captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, december 16th, 2013. >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, december 16th, 2013. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin in south africa where the official ten-day mourning period for nelson mandela is over. this morning in the capital of pretoria, a 30-foot steel statue of the former president was unveiled in front of the union buildings where his presidential offices were and today also happens to be south africa's day of reconciliation, a national holiday that came into effect in 1994 at the end of apartheid. yesterday more than 4,000 people gathered in mandela's native village to pay their final respects. allen pizzey has that report from qunu. >> reporter: transported on a gun carriage over the land he loved most, nelson mandela was eulogized, remembered, mourned, and finally laid to rest. he had to be buried at midday so many of the 4 and a half thousand invited guests had started traveling before dawn. 95 candles, were for each year of mandela's remarkable life forme

captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, december 4th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, a lawyer for the engineer of the train that derailed as it sped through a curve, he told investigators he was in a daze just before the crash. four people died in the crash and more than 70 others were injured. william rockefeller, an engineer for ten years, has become the focus of the crash investigation. marlie hall is in new york with the latest. marlie, good morning. >> anne-marie, questions about rockefeller's role in the derailment have grown once it became known the train jumped the tracks going at an excessive speed. his attorney characterized rockefeller's state as highway hypnosis, while union officials said rockefeller basically anoth nodded off at the controls. >> he had one of those where, whoa, you drive your car and, you know, you stare at the same thing for so long, you know, he zoned and he caught himself, but he caught himself too late. >> rockefeller met with federal investigators yesterday afternoon. th

captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for ay, de >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, december 2nd, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, federal transportation officials have begun their investigation into the deadly crash of a new york city commuter train. at least four people were killed and more than 60 others injured. the metro north train was on its way from poughkeepsie to manhattan when it jumped the tracks as it rounded a curve yesterday morning. investigators are now looking into the train's speed, possible mechanical issue, and human error. marlie hall is at the crash site. marlie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. federal investigators continue to pore over this crash site this morning trying to determine what led to that deadly train derailment. investigators are trying to determine what caused a commuter train to jump the tracks, killing four and injuring more than 60. the investigation appears to center around how fast the train was moving as it reached a curve in the bronx just north of manha

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, december 31st, 2013. good morning, good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. and we begin this morning with bone-rattling cold weather that's covering the central u.s. and moving east. the arctic air mass has produced snow and ice, causing power outages from wisconsin to maine. there are windchill warnings in north dakota, minnesota and michigan. travel is difficult due to heavy snow in iowa. and the northeast may be in for a major snowstorm to begin the new year. meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz has more. >> here we go, the final day of 2013 and cold is going to be the rule for a lot of folks. especially in the north central united states, up in the northeast, as well as below average temperatures it will be bitterly cold in places like minnesota and north michigan. so you definitely have to bundle up if you're heading out to end one year and start another. and there's the core, 6 below zero in minneapolis. 8 below in bismarck. even atlanta into the 30s. the warm stuff in south florid

allen pizzey, cbs news, johannesburg. >> glor: that is the "cbs evening news" tonight. later on cbs 60 minutes. i'm jeff glor, cbs news in new york. scott pelley will be here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org lows we could see overnight. engines >>> it's cold and believe it or not it's going to get colder, the record lows we could see overnight tonight. e to the fast and furious tor-- gone too soo >> the sounds of high performance engines fill the air as thousands pay tribute to the fast and furious actor gone too soon. >> the all out security force at candlestick park that's nearly as tight at a presidential security detail. >> kpix5 news is next. ,,,,,,,, >>> this is kpix5 news. crac >> people all bundled up in hats, scarves and heavy coats to keep from shivering as temperatures barely crack 50 gr

captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsored by cbs this this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the government is out of the car business. late today we learned that the treasury sold off the last of its general motors shares at a loss to taxpayers of more than $10 billion. it was four years ago at the height of the great recession that president obama decided to bail out the bankrupt automaker, ordering general motors to overall its corporations and saving hundreds of thousands of jobs. now g.m. is not only making cars, but profits. here's senior business correspondent anthony mason. >> reporter: the auto industry was headed for a disastrous crash in 2009 when the government made the controversial decision to take over general motors. >> one of the first decisions that i made as president was to save the u.s. auto industry from collapse. >> reporter: taxpayers would invest $49.5 billion to keep g.m. afloat. with the sale of the last of its g.m. stock today the government's made back $39 billion-- a more than $10 billion loss, saving chrysler cos

captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, december 20th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning it is still unclear what caused the ceiling of a london theatre to collapse. the 112-year-old apollo theatre was packed when large chunks of plaster began falling during the performance of "the curious incident of a dog in the nighttime." a many as 80 people were injured, seven of them seriously. charlie d'agata is in our london bureau. charlie, good morning to you. >> good morning, to anne-marie. the ceiling collapsed about 45 minutes into the performance 678 now, one theory they're looking into is weather a torrential rainstorm may have had something to do with it. part of a ceiling collapsed in the middle of a performance of a blockbuster play packed with hundreds of creator goers. >> loud. bearing. i don't think the ceiling came down. dust, chandeliers, wood, that sort of stuff. >> reporter: many thought it was part of the play. >> we thought it was part of the theater and then -- yeah. we just

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captioning funded by cbs pulls a driver from >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, december 12, 2013. >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, the house is expected to vote on a bipartisan government bipartisan agreement that would prevent a government shutdown for two years. the senate is expected to take up the measure next week and the deal is expected to pass, but it's not without its critics which prompted an angry reply from the house speaker. susan mcginnis is in washington with more. susan, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. despite some grumblings, it is looking this morning like enough house republicans will support this plan to get it through the house during that vote that's expected today, and that's largely because of all of the blame the gop shouldered from the last government shutdown in october. but still there is that extreme right wing of the party that remains in no mood to compromise. the harshest criticism came from groups that raise money for conservative candidates. the club for growth said the plan was made up of bud

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, december 13th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> a compromise budget deal is headed to the senate after it was overwhelmingly passed by the house. last night's vote came after speaker john boehner unleashed a heated and unusual attack against conservatives who lobbied for the defeat. he accused the group of working against the interests of the republican party. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. the house passing this budget has been a rare show of compromise here on capitol hill. the process of getting it through the house has also made very public deep division between house republicans and house republicans. the house easily passed the budget with bipartisan support. house speaker john boehner himself announced the final tally. >> on this vote the ayes are 332, the noes are 94. >> reporter: it's a victory for the speaker who battled tea party aligned groups who urged the republicans to vote no. boehner says those organizat

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, december 6th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning nelson mandela is being remembered for his resolve and ability to forgive, traits that helped peacefully end the brutal segregationist policy in his native south africa. south africa's first black president died yesterday at the age of 95 following a long illness. he was surrounded by his family. mandela's fight against apartheid made him an inspiration to millions, including president obama. >> i would study his words and his writings. the day he was released from prison, he gave me a sense of what human beings can do when they're guided by their hopes and not by their fears. >> when mandela died, crowds gathered throughout south africa to mourn his death and celebrate his life. debora patta is in johannesburg with the latest. debora, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. well, i'm outside nelson mandela's home. they woke up to the news he had died. it came as no surprise because his health has

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs mor >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, december 19th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the secret service is investigating a credit and debit card security breach at one of the nation's largest retailers, target. the data theft could potentially involve millions of target customers. tara mergener is in washington. tara, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. >> this is believed to be an extensive security breach that took place at thousands of target registers from coast to coast, but this morning most customers don't know it. cbs news has confirmed the secret service is investigating a security breach that involves stolen credit and debit card information from potentially millions of target customers. >> i almost never use cash anymore. i almost use credit cards all the time, so that scares me. >> reporter: a closely watched security blog says the breach started on black friday and lasted until this week. the report states investigators believe thieves stole the data from credit card machines in a

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captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs ♪ >>> pope francis celebrates his celebrates his first christmas mass as leader of the roman catholic church. >>> two astronauts fix a faulty cooling system on the international space station. >> you got yourself a new pump module. >>> and a christmas eve surprise for a las vegas cabbie. this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, december 25th, 2013. >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. and merry christmas. we begin with an attack on a u.s. diplomatic post. early this morning, the u.s. embassy in kabul, afghanistan came under fire. two rockets struck the compound before dawn. the attack sent hundreds scrambling and embassy officials say there are no injuries. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. but it is christmas and christians around the world are celebrating this morning. in the holy land, thousands of pilgrims are in bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of jesus. a christmas tree lights up manger square and a marching band performed. the latin patriarch led midnight mass. alphonso van marsh repo

