the courts have ruled very clearly that this structure is owned by cbs. was owned by cbs. it was removed by cbs. there was no indication that it was anything other than voluntary. the planning code section states no ambiguity that a sign voluntarily removed cannot be restored. no new general advertising signs are allowed in the city. based on this, we submit to you that the denial of this permit be upheld. i am available for any questions. >> can you talk about the rationale behind 604 and 6 11? >> there was some discussion about the rationale. there was a dialogue about the intent behind it. i can only offer my own, the department's own thoughts in implementing it. there is a general intent, that they be eliminated over time. 604 adds teeth to that principal. it adds a clear outline and i would have to defer to the legislative intent. president goh: thank you. any thing further? the matter is -- >> i will toss my question to an appellant does well in. -- to an appellant as well. >> you spoke about -- whamr. gladstone is here, he is the person to handle both of the appeals

this is the "cbs morning news." 9/11. i'm betty nguyen. this is the "cbs morning news." . it's real milk full of calcium and vitamin d. and tastes simply delicious. for those of us with lactose intolerance... lactaid® milk. the original 100% lactose-free milk. >>> the images of 9/11 are burned into the memories of every american old enough to remember that terrible day. but we are just now hearing some of the sounds associated with the attacks as hijackers turned jetliners filled with people into weapons. bob orr has this tale. >> reporter: two hours of horror and confusion began with american airlines supervisor vivian gonzalez telling her operations center of a chilling phone call from the flight. >> the flight attendance is advising our rep. that the pilot has been stabbed. >> reporter: one minute later mohammed atta thinking he was talking to passengers was heard over the radio. >> nobody move. everything is okay. if you try to make any move, you will injure yourself and the airplane. >> reporter: the jetliner turned south toward new york. the northeast asked the defe

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. we begin tonight with the rising death toll from yesterday's air show accident in nevada. the crash at the national chance air races outside reno killed the pilot and at least eight people on the ground and left dozens of others injured. karen brown has the story and the terrifying pictures. >> reporter: it was the third lap of the race when a p-51 vintage world war ii plane soaring at speeds of up to 500 miles per hour suddenly took a fatal nose dive towards the stands, terrorizing a crowd of thousands, all in front of the pilot's friends and family. >> oh, my god! >> some things i can't even describe. it looked like a war zone. >> reporter: dr. jerry lent raced from the stands to help. >> at the time you don't have time to think. you just think of all the injured people and the stretchers. >> reporter: nurse and pilot also jumped in to assist the nearly 60 injured. >> they had pieces of issue on their hair and blood on their clothing. >> reporter: the pilot was veteran race

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the f.b.i. says that it's been running a sting operation against an aspiring terrorist who intended to fly model planes with explosives into washington landmarks. an attack like that would likely not do a great deal of damage, but federal prosecutors say that the man, an american from massachusetts, was determined to wage war on american soil. bob orr has been talking to his sources and has learned details of the plot and the sting. bob. >> reporter: scott, u.s. officials tell us the suspect was deadly serious about his plans to attack the u.s. capitol and the pentagon with remote- controlled airplanes filled with explosives, but the plot had no chance of succeeding. 26-year-old rezwan ferdaus went by the name of bollywood when he played in a massachusetts band. but u.s. officials say the drummer is also a self- radicalized jihaddist, intent on attacking americans in the u.s. and overseas. ferdaus was arrested this morning and now faces charges of plotting attacks and supporting a fo

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chip reid, cbs news, washington. >> mitchell: and that is the "cbs evening news." i'm russ mitchell in new york. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org le mystery. what they say about new evidence, near where human remains were found. "...the site out there we're going to have many casualties" tonight: the chaos after the air race crash. the emergency calls, and the key pieces of evidence. "...probably offend some people" and some fans cry "foul." the new security measures at candlestick, and n-f-l stadiums nationwide. cbs 5 eyewitness news is next. good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. ,,,,,,

