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Worth half a billion dollars to boston. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Someone sent me an email. I cant help what someone sends me, you know. I read it, i responded accordingly. If there was Something Interesting there, i think its pretty common. Donald trump jr. On the defensive after russian email revelations. I dont see how anyone can deny that this brings the investigation to a whole other level. This is moving into perjury, false statements, and even potentially treason. As ive said many times in the past, theres another shoe that will drop and there will be other shoes that will drop. Severe storms moving through the upper midwest. Video shows a tornado barreling across iowa. Meanwhile, wildfires are forcing evacuations in california. We initiated a very aggressive response. Pennsylvania officials are scouring a large farm for clues in the disappearance of four young men. Investigators calling this a mindboggling massive investigation. Strangers Work Together to save a family from drowning at a Florida Beach. People formed a human chain to pull the family out. The search continues for wreckage from a military plane that crashed in rural mississippi. The cause of the crash still unknown. A little bit different game. Allstar game from miami. Nelson cruz decided he wanted a picture. No way. All that you can get it right now. You can get it right now. Let the circus begin. The hype train left the station. The fists werent flying yet but the insults were. Im going to knock him out inside four rounds, mark my words. And all that matters. The email is from Rob Goldstone, a trump acquaintance who set the meeting up. He was the one who took the russian lawyer to meet donald trump jr. At trump tower because he checked into trump on facebook. On cbs this morning. Goldstone could not have been clearer that this was going to be shady stuff. This is obviously very high level and sensitive information. Yes, obviously. Thats why he encrypted his communique with an algorithm that Cyber Security experts call email. Announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Charlie is off, jeff glor is not. Youre here on your birthday. Happy birthday. Good to be here on my birthday. Glad to have you on the table today. We begin with this. After months of talk about Russian Election meddling, there is now clear evidence that russias government wanted to help elect donald trump. Emails show that donald trump jr. Was told in june of last year that the russians wanted to provide information to hurt Hillary Clintons campaign. Publicist Rob Goldstone told trump junior this is obviously very high level and sensitive information, but is part of russia and its governments support for mr. Trump. Trump jr. Responded if its what you say, i love it. The president s oldest son released a string of emails that the New York Times was about to publish and he talked at length last night about meeting with a russian lawyer that he said produced nothing. Margaret brennan is at the white house where the president is defending his son. Margaret, good morning. Reporter good morning. This is a major distraction for the trump white house. This morning President Trump is defending his son, calling him open, transparent and honest, and despite all these new revelations, hes continuing to call the russia story a political witch hunt. In retrospect, i probably would have done things a little differently. Again, this is before the russia mania. This is before they were building it up in the press. For me, this was Opposition Research. Reporter on fox news, donald trump jr. Admitted his meeting with russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya was a mistake and he said she did not deliver on the promise of sharing damaging information on Hillary Clinton. But really, it went nowhere and it was apparent that wasnt what the meeting was actually about. Reporter the emails released by trump junior on tuesday were explicit. A friend, Rob Goldstone wrote to the president s son last june offering, quote, information that would incriminate hillary and be very useful to your father. He called it part of russia and its governments support for mr. Trump. Trump junior responded saying if its what you say, i love it. The information goldstone wrote was from russian government sources and was shared with russian pop star and his father, a wealthy aoligarch with ties t vladimir putin. Someone sent me an email. Reporter trump junior claims he never mentioned it to his father. There was such a nothing, there was nothing to tell. I wouldnt have even remembered it until you start scouring through the stuff. Reporter trump juniors attorney, a soughtout defense lawyer for mobsters told cbs news that trump junior was simply doing someone a favor by meeting with veselnitskaya. On tuesday veselnitskaya disputed any kremlin ties telling the Associated Press i do not represent interests of anyone other than myself. A month after the meeting, donald trump jr. Attacked democrats for suggesting russians were trying to help the Trump Campaign. Well, it just goes to show you their exact moral compass. Theyll say anything to be able to win this. This is time and time again lie after lie. Its disgusting, its so phony. Reporter attorney shannen coffin, former general counsel in the Bush Administration said donald junior committed political malpractice but so far nothing illegal. Sure, it seems like donald trump jr. Was willing to accept whatever help he could get to get his father elected, but theres no evidence that he was doing so through illegal means. Reporter trump junior also copied Campaign Chair Paul Manafort as well as his brotherinlaw, Jared Kushner, on the email. Both of them also attended the meeting and, gayle, that is raising new questions about kushners security clearance here at the white house. All right. Another story were following. Thank you very much, margaret. On capitol hill, some republicans do not understand why the president s son waited so long to reveal this meeting and the discussions leading up to it. This email, we should have known about it before yesterday. The fact that were knowing this now in july really is disturbing. Its certainly another shoe thats dropped that needs to be pursued and looked at. Many democrats, including Hillary Clintons running mate, say the emails are the first real evidence of the Trump Campaign working with russia. Nothing is proven yet, but were now beyond obstruction of justice into whats being investigated. This is moving into perjury, false statements, and even potentially treason. Senate Intelligence Committee members say they now want to hear directly from donald trump jr. Jay sekulow is an attorney for President Trump. Good morning, jay. Good morning, thanks for having me. Let me ask you, federal law states that it is a crime for any foreigner to contribute or donate money or some other thing of value in connection with an american election. Did donald trump jr. Break the law . He did not. The meeting that took place, there was nothing illegal about it. There was not a violation of the law, no illegality. The statute youre quoting from, they are not criminal statutes. That is not a violation, the meeting that took place in the context by the way, im not the only lawyer thats saying this. Most legal scholars are saying this. It certainly if you look at the law as it is written, as its applied, there was not a violation of the law here. In fact meetings like this, on Opposition Research are not uncommon. Even the government aspect has raised a lot of interest, were talking about it this morning, but you had the situation of the Ukrainian Government providing information to the Hillary Clinton campaign and the dnc. Again, the illegality issue is was there a violation of law in the conduct of this meeting and what took place, the answer is no. Would you at least agree or admit that the optics here do not look good . You say its not illegal, but hes meeting with what he believes is a person from russia who says, listen, i have some information that could help your dads campaign. Would you agree the optics on that do not look good for donald trump jr. Or the Trump Campaign . Well, youre asking about atmospherics and how the atmospherics look. If were going to look at atmospherics, lets put ourselves back into where we were in time. This is in the middle of the election for the presidency of the United States. This is in the full battle of the electoral moment, right . Hundreds of meetings taking place. Teams are working on both sides, republicans, democrats, 18 hours, 20hour days. This is one meeting out of hundreds of meetings that took