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allen pizzey, cbs news, johannesburg. >> jeff: that is the "cbs evening news" tonight. later on cbs 60 minutes. i'm jeff glor, cbs news in new york. scott pelley will be here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org zçzçtó >>> yeah, we had a little snow like right outside our house, but we don't see any ice yet. but i guess it's going to get worse. >> that snow and rain is turning to ice. what will it mean for your morning commute? hello everybody, i'm bruce johnson, thanks for joining us tonight. ice is forming over most of the washington area. it's the last and most dangerous phase of the current winter storm. fairfax and loudon counties are among the school districts that will be closed tomorrow. the complete list is on the bottof

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. it was a remarkable moment in history today-- the first black president of south africa eulogized by the first black president of the united states. president obama spoke in soweto. the love was written all over the faces of the tens of thousands who attended. mr. obama urged young people in south africa and around the world to remember mandela and make his work their own. here's bill whitaker. >> reporter: hours before the memorial service, people started pouring into the huge soccer stadium. not even pouring rain could dampen their spirit. outside, a parade of dignitaries and celebrities were streaming in. more than 90 world leaders came to show their respect for nelson mandela. princes, prime ministers, three former and one current u.s. president. when president obama appeared... >> president barack obama. (cheers and applause) >> reporter: ...the crowd erupted. then, he stood to eulogize mandela. his speech was personal. >> over 30 years ago, while still a student, i learned of n

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captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, december 11th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, beginning today nelson mandela's body will lie instate for three days in the building where he took office as south africa's first black president. the union buildings in pretoria is where mandela served only one term. family members are expected to view the casket today. alphonso van marsh is in pretoria. alphon alphonso, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. some are calling it a pilgrimage because people have come so far. behind me in the union building that's where the body of nelson mandela lies instate. police escorted nelson mandela's body to the union buildings in pretoria, south africa, where he'll lie instate for the next three days. mandela's oldest grandson was on hand to receive the flag-draped casket. the family was the first to view the body followed by dignitaries and the public. >> i feel bad because my heart is so -- because my tata is gone. >> reporter: the somber mood at the g

i was working for cbs. the thing i most remember is they had taken all of the luggage scattered all over the hills. they put everything through a washing ma cheern. cleaned it folded it and put everything back to give to the families. >> what's amazing to me is the plane blew up at over 31,000 fee. that means the recording were flown out 25 years later. riveting even all these years later. >> thank you so much. >> you got it. >>> minnesota star tribune says target is offering its customers a 10% discount this weekend following the giant breach that may have compromised 40 million customers. target is also offering one year of free credit monitoring for those customers. >> freeman was shot in front of his wife. the alleged car jackers drove off with his suv. >>> washington post says family of levinson have met. he's been missing in iran for four years. his familiaritily is working to get himself released. >>> the "navy times" says two were fired. the women were forced to carry plastic bags filled with human

barry petersen, cbs news, boulder, colorado. >> glor: that is the cbs evening news tonight. later on cbs 60 minutes. i am jeff glor, cbs news in new york, scott pelley will be here tomorrow. good night. walker. the likely factor that contributed to the crash. and hear the very emotional words from his fa. on this world aids day --- memorial grove in golden ga park means to survivors. anw they say aids needs to be delt with in this countr a humane alternative treatment coming for mounta lions that step from the his into neighborhoods. kpix 5 news is next. good evening... i'm brian ,, ,,,,,,,, look who's heading home nowm the long holiday weekend. ts is interstate 680 in dublin- 's jammed as people make thei >>> good evening. look who is heading home now from the long holiday weekend? this is interstate

captioning funded by cbs captionided cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, december 30th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, a second deadly terror attack in less than 24 hours is raising new safety concerns in russia just 39 days before it hosts the olympics. a bomb ripped through a bus in volgograd this morning, killing at least 14 people and injuring others. on sunday a suicide bomber killed at least 17 at a train station. volgograd is about 400 miles from sochi where the winter games are being held in february. susan mcginnis has the latest. in washington. susan, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. the death toll for both of these bombings could still rise from here. there is said to be widespread panic in volgograd and large worries about the upcoming olympic games with a rebel cheh chen leader calling specifically for attacks at the olympics. a burned out shell is all that's left after a bomb ripped through this bus in the russian city of volgograd. this is the second attack in the city in just two days. on sunday at least 17