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she tells cbs 5 by phone, this discovery was remarkable. because amber the labrador is not a trained cadaver dog. amber sprinted to the exact location where michelle's remains were found. but mark says it's more likely this cell tower and less of a curious canine that unearthed le's remains. this family wants to find their daughter and they want to bring her home, hopefully alive. >> so his group and scores of volunteers went to the canyon alongside terri. finding le was a group effort. so he is dubious of her intentions, now that the mom of profound loss has scheduled a solo tell all press conference in san diego tomorrow. >> tonight, heyward police say that she backed away from that murder scene and that may help explain why there is confusion over who found the remains. tonight, police sources are confirming to cbs 5 that lis police have not ford a murder weapon. all of the evidence points to stebon who is in custody, already charged with le's murder. >>> thank you. >>> a five-year-old girl walking home from school with her dad is shot.

this is the cbs morning news for tuesday, september 20th, this is the cbs morning news for tuesday, september 20th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everyone. appreciate you joining us on this tuesday. i'm terrell brown. as of this morning, gays can openly serve in the united states military. the 18-year-old clinton era law commonly known as don't ask, don't tell, has been formally replaced. for weeks, the military has been accepting applications from openly gay troops. it's something supporters call historic for gay rights. susan mcginnis is in washington with more this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning, terrell. this is a historic shift in policy. since 1993, any troops identifying themselves as gay faced automatic discharge and more than 13,000 people were discharged for it. well, today, all that changed. today, for the first time, gays and lesbians may serve their country without hiding their sexual identity. after nearly 18 years, the ban on gay service members known as don't ask, don't tell, ended just after midnight. >> it's a great day. it's a long time com

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> mitchell: good evening, scott is on assignment. some parts of the south are burning up tonight, others are underwater. in a perfect world, tropical storm lee would have brought much-needed rain to parts of texas, fighting through its worst drought in half a century. but it didn't work out that way, instead, its rains overwhelmed sections of the gulf coast including louisiana and mississippi. what texas got from lee was wind-- lots of it. and that whipped up wildfires that killed at least two people. several are burning near the capital city of austin and the only way to battle the quick-moving fires is from the air. >> i never did get to get to the house, see anything, get anything. this is... what i have on is all i was able to leave the his with yesterday. >> mitchell: chris coffee from our atill i can't tell in texas, chris, what's the latest in bastrop? >> reporter: you'll see smoke like a panoramic shot all around us. at last report, 14,000 acres of bastrop county have been affected. that's about 16 mi

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we like to think that when we're seriously ill and there's a drug to treat that illness that that drug will be available. but today we learned that we can't always depend on that. a new report tells us that there is a shortage of more than 200 prescription drugs in the country. some of them critical for cancer and heart patients. 82% of hospitals say they have delayed treatment because of short supplies. the food and drug administration talked today about what to do about it and we asked our medical correspondent, dr. jon lapook, to bring us up to date. >> reporter: today an f.d.a. panel heard just how frustrated doctors are about the shortage of drugs. >> pharmaceutical representatives spend bazillions of dollars trying to influence me to buy their drugs. on most of these drugs, i'm sold. i'll buy them, you know? i'll use them, okay? just make them! >> reporter: drugs used by hospitals make up the bulk of the more than 200 medications in critical short supply. 87% are generic, not b

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join us for cbs 5 early edition ... beginning at 4:30. ,,,,investigation into the >>> here is another look at this morning's top stories. cbs news learned new jersey governor chris christie is considering a run for the republican presidential nomination. republican insiders tell cbs news the odds of christie running are at 50/50. >>> amanda knox returned to an italian courtroom this morning. a verdict is expected on monday. >>> now to one of those, from the everything you know is wrong file kind of stories here. we've been taught that only humans and our primate cousins use tools. turns out other species do, too. amazingly the list now includes fish. here is mike sugarman of cbs station kpix in san francisco. >> this is something you have never seen before. few humans ever have. uc santa cruz biologist giacomo bernardi describes it with infectious enthusiasm. why not? he spent the last 15 years trying upwards of 4,000 times to capture such a moment, one no human has ever captured before. >> that was one of those eureka moments where you f

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. for a president hoping to be re-elected, barack obama got a lot of bad news today. a bloomberg news national poll asked voters about the direction of the country, and 72% said it's on the wrong track. in a field poll, california voters were asked about the president's job performance. only 46% approved, 44% disapproved. and that is the first time his approval rating has fallen below 50% in that critical state that we won in 2008. perhaps the biggest wake-up call came in a special election in new york city for a congressional seat. one thing you should know about the seat in the ninth congressional district it's democrat always wins it. but that ended with a republican here's jim axelrod. >> how's he doing, bob turner? turner is celebrating his upset victory in a district where democrats outnumber republicans three to one. a district president obama carried 55/45 three years ago. a republican won the seat for the first time in more than 90 years but for many voters in the district, th