place on a whole variety of topics with both campaigns. So when you put it in that atmospheric, it was rather unremarkable in the sense that nothing transpired, nothing illegal took place. So youre asking the atmospheric question. But remember this also, the whole russia discussion, this wasnt a significant discussion at the time, the russian involvement. And the other thing that seems to get lost in this, and ive said this before, you know, all this concern about russia, all the reports have indicated that president obama was aware of russia attempts at engagement and they did nothing about it. So here you have a situation where what took place per those emails that were released was not a violation of the law, no illegality there, and i think thats where loorks as a lawyer, as the president s lawyer, thats what i have to look at. Jay, were not just talking about atmospherics, were talking about ethics here. And there was a long leadup to this meeting taking place, a discussion between donald trump jr. And the folks trying to coordinate it, so it wasnt just 20 minutes out of one long day. There was a long procession beforehand. Well, look at the email exchanges. These are quick emails. We did. Right. He put them out there. And the fact is if you look at this rapid succession of emails that takes place over a number of days, for a meeting that lasted 20 minutes. So what you have is a setup to a meeting, a meeting that takes place. By the way, no information exchanged. It ended up not even being on the pretext of what it was supposed to be about, it was all about the maginski act. Im here also as the president of the United States, thats why im here, im the president s lawyer, one of the president s lawyers. I want to be very clear on something. The president was not aware of this meeting, did not attend this meeting and was only very recently made aware of this email. In fact he did not read the email, was not provided to him until we saw it yesterday when you all saw it. Can you clarify and make clear today, are there any other meetings with russian government officials that have not yet been disclosed . Look, donald trump jr. Said he met with a lot of people and he could have met with russians and other people. All right. Jay sekulow, thank you for joining us. Thanks for having me. With us now from capitol hill is california congressman adam schiff. He is the top democrat on the house Intelligence Committee, which is also investigating russian interference in the last election. Congressman, thank you so much for joining us this morning. Thank you. So what are the next steps for your committee, and what questions do you have for donald trump jr. Today . Well, i think the next steps in terms of this issue is were going to want to have all the participants in that meeting, anyone who helped in organizing it and putting it together come and testify before the committee. Were obviously going to want to see any documents, any emails. It looks like listening to the president s son last night on fox and hearing his lawyer today that the defense is going to be, yes, we had an intent to colewd wi collude with russia, we want it to get the dirt they had to help elect donald trump but were deeply disappointed in not getting it at that meeting. Thats not much of a defense. We need to look into whether there was any subsequent efforts, whether indeed we can rely on the representations of what happened at this meeting. One thing we have seen over just the last several days, we cant rely on anything that donald trump jr. Has to say about this because his story has kept changing as he has had to confront the facts coming out. Let me ask you, theres a new report from mcclatchy that says the house and senate Intelligence Committees, of which you are on, are looking into whether the Trump Campaigns digital team, guided by judiciaared kushner, helped the attacks on Hillary Clinton. Can you confirm that . What are you looking into . One of the issues that i think we need to explore is whether there was any help in terms of the fake news, the efforts to push negative news by the russians, whether there was any coordination in that effort to target that, to identify where it would be useful to push stories in peoples social media feeds. Im not saying thats what took place but the russians used a whole variety of methods to try to influence our election and the elections in europe. If there was a data component to this in which there was some level of coordination, that we need to look into. To give you an analogous piece of evidence here, in those emails, its very significant that don junior says, hey, it would be most helpful to get this in the late summer. Hes already talking about timing. So if there was any kind of coordination on the timing of the pushing of either negative stories or false stories by russian social media troels, thats something we need to know. And because youre a former prosecutor, in this federal Campaign Finance law, theres things about soliciting a foreign contribution or foreign in kind contribution. Does that raise to that level to you . The question is, is it sufficient evidence. I think we need to do a lot to corroborate some of the evidence that weve received before we can draw any conclusions. But here i think you have quite plainly just in the four corners of these emails that have now been released and the authenticity is not in question, you have three Central Campaign people, indeed three of the most people in the Trump Campaign, who go to this meeting with the full expectation of getting help from the russian government and indeed have sent a signal to the russian government they would welcome it, they would indeed love it. They also made the timing that it would be most useful and frankly admitted how disappointed they were that in this particular meeting they didnt get the dirt, the help they wanted from the russians. So are there issues of whether there was a potential conspiracy to violate u. S. Election laws . That is certainly a very real issue that needs to be investigated. All right, congressman adam schiff, thank you very much for your time this morning. Thank you. President trumps nominee for fbi director is testifying right now on capitol hill. Christopher wray is being questioned at the Senate Judiciary committees confirmation hearing. Members are likely to press wray about keeping the bureau independent of the white house. The former assistant attorney general was chosen to replace james comey, who the president fired two months ago. Members of an elite special Operations Unit were among 16 military members killed in a marine plane crash. Debris was scattered for miles when the kc130 went down monday in mississippi. Six marines and a navy sailor on board were members from camp lejeune, north carolina. Cbs news has confirmed the identity of one victim. Marine corps Sergeant Julian kevianne leaves behind a wife. His family describes him as one of the most loving people in the world. The parents of the penn state student who died after an alleged hazing ritual is calling for swifter justice for their son, Timothy Piazza. His father said yesterday, quote, these hearings have tried our patience. The accused Defense Attorneys are attempting to justify the unjuu unjustifiab unjustifiable. Timothy died back in february after a fraternity event involving heavy drinking. Jericka duncan is outside the court house in bellefonte, pennsylvania. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Only five of the Defense Attorneys for those penn state students got a chance to question the prosecutions first witness. Now, the other attorneys will have their chance next month in a twoday hearing process. Remember, those hearings will determine the outcome of whether or not this case goes to trial. Defense attorneys representing the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity Brothers cross examined the lead investigator in the case tuesday. One attorney said his client wasnt in the frat house when Timothy Piazza fell down a flight of stairs after an alleged hazing ritual, known as the gauntlet. Others argued their clients did not force piazza to drink. This is a case thats clearly been overcharged. Reporter Michael Engel is representing one of the eight Fraternity Members facing the most severe charges, Something Interesting<\/a> there, i think its pretty common. Donald trump jr. On the defensive after russian email revelations. I dont see how anyone can deny that this brings the investigation to a whole other level. This is moving into perjury, false statements, and even potentially treason. As ive said many times in the past, theres another shoe that will drop and there will be other shoes that will drop. Severe storms moving through the upper midwest. Video shows a tornado barreling across iowa. Meanwhile, wildfires are forcing evacuations in california. We initiated a very aggressive response. Pennsylvania officials are scouring a large farm for clues in the disappearance of four young men. Investigators calling this a mindboggling massive investigation. Strangers Work Together<\/a> to save a family from drowning at a Florida Beach<\/a>. People formed a human chain to pull the family out. The search continues for wreckage from a military plane that crashed in rural mississippi. The cause of the crash still unknown. A little bit different game. Allstar game from miami. Nelson cruz decided he wanted a picture. No way. All that you can get it right now. You can get it right now. Let the circus begin. The hype train left the station. The fists werent flying yet but the insults were. Im going to knock him out inside four rounds, mark my words. And all that matters. The email is from Rob Goldstone<\/a>, a trump acquaintance who set the meeting up. He was the one who took the russian lawyer to meet donald trump jr. At trump tower because he checked into trump on facebook. On cbs this morning. Goldstone could not have been clearer that this was going to be shady stuff. This is obviously very high level and sensitive information. Yes, obviously. Thats why he encrypted his communique with an algorithm that Cyber Security<\/a> experts call email. Announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Charlie is off, jeff glor is not. Youre here on your birthday. Happy birthday. Good to be here on my birthday. Glad to have you on the table today. We begin with this. After months of talk about Russian Election<\/a> meddling, there is now clear evidence that russias government wanted to help elect donald trump. Emails show that donald trump jr. Was told in june of last year that the russians wanted to provide information to hurt Hillary Clintons<\/a> campaign. Publicist Rob Goldstone<\/a> told trump junior this is obviously very high level and sensitive information, but is part of russia and its governments support for mr. Trump. Trump jr. Responded if its what you say, i love it. The president s oldest son released a string of emails that the New York Times<\/a> was about to publish and he talked at length last night about meeting with a russian lawyer that he said produced nothing. Margaret brennan is at the white house where the president is defending his son. Margaret, good morning. Reporter good morning. This is a major distraction for the trump white house. This morning President Trump<\/a> is defending his son, calling him open, transparent and honest, and despite all these new revelations, hes continuing to call the russia story a political witch hunt. In retrospect, i probably would have done things a little differently. Again, this is before the russia mania. This is before they were building it up in the press. For me, this was Opposition Research<\/a>. Reporter on fox news, donald trump jr. Admitted his meeting with russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya<\/a> was a mistake and he said she did not deliver on the promise of sharing damaging information on Hillary Clinton<\/a>. But really, it went nowhere and it was apparent that wasnt what the meeting was actually about. Reporter the emails released by trump junior on tuesday were explicit. A friend, Rob Goldstone<\/a> wrote to the president s son last june offering, quote, information that would incriminate hillary and be very useful to your father. He called it part of russia and its governments support for mr. Trump. Trump junior responded saying if its what you say, i love it. The information goldstone wrote was from russian government sources and was shared with russian pop star and his father, a wealthy aoligarch with ties t vladimir putin. Someone sent me an email. Reporter trump junior claims he never mentioned it to his father. There was such a nothing, there was nothing to tell. I wouldnt have even remembered it until you start scouring through the stuff. Reporter trump juniors attorney, a soughtout defense lawyer for mobsters told cbs news that trump junior was simply doing someone a favor by meeting with veselnitskaya. On tuesday veselnitskaya disputed any kremlin ties telling the Associated Press<\/a> i do not represent interests of anyone other than myself. A month after the meeting, donald trump jr. Attacked democrats for suggesting russians were trying to help the Trump Campaign<\/a>. Well, it just goes to show you their exact moral compass. Theyll say anything to be able to win this. This is time and time again lie after lie. Its disgusting, its so phony. Reporter attorney shannen coffin, former general counsel in the Bush Administration<\/a> said donald junior committed political malpractice but so far nothing illegal. Sure, it seems like donald trump jr. Was willing to accept whatever help he could get to get his father elected, but theres no evidence that he was doing so through illegal means. Reporter trump junior also copied Campaign Chair<\/a> Paul Manafort<\/a> as well as his brotherinlaw, Jared Kushner<\/a>, on the email. Both of them also attended the meeting and, gayle, that is raising new questions about kushners security clearance here at the white house. All right. Another story were following. Thank you very much, margaret. On capitol hill, some republicans do not understand why the president s son waited so long to reveal this meeting and the discussions leading up to it. This email, we should have known about it before yesterday. The fact that were knowing this now in july really is disturbing. Its certainly another shoe thats dropped that needs to be pursued and looked at. Many democrats, including Hillary Clintons<\/a> running mate, say the emails are the first real evidence of the Trump Campaign<\/a> working with russia. Nothing is proven yet, but were now beyond obstruction of justice into whats being investigated. This is moving into perjury, false statements, and even potentially treason. Senate Intelligence Committee<\/a> members say they now want to hear directly from donald trump jr. Jay sekulow is an attorney for President Trump<\/a>. Good morning, jay. Good morning, thanks for having me. Let me ask you, federal law states that it is a crime for any foreigner to contribute or donate money or some other thing of value in connection with an american election. Did donald trump jr. Break the law . He did not. The meeting that took place, there was nothing illegal about it. There was not a violation of the law, no illegality. The statute youre quoting from, they are not criminal statutes. That is not a violation, the meeting that took place in the context by the way, im not the only lawyer thats saying this. Most legal scholars are saying this. It certainly if you look at the law as it is written, as its applied, there was not a violation of the law here. In fact meetings like this, on Opposition Research<\/a> are not uncommon. Even the government aspect has raised a lot of interest, were talking about it this morning, but you had the situation of the Ukrainian Government<\/a> providing information to the Hillary Clinton<\/a> campaign and the dnc. Again, the illegality issue is was there a violation of law in the conduct of this meeting and what took place, the answer is no. Would you at least agree or admit that the optics here do not look good . You say its not illegal, but hes meeting with what he believes is a person from russia who says, listen, i have some information that could help your dads campaign. Would you agree the optics on that do not look good for donald trump jr. Or the Trump Campaign<\/a> . Well, youre asking about atmospherics and how the atmospherics look. If were going to look at atmospherics, lets put ourselves back into where we were in time. This is in the middle of the election for the presidency of the United States<\/a>. This is in the full battle of the electoral moment, right . Hundreds of meetings taking place. Teams are working on both sides, republicans, democrats, 18 hours, 20hour days. This is one meeting out of hundreds of meetings that took place on a whole variety of topics with both campaigns. So when you put it in that atmospheric, it was rather unremarkable in the sense that nothing transpired, nothing illegal took place. So youre asking the atmospheric question. But remember this also, the whole russia discussion, this wasnt a significant discussion at the time, the russian involvement. And the other thing that seems to get lost in this, and ive said this before, you know, all this concern about russia, all the reports have indicated