james brown, cbs news, next. two astronauts head outside the space station to try to fix a critical cooling system. bill whitaker has the latest. edward snowden declares "mission accomplished" after his leaks forced a reassessment of u.s. surveillance programs. bob orr reports. america's retailers won't be celebrating. anna werner looks at the disappointing numbers from this year's holiday shopping season. and it happened one christmas eve. dean reynolds on the picture that changed the way we look at our world. >> oh, my god, l captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> brown: good evening. scott is off tonight. i'm james brown. this is our western edition. when something breaks on the international space station, there is no repairman to call so today, two astronauts suited up for the second time this week to complete the job of fixing a critical cooling system. a pump broke earlier this month, and today's mission was to swap out the old one with the new one. bill whitaker h

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, december 5th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning much of the country is in the grips of a ended up. our affiliate in boston has more on the dropping temperatures and the weather. >> a big cold outbreak is in progress and it's going to be felt across the west first. look at the heise. 12 in denver. many spots will stay in subzero temperatures all the way through next week. the cold air continues to move down the plains and by the weekend stretching over toward chicago. high of 21. just a goose egg in minneapolis. the only safe spot on the map is going to be south georgia and florida. that's where you're going to want to go to escape all the cold. you're talking significant snow across the rockies but then it works its way toward the ohio valley and reaching back. places like eastern oklahoma, tulsa, 6 to 7 inches over the next 12 hours. ice and sleet. this is what makes driving so dangerous. east ward toward paducah could see over a quarter inch of iegs which could

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, december 18th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, two winning tickets were sold for last night's mega millions jackpot, the second largest lottery prize in u.s. history. lottery officials say one ticket was sold at a newsstand in atlanta, georgia, and another at a gift shop in san jose, california. the winning numbers are -- lottery officials say the jackpot is expected to exceed $647 million when the final ticket sales are calculated later today. now, the seller of the winning ticket gets a small percentage of the winnings and early this morning outside the san jose store, the man who says he is the owner was clearly excited. >> the lottery called me and let me know. i come and take a look, you know. but everybody here, whoa. >> mega millions changed the rules in october making it harder to win. the odds of winning the jackpot are now about one in 259 million. there were 20 tickets sold that had the five winning numbers but not the mega ball number. those tickets are wor

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we learned something new today about one of the most heinous crimes in american history-- the fatal shooting of 20 first graders and six adults at sandy hook elementary school. newtown, connecticut, released audio recordings of some of the 911 calls and what struck us as we heard them is that while the gunman was doing what no one could have imagined, police dispatchers and others were doing all anyone could have hoped for to try to save lives. here's jim axelrod with the story that the tapes tell. >> reporter: from the moment the shooter fired his way through the front door the courage and professionalism of those on both ends of the emergency calls are unmistakable. school secretary barbara hallstead made the first call at 9:35:39. 9:35 >> reporter: 34 seconds later, a custodian named rick thorne made the second call to 911. custodian ed rick made all to >> reporter: thorne would stay on the phone for nearly ten minutes even with gunshots going off in the background. the dispatcher

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> good evening, i'm jim axelrod. this is the western version of the broadcast. we officially welcomed winter today and had just about every type of weather to mark the occasion. they were shoveling snow in arizona where it was in the 30s. runners were in shorts in washington, d.c. where it was in the mid 60s. but the headline tonight is a massive and potentially very dangerous storm system that stretches from the texas panhandle all the way to maine. freezing rain gripped swaths of oklahoma and missouri as the massive front pushing across the heartland disrupted travel on roads and in the air. the storm knocked out power to 8,000 in oklahoma. police say icy roads were responsible for at least two traffic related deaths. unseasonably warm air across the south spurred severe thunderstorms that caused flooding in parts of kentucky. there were reports of tornadoes in tennessee and louisiana. more than 5,000 flights were delayed or cancelled, according to flightaware.com. dallas-fort worth and chicago's o'hare airport-- b