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, september 26th, 2011. good morning, everybody. appreciate you joining us. i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen this morning. >>> with his poll numbers down and next year's election looming, president obama is in campaign mode and in california this morning for a town hall meeting for jobs in the economy. part of a three-day west coast campaign and fund-raising swing. the president is both attacking his would-be republican opponents and issuing a call for arms to his supporters. this is what he said earlier in the day at an event in seattle. >> i need you to talk to your friends and your neighbors and coworkers and tell them, you know what? we are not finished yet. we have got more work to do. we are going to build an american that we believe in. >> later at an event when tv cameras were not in the room, the president cranked up reporters telling them the republican's vision of government is an approach that will, quote, fundamentally cripple american. even though he didn't mention him by name, he referred

join us for cbs 5 early edition ... beginning at 4:30. se,,,, >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. tropical depression lee bringing heavy rains to the southeast, rain also headed east to the ohio river valley. large thunderstorms will develop in the northeast later in the day and great lakes cool with tempb temps in the 50s and 60s. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. lee is now a tropical depression, after slamming into the gulf coast. the storm dumped more than a foot of rain in new orleans but the city's levees held. flash flooding is feared in the parts of the south as lee moves up the east coast this week. >>> and president obama is headed to detroit this labor day to talk about how to create jobs and strengthen the economy. republican presidential hopefuls are also on the road hoping to win votes. the president unveils his new jobs plan this thursday. >>> scary landing for passengers aboard a united jet in canada. the plane skidded off a wet runway at ottawa international airport. the f

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, september 29th, 2011. good morning everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. >>> a massachusetts man is in custody this morning on charges he plotted terror attacks on washington, d.c. and the pentagon using remote control aircraft. rezwan ferdaus is a 26-year-old citizen, a college graduate with a degree in physics. he told authorities he wanted to attack the enemies of allah. susan mcginnis is in washington with much more on this. good morning, susan. >> good morning, betty. >> reporter: ferdaus started planning this attack early this year, after being convinced that america was evil. according to a federal affiliated he planned to hit the pentagon and blow the u.s. capital to smithereens. a van with dark windows drove ferdaus away from a courthouse outside washington, hours after for plotting the u.s. capital and the pentagon. authorities say ferdaus, who graduated from northwest university with a physics degree, planned to fly model planes like these stuffed with explosives into the building.

." >> i've said it and i'm glad captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scot pelley. >> pelley: good evening. america's economic troubles began when the housing bubble burst and so economists look for housing and any signs of a recovery and today they may see some. a report out today says some home prices in 20 cities rose in july nine-tenths of a percent from the previous month. but prices are still down 4.1% from the previous year. and look at this, housing prices are down 30.9% since the housing market peaked in june, 2006. we asked senior business correspondent anthony mason to tell us what we should make of the latest numbers. >> reporter: in their ferndale, michigan home, ray and brianna scott are underwater. deep underwater. >> it's terrible. it's... it's not the way it should be. >> reporter: six years ago, they bought the house they're raising their two sons in for $132,000. but even with a slight increase in value in recent months, it's now worth only about $80,000. >> we're $50,000, roughly, in the hole. we're probably never going to get that back.

byron pitts, cbs news, merrick, new york. >> pelley: that's the "cbs evening news." for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs >>> i would like to have the whole house back, the way it was. >> inferno 245 changed a bay -- that changed a bay area neighborhood forever. >>> the first family to rebuild, as loved ones remember to gather the victims. >> the bay area on alert, the highly specialized viper ti