that president obama was aware of russia attempts at engagement and they did nothing about it. So here you have a situation where what took place per those emails that were released was not a violation of the law, no illegality there, and i think thats where loorks as a lawyer, as the president s lawyer, thats what i have to look at. Jay, were not just talking about atmospherics, were talking about ethics here. And there was a long leadup to this meeting taking place, a discussion between donald trump jr. And the folks trying to coordinate it, so it wasnt just 20 minutes out of one long day. There was a long procession beforehand. Well, look at the email exchanges. These are quick emails. We did. Right. He put them out there. And the fact is if you look at this rapid succession of emails that takes place over a number of days, for a meeting that lasted 20 minutes. So what you have is a setup to a meeting, a meeting that takes place. By the way, no information exchanged. It ended up not even being on the pretext of what it was supposed to be about, it was all about the maginski act. Im here also as the president of the United States<\/a>, thats why im here, im the president s lawyer, one of the president s lawyers. I want to be very clear on something. The president was not aware of this meeting, did not attend this meeting and was only very recently made aware of this email. In fact he did not read the email, was not provided to him until we saw it yesterday when you all saw it. Can you clarify and make clear today, are there any other meetings with russian government officials that have not yet been disclosed . Look, donald trump jr. Said he met with a lot of people and he could have met with russians and other people. All right. Jay sekulow, thank you for joining us. Thanks for having me. With us now from capitol hill is california congressman adam schiff. He is the top democrat on the house Intelligence Committee<\/a>, which is also investigating russian interference in the last election. Congressman, thank you so much for joining us this morning. Thank you. So what are the next steps for your committee, and what questions do you have for donald trump jr. Today . Well, i think the next steps in terms of this issue is were going to want to have all the participants in that meeting, anyone who helped in organizing it and putting it together come and testify before the committee. Were obviously going to want to see any documents, any emails. It looks like listening to the president s son last night on fox and hearing his lawyer today that the defense is going to be, yes, we had an intent to colewd wi collude with russia, we want it to get the dirt they had to help elect donald trump but were deeply disappointed in not getting it at that meeting. Thats not much of a defense. We need to look into whether there was any subsequent efforts, whether indeed we can rely on the representations of what happened at this meeting. One thing we have seen over just the last several days, we cant rely on anything that donald trump jr. Has to say about this because his story has kept changing as he has had to confront the facts coming out. Let me ask you, theres a new report from mcclatchy that says the house and senate Intelligence Committee<\/a>s, of which you are on, are looking into whether the Trump Campaign<\/a>s digital team, guided by judiciaared kushner, helped the attacks on Hillary Clinton<\/a>. Can you confirm that . What are you looking into . One of the issues that i think we need to explore is whether there was any help in terms of the fake news, the efforts to push negative news by the russians, whether there was any coordination in that effort to target that, to identify where it would be useful to push stories in peoples social media feeds. Im not saying thats what took place but the russians used a whole variety of methods to try to influence our election and the elections in europe. If there was a data component to this in which there was some level of coordination, that we need to look into. To give you an analogous piece of evidence here, in those emails, its very significant that don junior says, hey, it would be most helpful to get this in the late summer. Hes already talking about timing. So if there was any kind of coordination on the timing of the pushing of either negative stories or false stories by russian social media troels, thats something we need to know. And because youre a former prosecutor, in this federal Campaign Finance<\/a> law, theres things about soliciting a foreign contribution or foreign in kind contribution. Does that raise to that level to you . The question is, is it sufficient evidence. I think we need to do a lot to corroborate some of the evidence that weve received before we can draw any conclusions. But here i think you have quite plainly just in the four corners of these emails that have now been released and the authenticity is not in question, you have three Central Campaign<\/a> people, indeed three of the most people in the Trump Campaign<\/a>, who go to this meeting with the full expectation of getting help from the russian government and indeed have sent a signal to the russian government they would welcome it, they would indeed love it. They also made the timing that it would be most useful and frankly admitted how disappointed they were that in this particular meeting they didnt get the dirt, the help they wanted from the russians. So are there issues of whether there was a potential conspiracy to violate u. S. Election laws . That is certainly a very real issue that needs to be investigated. All right, congressman adam schiff, thank you very much for your time this morning. Thank you. President trumps nominee for fbi director is testifying right now on capitol hill. Christopher wray is being questioned at the Senate Judiciary<\/a> committees confirmation hearing. Members are likely to press wray about keeping the bureau independent of the white house. The former assistant attorney general was chosen to replace james comey, who the president fired two months ago. Members of an elite special Operations Unit<\/a> were among 16 military members killed in a marine plane crash. Debris was scattered for miles when the kc130 went down monday in mississippi. Six marines and a navy sailor on board were members from camp lejeune, north carolina. Cbs news has confirmed the identity of one victim. Marine corps Sergeant Julian<\/a> kevianne leaves behind a wife. His family describes him as one of the most loving people in the world. The parents of the penn state student who died after an alleged hazing ritual is calling for swifter justice for their son, Timothy Piazza<\/a>. His father said yesterday, quote, these hearings have tried our patience. The accused Defense Attorneys<\/a> are attempting to justify the unjuu unjustifiab unjustifiable. Timothy died back in february after a fraternity event involving heavy drinking. Jericka duncan is outside the court house in bellefonte, pennsylvania. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Only five of the Defense Attorneys<\/a> for those penn state students got a chance to question the prosecutions first witness. Now, the other attorneys will have their chance next month in a twoday hearing process. Remember, those hearings will determine the outcome of whether or not this case goes to trial. Defense attorneys representing the Beta Theta Pi<\/a> Fraternity Brothers<\/a> cross examined the lead investigator in the case tuesday. One attorney said his client wasnt in the frat house when Timothy Piazza<\/a> fell down a flight of stairs after an alleged hazing ritual, known as the gauntlet. Others argued their clients did not force piazza to drink. This is a case thats clearly been overcharged. Reporter Michael Engel<\/a> is representing one of the eight Fraternity Members<\/a> facing the most severe charges, Involuntary Manslaughter<\/a> and aggravated assault. While gary may be responsible for certain things, hes not responsible for the serious charges in this case. Reporter according to a grand jury presentment, he and one other Fraternity Brother<\/a> advocated calling a ambulance but they said it was typical of bid acceptance night. Prosecutors presented incriminating Text Messages<\/a>. One of the texts said he looked expletive dead. The boys themselves knew what they did. The text admit it before he even passes away. They say its because of the hazing, its because of the drinking, we caused this, we should have called 911. Reporter cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman. The Text Messages<\/a> that came from some of these young men are what we call in the law consciousness of guilt. Once you put those things in writing, ultimately those Text Messages<\/a> are going to come back to haunt them. Reporter in his statement, jim piazza encouraged the parents of those charged to come forward with any information, everything that they have that could be helpful. He also said that his family is committed to this Legal Process<\/a> and that they are doing this for their son, tim. Not only just for him, they said, but for all of those that come behind him as they enter their college years. Jeff. Jericka duncan, thank you. Some uber drivers say the companys lucrative incentives have a dangerous consequence, tired driving. Ahead we ride along with one driver who says he has no choice but to sacrifice sleep for a decent wage. First, it is 7 19, time to check your local weather. Dozens of Florida Beach<\/a>goers show the lifesaving power of working together. Mark strassmann brings us their Inspiring Group<\/a> rescue. Reporter whats stronger than a riptide . How about a human chain on this Florida Beach<\/a>. And because of that, nine people are alive today. Were going to show you their dramatic rescue coming up on cbs this morning. Are alive today. Were going to show you the dramatic rescue coming up on cbs this morning. 