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. nsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the thought of it is frightening: the pilot of a jetliner with more than 300 people on board doubted that he had the ability to land the plane. that's what we learned today about the asiana 777 that crashed last summer at the san francisco airport. the pilot said he was worried about landing without the aid of the airport's instrument landing system which had been turned off because of construction. the national transportation safety board held a hearing today about the crash which killed three people and has raised questions about whether pilots have become too reliant on automated systems. transportation correspondent jeff pegues has the final moments of flight 214. >> reporter: this airport camera video released today by the n.t.s.b. shows a clear view of asiana airlines flight 214 as it strikes a sea wall short of the runway, catches fire and is spun around nearly 360 degrees. a trainee captain was flying the 777 durin

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8:00, 7:00 central only cbs. two fouls on young. hancock off the back of the rim. kentucky by one at the midway point of the second half. young on the baseline, jumper. underneath jones coming out with it. >> greg: how about the rebound by chris jones. he moved dakari out of the way there to get that defensive rebound. >> jim: putback, too strong by behanan, poythress clears for kentucky. the drive is going to be a charge called. >> greg: good job of moving his feet, hancock, sliding over. he establishes the position before harrison leaves his feet which is another point of emphasis by the officials this season. >> jim: andrew harrison sits down with three fouls. jones, he is called for -- >> greg: i'd have to see that one again. i didn't think that he turned it over. actually i take that back. that's a very good call by the officials. i didn't think the last one was. louisville has gone to the zone because they known this kentucky group has ha tough time of getting the ball in the paint. >> jim: back outside. sm

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, december 17th, 2013. good morning, good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, a federal judge has ruled that the national security agency's bulk collection of phone records of millions of americans is unconstitutional, it's a blistering attack on the program. the judge ordered the government to stop collecting data and then suspended his ruling because of national security interests. tara mergener has more from washington. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. the judge says the nsa's methods may well violate the fourth amendment. now, this federal ruling carries so much weight because it's the first against the government spying program. a federal judge has ruled the national security agency should stop its full collection of american's phone records. saying it is likely unconstitutional. under the nsa program, the government said, it collects and stores metadata on hundreds of millions of telephone calls in the hunt for potential terrorists. >> what number called, what number,

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, the south african government announced plans today for a week of memorial services for nelson mandela, culminating with his funeral a week from sunday. president obama will lead a u.s. delegation, expected to include a number of former presidents, though it is not known which of the services he will attend. mourners continued to gather today at mandela's home in johannesburg where he died last night and at his former home in soweto. perhaps no one image summed up his legacy better than this. >> blacks and whites signed by side honoring the father of a multiracial south africa, a man who became a worldwide symbol for racial equality. >> debra patta is there. dance today. from the sprawling township of soweto to the plush upmarket suburb of hall on the, it was precisely the kind of sendoff nelson mandela would have loved. since his death was announced, south africans from all over the country have been making a pilgrimage to mandela's home in johannesburg. they came bearing flowers, gi

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> good evening, i'm jim axelrod and this is a western edition of the newscast. >>> one million woke up without 1.3 million americans woke up this morning without this unemployment benefits and several million more could lose theirs over the course of the next year. the federal program designed to help the long-term unemployed has expired and anyone who has been collecting unemployment for more than 26 weeks will be affected. california now has the highest number of people in that category, 220,000. nevada, illinois, pennsylvania, connecticut, new york, new jersey, and massachusetts, also have much higher than average numbers of people out of work for that long. jeff pegues tells us what the outlook is for those adjusting to this new unemployment reality. >> reporter: two-year-old sophia lowe knows how to make her parents mary and terry smile. the family hasn't had a lot to celebrate this year. mary has been out of work for ten months, relying on a weekly unemployment benefit of $362 dollars. it ended today. >> it's not corre

