. you can tell by the response nairive points that they were too lazy to read the book even though they were supposed to when certain things happen. oh, my god, know. you can see the teacher looking over, how did you not know this was going to happen? we did this last week. then there are just random things that happen like you say, a lot of people come to see leighton meester and james and don't necessarily know how to verbalize their excitement. so a lot of times we've had people just go -- franco! >> them other guys gets in jail they can rock for all anyone gives a damn. >> but not us. and why? because. because i got you to look after me and you got me to look after you, and that's why. >> the relationship between your character lennie and james franco's character george is extremely important. it's central to this story. to play characters who are so bonded must have bonded you two in real life as well on some level? >> yeah and we hadn't met before the play. so it was a bit of a risk, in a way. but we definitely have grown quite close over the course of the production. there are moments where -- the audience can't hear what we're saying and i go over and kind of whisper things to him. and i go over and whisper things like, you know george i don't think this is going to work out really well for us. i think we should open a farmer's market -- >> planning a wedding should be fun. you know what? if i ever had a wedding, i'd want everybody to be stress-free. you know? i'd like it to be like a carnival. >> i imagine there have been crossroads after your performance in "bridesmaids" and different breakout moments that you've had some easy choices handed to you, that you could have kept going on a very clear, planned path? >> there were easy knolls. you get offered quite a lot of money to do the thing you've done before. a very easy knoll. i've done this. there's no point, really. you want a hard yes. you want things to seem like i'm not really going to be able to do that very well. but that's what's exciting about saying yes to it. >> that idea of chasing a dream that is so prevalent in "of mice and men," does that resonate in your own life? >> for sure. there's something interesting "of mice and men" all of these men are chasing the american dream that they feel in some way they've been promised but nobody can really define what the american dream is or when you've achieved it and i don't think anybody ever settles in their bed and night and says i've arrived. >> you don't think you can say you've arrived? >> i'll never fee comfortable saying that because i'm not 100% sure where i'm going, but you'll be the first to know. >> and the 2014 tony awards air sunday june 8th right here on cbs. >> thank you. tomorrow on cbs "this morning," continuing the road to the tonys with [♪] that does it for your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. >> good thursday morning, everyone. it's 8:55. i'm frank mallicoat. here's what's happening around the bay area right now. a person seriously injured after ending up somehow under a car early this morning in san francisco. the victim may be trapped for as long as 20 minutes. police have detained the driver to determine whether alcohol or any illegal substances were involved. candlelight vigil to honor 19-year-old george chen will be held tonight at the leland high school in san jose. he was stabbed to death in the isla vista rampage. he graduated from the high school in 2012. new evidence suggests a woman accused of choking a boy could have been framed. a witness said he saw the boy actually choke himself. >> weather now. lawrence say this is the pick of the week i guess, right? 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