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It happened last night after an impromptu competition at dolores park. We are told that two patrol cars were also vandalized. Stick around; well have traffic and weather in just a moment. Good morning. Its 7 27. Were tracking a imagine accident that has three lanes block a major accident that has three lanes blocked at northbound 280. Traffic is backed up to john daly boulevard. So if you are heading through daly city into San Francisco<\/a>, youre going to be in for major delays. Take a look at this backup. You can see 280 just crawling at this point heading in that northbound direction. Do give yourself some extra time. Over at the bay bridge toll plaza, not a whole lot of change. We are seeing a big backup that stretches beyond the foot of the maze. Its about 32 minutes from the maze into San Francisco<\/a>. This is really truly beautiful. Its our live weather camera. We are looking out from sutro tower towards the north bay this morning. We just have the low clouds billowing in towards the golden gate bridge. Temperatures right now 50s and 60s. Its now 61 in san jose. Later today a sliver of sunshine in daly city. Well have sun in pacifica. As you look at the temperatures, this is where we should be for july 12. Identical conditions for thursday. Variable winds to 20. The heat is on. You know who else couldnt believe donald trump released these emails . The journalists. One said, i worked on this story for a year and he just he tweeted it out. I spent like i spent hours and days and weeks and months. And his son just hit tweet. Like so many people out there, were trying to track this down and it just got delivered on a tweet. What the hell. I applaud him. I applaud him. Its true. People have been searching, making phone calls, and it just gets sent out. And theyre like, wow, here it is. In 140 characters. Jared jay sexton is a former cbs contributor. Welcome back to cbs this morning. The president has been out of public view since returning from germany. His public schedule has been empty. Thats rye. The most recent images of him are these from last saturday when he walked from marine one back to the white house. We havent seen him since. Hes only had one event scheduled in the last four days. That was a 2 00 p. M. Meeting with cabinet what is he doing . Getting ready for his trip to paris. Packing. Packing. Senate majority mitch backlog of President Trump<\/a>s nominees. A revised bill will be released tomorrow. The lk dispatch reports they shot down an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile<\/a> over the pacific. The target was similar to those being deployed by north korea. It was the first ever against an incoming missile of this type. More Police Officers<\/a> in the city were treated for Carbon Monoxide<\/a> poisoning. 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Mark strassmann is outside the premises where the huge disappearance has sparked are he hasnt revealed why why theyre focusing on this location, but hes confident investigators are on the right track. This picturesque part of pennsylvania is one of safest in the state but the disapeeps of four young men its frightening. I have a 20yearold boy. They have been joined by the fbi and marshals for an all out search. District attorney matt weintraub. Its 90some acres and were going through it with the equivalent of a fine toothed comb. Reporter cadaver dogs have been brought in. Theyre clinging to the hope that the four young men are still alive. I have hope. I think its very important to hang onto hope. Reporter 19yearold jimmy pa track dipick disappeared. 20yearold Cosmo Dinardo<\/a> who was arrested on monday on an unrelated charge has not been named a suspect. He suffers from a mental illness. Dinardo lists patrick as a friend on facebook. Sturgis and meo are friends in real life. 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Youre not going to make what you need unless you get the bonus. For instance, if drivers take ten tripes between 9 p. M. And midnight, they could get extra money as a bonus. For one ride you stay up pretty late at night. Oh, yeah, i would definitely stay up later that night if i was that close to the bonus. I would push myself past pound of being tired. Reporter nhtsa claimings this could be 1. 2 million collisions every year because of drowsy driving. Still its unclear how many might have involved ride hailing services. The app reminds drivers to nap. Driver lyft shuts off its app after driving 14 hours requiring a sixhour break, but thats voluntary because theyre not federally regulated. They have no sponts because they come plight delegated the safety of the drive e and passenger to the driver himself or herself. Ooper estimated use it 50 of week. Still, for the rest, getting enough rest could sometimes be a challenge. 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But the backup continues to slow the morning ride down through daly city. Right now just under 20 minutes making your way from john daly boulevard to 101. As you continue further along northbound 101 and on to interstate 80 eastbound 80, right as you approach the lower deck of the bay bridge, a crash on that shoulder backing things up. Speeds drop to about 11 miles an hour. Slow, stop, go. Thanks, jaclyn. Hi, everybody. We have blue skies towards san jose this morning. Visibility is unlimited. We even have some clearing a lot earlier this morning along the bay. A little bit of clearing later today around the coastal areas. Right now, temperatures from 55 in santa rosa to 62 in livermore. 64 san jose. Later today, 60s beaches, 70s across the bay. 70s, 80s peninsula through the 80s which is seasonal to the low 90s away from the bay inland. Variable winds to 20, hotter this weekend. Good morning to our viewers in the west. It is wednesday, july 12, 2017. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Donald trump jr. Says he mishandled an offer that promised from russia to hurt Hillary Clintons<\/a> campaign. Well talk to one of the New York Times<\/a> reporters that broke the story. The revolutionary Cancer Treatment<\/a> that may clear an important hurdle today. First, heres todays eye opener at 8 00. This is a major distraction for the trump white house. This morning President Trump<\/a> is defending his son. Did donald trump jr. Break the law . He did not. The meeting that took place was nothing illegal about it. There was not a violation of the law and no illegalit. By the way, im not the only lawyer saying this . What questions do you have for donald trump jr. . We need to look into if there were subsequent efforts. We cant rely on anything that donald trump jr. Has to say about this because his story has kept changing. The District Attorney<\/a> hasnt said why theyre focusing on this location, but hes confident investigators are on the right track. The heads of nine people were bobbing in the water desperate for help. They got it. The New York Times<\/a> published an explosive article claiming there were emails showing that donald trump jr. Was hoping to meet with russian officials. He forwardeded th this to ku, manafort and the meeting happened and all hell has broken loose. Donald junior is the guy who opens the obviously fake document and everyone in the office has a virus on the computer. This mornings eye opener at 8 is presented by Liberty Mutual<\/a> insurance. Im Norah Odonnell<\/a> with gayle king and jeff glor. Charlie is off. President