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, december 24th, 2013. good morning, good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. it is deadline day again for theardable care act. the obama administration is giving americans who want coverage on january 1st one more day to sign up. as nancy cordes reports a lot of people need the extra time. >> reporter: these last-minute shoppers at highland mall in austin, texas weren't there to buy gifts. >> there's a policy number and then there's a member i.d. >> reporter: they were there to purchase health insurance through a federal exchange with the help of staffers through a nonprofit. the group insure central texas signed up more people on monday than all the time. >> we'll probably surpass the day. >> reporter: there was a mad dash in virginia and on online. more than 1 million people have visited healthcare.gov. about five times more than last monday. some users were told to wait here when they tried to logon or to read their e-mail so they could be notified when demand flowed. the administration announced the

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, today a very optimistic president obama predicted the that 2014 could be a breakthrough year on the economy for the united states, but he conceded that he'll have to deal with some unfinished business from 2013, including the surveillance programs exposed by edward snowden. on monday, a federal judge said the collection of phone records of millions of americans is probably unconstitutional. then, on wednesday, a panel appointed by the president said the program needs to be reigned in. well, today, the president signaled that he's ready to do that. but is he ready to cut the fugitive snowden any slack? snowden was granted asylum by russia. he's charged with stealing and spreading classified information. major garrett asked the president about all this at the news conference today. major? >> reporter: scott, the idea of the obama administration granting amnesty or negotiating a plea agreement with edward snowden was first raised by rick leggett, he's the head of the government task for

capt captioning sponsored by cbs is is the "cbs evening news" this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, well, the curve was sharp and the train was going way too fast. late today, federal investigators say that the commuter train was bolting down the track at 82 miles an hour as it approaches the 30 miles an hour zone in the bronx, new york, early yesterday. cars from the metro north train flew off the tracks and nearly into the harlem river. four people were killed. some were thrown from the train. 75 others were hurt and 11 of them critically injured. investigators are poring over the data from the trains black boxes to find out why this happened. we have a team of correspondents covering the story starting with jeff pegues at the crash scene. jeff? >> reporter: scott, investigators were able to determine the speed of the train from the black box which is show the throttle was cut and the brakes were applied far too late. by the time the train reached the curve it was traveling nearly three times as fast as it should have been. earl wainer is an n.t.s.

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, december 11th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, beginning today nelson mandela's body will lie in state for three dates in a building where he took office as south africa's first black president. the union is where he served one term. alphonso van marsh is in pretoria, alphonso. >> reporter: good morning, an marie. some are calling it a pilgrimage because people have come so far. behind me in the union building that's where the body of nelson mandela lies instate. he will lie instate for the next three days. mandel mandela's oldest grandson was on hand to receive the flag-draped casket. >> i feel bad because my heart is so -- because my tata is gone. >> reporter: it's in stark contrast to the streets. there south africans sang and danced as they waited for their first glimpse of mandela's body since he passed away last week. a motorcade will bring mandela's body from the military hospitals to the union buildings back every day until friday to give more opportunity for s

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. breaking news tonight from london. part of a theater has collapsed as hundreds of people were watching a play. the police say dozens have been hurt and some of those injuries are serious. charlie d'agata is on the scene. charlie? >> reporter: scott, the very latest from the london ambulance services tonight, more than 80 people have been wounded, a handful of those seriously wounded. they've been take on the the hospital. several people were trapped inside when the ceiling collapsed. we understand from authorities that they have since been rescued. part of the ceiling collapsed in the middle of a performance of blockbuster play packed with over 700 theater goers. >> a loud bang, i don't think it was an explosion and the ceiling came down. a lot of dust, chandelier, wood and all that sort of stuff. >> reporter: many said they thought the loud noises were part of the play. >> we originally thought it was sound effects of the theater and then -- of the play, yeah. then we looked up and

welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up, remembering actor peter o'toole. we'll look back on a mem or only conversation. a dashing fill star spanning several generations. >>> the china's moon rover announces its next big steph. professor michioeechichio kaku is in our green room. he looks at two programs and kwhie money may have a mid-life crisis. that's ahead. >>> this morning we start with a controversial issue. it's personal information that could end up being taken for a ride. don dahler is with us this morning. >> all they have to do is file a formal request, but now some businesses are filing formal requests to help them identify clients, and taxpayers are footing the bill. >> 198 market street. >> reporter: if you get a traffic ticket in new jersey your full name home address, the date and type of violation are public so anyone can obtain that information by filing a simple records request. >> harassment. i thought it was harassment. >> reporter: after ruben rodriguez was given a ticket. he got seven letter