trumps nominee for fbi director is giving his first testimony to congress right now. Senate judiciary members are questioning Christopher Wray<\/a> who will replace james comey. The president has said the bureaus investigation of Russian Election<\/a> meddling was on his mind when he fired comey two months ago. Chris wray was asked this morning about keeping the bureau separate from politics. Theres only one right way to do this job, and that is with strict independence, by the book, playing it straight, faithful to the constitution, faithful to our laws and faithful to the best practices of the institution. Without fear, without favoritism and certainly without regard to any partisan, political influence. Anybody who thinks that i would be pulling punches as the fbi director sure doesnt know me very well. Wray is testifying one day after donald trump jr. Released emails showing how an acquaintance set up a meeting to obtain damaging russian information about Hillary Clinton<\/a>. His team is likely to look into those emails. The president s son told fox news last night that looking back, he probably would have done things differently. He says he didnt tell his father about this meeting because, in his words, nothing came from it. Joe becker is a pulitzer prizewinning Investigative Reporter<\/a> for the New York Times<\/a> she and her colleagues published a series of articles. Thanks for having me. President trump has twice applauded his son for transparency. When the New York Times<\/a> first approached the white house about this four days ago, were they transparent and forthcoming . Look, their story has changed multiple times. Donald trump jr. s story has changed. First, the meeting was primarily about adoption and when we came back to him and said no. We talked to people who said it was also about getting dirt on Hillary Clinton<\/a>, he acknowledged that maybe that was the case. Then we came back to him and said we understand that it also involved a government effort, and finally, we came back to him and said were going to publish these emails, the contents of these emails and thats when he released. I guess its up to your viewers to decide whether thats transparent. You said you were going to publish your story at 11 00 and he tweeted out the documents when . At 11 00. At 11 00. Can you talk about the genesis of the article . A lot of this came when Jared Kushner<\/a> revised his statement about who hed met with regarding his security clearance. Exactly. My colleagues and i in march revealed that he had met with the Russian Ambassador<\/a> to the United States<\/a> and also a Russian State Bank<\/a> a head of a Russian State Bank<\/a>, and we followed up and said not only had he met with them, but that he hadnt disclosed it as required on security clearance forms. He has since revised his forms to include those contacts, as well as all of his foreign contacts and it was on those forms that he disclosed that natalya veselnitskaya, and he did not say what the contents were and we started digging and digging. Do you think there could be revisions or other meetings we dont know of right now . I think they have submitteded what they think is all of the context. Its important because, of course, Jared Kushner<\/a> is in a unique position here. Hes at the white house. He has to have security clearance, so failure to disclose, willfully admitting something is a legal problem that actually can land you in jail. The president has called this the greatest political witch hunt in history. What are you all looking for at the New York Times<\/a>. Were looking to report the news every day. I understand. Nobody has said this is fake news. He said donald trump jr. Said he would do things differently, and i myself have done a lot of reporting on Hillary Clinton<\/a>, and i did a story on her the uranium 1 deal that republicans love to talk about so this is not a witch hunt. When you look at the cast of character, you have a russian pop star and his dad, a british entertainment publicist and tabloid reporter who had previous ties to trump. What stands out to you as youre going through this story . You know, what stands out to me is that this was obviously a very sensitive thing and it went through the family and friends. You know, trump is often, basically, this is one of the things about him is that he is said to only trust his family and so, in one way its not surprising. In other way, of course, why would you put your family, your Campaign Manager<\/a> in this kind of position . I think what trey gowdy said last night, geez and at this point its, like, look, if you have russian contacts, get it out there, if you have you need to get it out there and stop dribbling it out like this. There are members of the house Intelligence Committee<\/a> who are looking at this particular meeting and saying is this the beginning of the connections between the russian government and the Trump Campaign<\/a> . I think the fact that there have been multiple stories about this meeting sort of heightens peoples interest and makes you wonder, why not just say what this was at the outset of our reporting . I think the line in the email that is the most intriguing, of course, is the line where he says Rob Goldstone<\/a> says to donald trump jr. , this is part of the russian governments effort to help mr. Trump. His reaction isnt, what are you talking about . What effort . What are you talking about . Id love to get the dirt, but what are you talking about . So it raises the question whether there were previous communications, communications after this fact around this idea of the russian government helping. One of the things that Jared Kushner<\/a> has revised his disclosure forms with the federal government to get the security clearance. Very, very serious, you dont want to lie on these forms as you point out, theyll get you in jail. Do we know how many meetings Jared Kushner<\/a> has had with russian government officials . We still dont know. Its a confidential document. Our initial reporting as things were described to us, but we do not know the entire list. I imagine thats something that investigators the investigators at least muellers people definitely have that and have access to it. I imagine congress is going to want that, too. So your Investigation Continues<\/a> . Absolutely. All right. Jo becker, thank you very much. Doctors may soon have a new way to fight cancers. Dr. Agus, announcer this mornings eye opener at 8 00 is brought to you by Liberty Mutual<\/a> insurance. Liberty stands with you. Half a billion dollars worth of art was from a boston museum. Seth doane with a man who might be able to find it. This requires entering a shadowy underworld. Here in the netherlands well introduce you to one art investigator who says he has clues to solving biggest art heist coming up on cbs this morning. 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They send them to new jersey and they put in a gene to reprogram these cells to attack the cancer and send them back to where the child is and infuse. About 80 of these children go into remission. It was first tried five years ago in a 6yearold named emily and shes still cancerfree today. I know it combats cancer, but how are the healthy cells spared . In this case, the child has failed all standard treatments for leukemia. So theyre literally at deaths door. So in this case, there are no other treatments and they knocked down her own healthy tcells and then put them back these new tcells that target the cancer and they also target some of the normal cells in the body and one of the issues that will happen in the Panel Meeting<\/a> today is the fda will say whats the longterm ramifications . We only have the five years since emily started treatment. We dont have any further data. So this is going to be a whole new area of treatment, but because the benefits so outweigh the harms at least initially, its probably going to get fda approval. What are some of the harms, david, and what about the cost . Well, theyre both two great questions. So the harms are real. Is that when you put in all these tcells that are turned on, the patients many times go into a significant distress syndrome. It can affect the brain and other parts of the body. Nobody has died from the treatment and remember, this cancer is definitely lethal within weeks to months so the side effects are real. The cost, the analysts are estimating that it will cost 300,000 to 600,000 for a onetime treatment that can put the cancer into remission, but staggering costs. Recurrent leukemia or leukemia that is not responding to treatment is rare in children. About 90 of kids are cured with conventional chemotherapy, but in these other children, this is a lifesaver. It is great to see medicine continuing to advance and save peoples lives. Dr. David agus, thank you as always for joining us. Thank you. Ahead why tech giants like google and facebook are joining a protest today about the future of the internet. Plus imagine traveling from San Francisco<\/a> to los angeles in just 30 minutes. Yes, please i know can they do it from d. C. To new york . Yes i hope so first on cbs this morning, the test of the hyperloop, well talk to the company hoping to revolutionize travel. Youre watching cbs this morning. Cbs morning round sponsored by dr. Scholes o orthotor orthot orthotics. Scholess painrelieving orthotics. Even on the escalator. That can be hard on her lower body, so now she does it with dr. Scholls orthotics. Clinically proven to relieve and prevent foot, knee or lower back pain, by reducing the shock and stress that travel up her body with every step she takes. So keep on climbing, sarah. Youre killing it. Dr. Scholls. Born to move. 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Its vegan and its organic calling upon all of you, the internet timewasters, join me once more in just five to ten minutes of mindless effort. I need you to do this. Once more onto the bridge, my friends. Go to this website and tell me everything. Kmeeds miami john oliver issued a call for Net Neutrality<\/a>. Federal communications d the commission with comments to defend the regulation. Today some of the Biggest Tech Companies<\/a> like google are participating. Its a protest of the fccs plan to roll back obamaera net neutrali neutrality rules. They prohibit the slowing or blocking of websites content while treating other sites differently but in may the republicanled fcc voted to start changing Net Neutrality<\/a> rules. Editor in chief nick thompson. Good morning. Give us a net knneutrality less and why it matters. Its the principle that all the information that flows over the pipes that come onto your computer. Net neutrality is the principle that all that information has to be treated the same. So the companies that own the pipes cant say, you know what . We dont want that website to be fast. We want that one to be slow. And we dont like what that one is saying and were going to stop it all together and maybe youd like a tiered plan. Its a very important principle on the f we make more money, youll invest more heavily and well have the speeds. Its flourished pretty well pt it ooh working out pretty well and its a pretty innovative open space. And we reached out to fcc and they did not hav regulation, you might say that. Number twoing theyre very close to the Telecom Companies<\/a>. They will argue if you give the Telecom Companies<\/a> the internet has been a place of openness, where you can start a company, do what you want, and you can be reasonably certain if you put a site on the web, people can get to it. If youre opposed to something that comcast is running and is a competitor to what Time Warner Cable<\/a> has, they can shut you down. Its not just the competition. Its the entire principle. Have google and facebook a problem with Net Neutrality<\/a> . They do. All the executives are in favor of it but others maybe not so much. Theyre in favor of it today. Ahead, the smash hit has been a top product for five years. Your local news is next. Family of a prominent San Francisco<\/a> lawyer will make a new push to solve his mysterious murder. Jame killed outside hi good morning. Im anne makovec. Today the family of a prominent San Francisco<\/a> lawyer will make a new push to solve his mysterious murder. James gilliland was shot and killed outside his home in el cerrito last october. A 50,000 resward offered for any information leading to an arrest. Crews are investigating a twoalarm fire that damaged a commercial building in newark. The fire started with three instruction and then the flames spread to the building. Nobody was injured. Raffic and weather i n just a moment. Good morning, 8 27. An accident as you are make your approach towards the lower deck of the bay bridge slowing things down. This is eastbound 80 at 7th street. That offramp blocked and that has traffic backed up for miles. Right now, just to get from 280 to the 80 split, a little over 20 minutes. Whoo thats a tough one. Overty bay bridge toll plaza, things are still stacked up. We are in the red along the eastshore freeway jampacked just about a 45minute ride. Another 25 from the maze into downtown San Francisco<\/a>. San mateo bridge just under 30 minutes from hayward to foster city. Hats a check of your traffic; over to you. We have seen clearing a lot earlier this morning around the bay. Hi, everybody. Lets take a look outside right now. We still have some clouds stacked up along the immediate seashore. But look at that view all the way to the port of oakland and the estuary of alameda. The flag is a little bit on the fly at pier 9. Cloudy with drizzle at the cliff house towards ocean beach this morning. Well see the clouds clear there, hang tight to the daly city and colma areas. Otherwise, after dipping down to 49, its now 55 in santa rosa. Mid60s in san jose where later today well see seasonal highs. 83 typically where we should be at Mineta International<\/a> airport and, bam, thats what we have in the forecast. 78 through mill valley into san rafael including terra linda. Low 90s away from the bay. 60s at the immediate seashore. We do have similar conditions for your thursday, then High Pressure<\/a> on friday. We are seeing a gradual warming trend into the triple digits on saturday and sunday away from the bay. Air quality could take a hit. Hot on the weekend. Ill tell you all about it when i see you again its a haunting song. It became the most watched video on youtube this week with nearly 3 billion views. The film was released in 2017 from the movie furious 7. Whoop em gangham style that song held the top spot for five years. He tweeted about the accomplishment. He said i joined youtube back in 2007 hoping to make a video that would reach 10,000 views. Congratulations, charlie pew. You did it. Thats a beautiful song. Im not surprised. Welcome back to cbs this morning. First time ive ever seen it . Done that. See what we do here . Look inside the green room. Two guys that should probably be your best friend. Josh giegle, raise your hand. If youd like to get somewhere fast and save, josh and sherman should be your new best friends. Well explain what that is. Time to show you this mornings headlines. Bloomberg reports takata is expanding an airbag recall. Theyll recall an additional 2. 7 airbag inflaters linked to 11 deaths in the u. S. They could explode. They were made from 2005 through 2012. They were involved in vehicles made by nissan, mazda, and ford. Usa reports on a study saying 27 million americans are affected by smog and pollen. The pollution affects respiratory health. Researchers link the bad air to climate change. A republican anymore. Ive got to become an independence. All right. Thats big news for Joe Scarbrough<\/a> who seems to have a new hairdo. His fiancee macaques in the park. They were descended from monkeys in the 1930s as a tourist attraction. Theyre not grabbing you. Monkey see, monkey do. A company is announcing what it calls a historic achievement. Hyp hyperloop 1 is creating a new form of transportation. People will be transported at 700 miles an hour, faster than the speed of a boeing jet. First on cbs this morning, heres a look at the ffrt private test at a hyperloop test that took place in the nevada desert. Three, two, one, fire. The company now says it has the first fullscale hyperloop in the world. The goal is to have three systems in service by 2021. Cofounders josh giegle and Sherm Sherman<\/a> are here. A high five all over the place. Theyve been looking a that for a while. Why do you think you have it right now . We have it because we did it free idea to reality. This is our kitty hawk moment. We took a lot of inspiration from the Wright Brothers<\/a> and wanted to show the world it works. Its the first hyperloop skaul in the world. The structure weight is 200 poujds. We did the levitation, propulsion and vacuum as if you did your own flight. It will be the safest cleanest form of transportation in the world. What excites me about it is you can go from l. A. To San Francisco<\/a> in 30 minutes. Why should we not be terrified of getting in a tube. Were in a tube every day underground. We dont have any real concerns about in the event of emergency, so you can basically get out if wills an emergency just like you would in a tunnel. But youre not at 30,000 feet. I can get out and go where, josh . Where am i going . Theres emergency evac portds. But a subway is not going 700 miles an houring right . But were able to slow down, emergency breaking techniques, things that weve been testing. In the event something happens youre able to slow down safely. I know you have an ambitious goal of creating three in four years. Who pays for it. Thats a great question, norah. We need the support of people and governments around the world. You cant build hyperloops around the World Without<\/a> the support of governments we think of this as a form of transportation, new form of transportation like broad band. So highspeed transportation will be very similar to that in the same way they introduced broadband around world. We need their support to do it and were having amazing contact already. You need the land, right . Thats right. The rightofways are extremely important and building new infrastructure for world is so important. Were all stuck in traffic. It causes so much pain and wastes so much time for people. Speeding things up, making cities into metro spots and going, like gayle said, l. A. To San Francisco<\/a> in 30 minutes is gamechanging. Washington to new york, do you see that happening . Absolutely. The northeast corridor is a huge focus for us. Being able to go that fast will allow everyone to kind of spread around, live and work wherever they want. What about the rest of the country because so much of this conversation focuses on the east and west coast. The middle of the country, you want to bring it everywhere. Theres a few spots in texas as well as florida. We were looking a different areas around the world and if the last three or four months engaged with a few local governments on where this potential government could be. What are you worried about. I know you love your mom, your sister, your favorite daughter. What are you worried about . You have to have some concern. I love the high five and kitty hawk and all that. What are you concerned about now . Thats a great question. The number one concern is to make this idea a reality, and this was a huge step in showing the world today on this show that this is real, weve done it. And now its really to go to the next stage as norah said, connecting with the governments and actually building working hyperloops around the world. People have the courage to put this in place. Yep. To move forward on changing america. Thats right. I think if you had a chance to be around during the testing of kitty hawk, for an engineer, its pretty exciting. Its super exciting for those of us who travel a lot. We wish you the best of luck. Which is all of us. Safety and speed, you cant beat that. Congratulations. Josh geigel and solve the biggest art heist in history. Now, thieves made off with 13 masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart<\/a> Garner Museum<\/a> years ago. Seth doane visited an investigator in the netherlands who is the Indiana Jones<\/a> in the art world. Reporter 27 years later its still a mystery. Thieves targeted some of the highest art pieces from the Isabella Stewart<\/a> Garner Museum<\/a>. Major theft in boston, two thefts posed as Police Officers<\/a> stole art it included a rembrandt and a vermeer. Im 100 sure that theyre on the islands, 100 sure. Reporter its an audacious claim to make after nearly three decades. But art investigator says hes focusing on the republican party. We have talked with former members of the i. R. A. After a few drink,s, a few talks, you have to believe they know more. How do they believe you . We have a few ideas. Lets give this a shot. They worked to recover bronze horse statues which stood in front of adolf hitlers building. How is the stolen art used . They use it as payment for drug deals, for arm deals, sometimes they use it for like artnapping. They kidnap paintings and they use it to get a lesser sentence. Reporter to find pieces on the black market, he claims to have brokered deals with the terrorist group, the mafia, and a slew of shady characters. On one hand you have the police, insurance companies, collectors, and on the other hand you have the criminals, art thieves, and the forgers so these are two difference kind of worlds, and they do not communicate. So i put myself in the middle. Reporter recently he helped recover this art which has been stolen from a museume jager is restoring the damaged works. To see it now is quite a change from when you first saw it. Im very happy with it. Reporter the paintings had been stoleen in 2005 in a quaint town. 11 years later thanks to leads that followed to ukraine, five of the 24 pieces were returned with great fanfare. Ed a ad ad geerdink is the museums director. You left these as a reminder . A protest. Why a protest . There isnt anyone dead. Its art. Many people dont take it too serious. But he said folks should. Interpol ranked art crime as the fourth highest criminal trade. When you steal rembrandt and van gogh, its international heritage. It belongs to you, to me. Theyre offering a 10 million reward and hopes to get it back but when we asked them about rembrandt leads, they told us, theyre not new. We covered them years ago. Your leads are skeptical. The museum calls them dead end. Well see if its a dead end. Reporter nav fating this understo underworld requires patience, good luck, and a fair share of i have bravado. Its about something more than that. Its the fame. If you solve these after 27 years, what more can you do. Reporter its an irresistible challenge if whatever so far has been an unsolvable mystery. For cbs this morning, im skt doan in the netherlands. I see nothing wrong with a little reward money too. Very niece. One of the great mysteries in our i mean in one of the great museums. Your favorite apparently. I always love it. Its part of the drama, seeing the missing paintings, the frames up there. Now when you go back, youll have something more to look at. Maybe so. You can find podcast originals on apples itunes and podcast apps. Youre watching cbs t well, that does it for us. Be sure to tune in to thes mom. Where all the walls echo with laughter and every room has its own chapter youve carried on your familys tradition. Let us help you prepare for your familys future. Financial guidance while youre mastering life. From chase. So you can. Keeping a close eye on any hot spots. From a brush fire in san jose. Chopper five was over the East Foothills<\/a> earlier this morning. Officials good morning, its 8 55. Im kenny choi. Firefighters are keeping a close eye on hot spots from a brush fire in san jose. Chopper 5 was over the East Foothills<\/a> earlier this morning. Officials say at least one home is destroyed and at least one other is damaged. East bay m. U. D. Has signed off on a 19 overall increase in water rates. A 9. 25 hike kicked off at midnight. The second one in the works for next july. East bay m. U. D. Says a rise in water main breaks caused them to need additional funding. Several beaches are closed in santa cruz after a man says he was attacked by a great white shark. He wasnt hurt. The kayak had a bite mark in it. Santa cruz officials closed down several beaches and the main beach at the boardwalk. Stick around; well have weather and traffic in just a moment. Good morning, time now 8 57. We are tracking major delays for drivers heading along 101. An accident near bayshore boulevard and you can see that traffic is very slow. This is in that northbound direction. Speeds drop below 15 miles an hour as you are making your way through south San Francisco<\/a>. Over on 280, southbound 280 at hickey, we have an accident that has your ride heavy all the way down towards 380 there. 45minute ride along the eastshore freeway. And as you get to the maze, its another 17 minutes. We are back in the yellow for drivers heading across the bay bridge into San Francisco<\/a>. 17minute ride. Roberta . Good morning, everybody. This is our live weather camera looking out towards the bay waters. We have one of those tankers heading out to sea. Can you take a look at that right there . We do have the skies clearing sooner this morning and look at san jose. Its bright, the sky is blue. The air quality is terrific even with that fire that continues to burn in south san jose. We now have temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Its 66 in livermore. It is 58 degrees in oakland. Couple of things i want you to remember. Okay, three things. Not much change from yesterday. Inland highs will stay near average through thursday. Then the heat is back friday through the weekend. We have a beach hazard statement in effect for the beaches, that huge highlightiated for dangerous rip currents and sneaker waves. 60s to low 90s inland. 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