join us for cbs 5 early edition ... beginning at 4:30. ,,,, >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. remains of tropical storm lee will linger over the east coast with flood-producing rain from the mid-atlantic states to the northeast. scattered storms are moving from the desert southwest to the rocky mountain states. texas and the southern plains are cooler. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. huge wildfire near austin, texas, is being blamed for two more deaths. the fires destroyed nearly 600 homes and scorched 45 square miles of land. >>> investigators in nevada don't know what prompted a man to open fire with an assault fire, killing four people and wounding seven others with an assault rifle before taking his own life. >>> tomorrow the president will address the nation, the topic how to put americans back to work. high unemployment remains the single biggest drag on the economy. anthony mason reports. >> reporter: even over a rainy labor day weekend in atlanta, hundreds of

in san martin, cbs 5. triple in san martin, cbs 5. triple digits across the bay ,,,,,,,,, >>> though these are the days that tourists come here and they say wow, the weather in san francisco is perfect out here. >> then they move here. >> reality sets in. >> like tonight with the low clouds and fog pushed back on shore. everybody clambered towards the souvenir shops to buy shirts that they escape from alcatraz. the city of san francisco. let's take a peek outside where we do have this fog. the low clouds that have pushed into the bay. it's a very thin deck of clouds, however. it will stay pretty much put together. not saturating the inland areas, but the bottom line is, tonight, we will have a mainly starry evening. temperatures mid 50s to low 60s. very mild tomorrow. from 74 in san francisco to 88 in san jose. that's about ten degrees cooler than what we experienced today. we have the clouds and transition here, that will make for a cooler day at the coast. knocking back the temperatures inland as well. the bottom line is, it will be

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the economy is stuck in neutral. the government reported today that every time a job was created in august, another job was lost, the first time that's happened in 66 years. the result? no job growth at all last month and the jobless rate held steady at 9.1%. discouraging news for the nearly 14 million americans officially listed as unemployed. six million of them have been out of work for more than six months. anthony mason now on the reality facing the president as he prepares to roll out a new jobs plan next week. >> reporter: in the heat of the summer, the u.s. economy was hit with a hiring freeze. private businesses added a meager 17,000 jobs in august, but government job cuts wiped out even that little gain. >> it's pretty alarming. >> reporter: economist ellen zentner. >> it shows we've got real problems with keeping this economic recovery going. >> reporter: job growth has been eroding steadily all year. the average monthly gain in the first quarter was 166,000. it dropped be

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we have those dramatic pictures this evening of two americans released today after 26 months in an iranian prison. these are the families waiting as shane bauer on the left and joshua fattal bounded into freedom. they landed in the persian gulf country of oman. president obama said today, "we're thrilled. they shouldn't have been held in the first place." seth doane has our story, beginning with that remarkable reunion. ( cheers ) >> reporter: dashing from the plane and right into the arms of waiting family, shane bauer and josh fattal finally tasted freedom. ( cheers ) bauer fell into sarah shourd's embrace. shourd had been hiking with the two men in july 2009. bauer and shroud got engaged while in prison. the two men then briefly spoke to the media gather on the tarmac in muscat, oman. >> we are so happy we are free and relieved we are free. >> two years in prison is too long and we sincerely hope for the freedom of other political prisoners and other unjustly imprisoned people in

armen keteyian, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news." for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org they say they're raising money for needy kids. but some >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> where are they coming from? is this legit? >>> new at six color. they say we're saving money. what cbs 5 found out about a controversial group of fundraisers targeting e

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. acre by acre, home by home, wildfires are destroying more and more of the lone star state. at least 57 fires are burning tonight in texas, helped by strong winds and a record drought. more than a thousand homes have been destroyed. more than half of them by a single wildfire in bastrop county near austin. the most destructive wildfire in state history is now blamed for at least two deaths. since december in texas, an area the size of connecticut has gone up in flames. dean reynolds is at the scene of a so far losing battle to get the bastrop fire under control. >> reporter: scott, the fire and heat are so intense in some places that firemen are describing trees literally exploding into flames. it's just too dangerous for them to get very close so there's been a heavy reliance on air power to try to douse the fire. the year-long drought, though, has turned the area into a tinderbox and that's one reason why they can not say they're close to containing this blaze. a firefighter told us

cbs news learned christie is seriously reconsidering. susan mcginnis in washington getting us started. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, terrell. he is still ducking questions about it, but it is possible that all of the prodding and pleading really does have governor christie thinking twice. new jersey governor chris christie steered clear of any presidential talk at a rally for louisiana governor bobby jindal. >> we want there to be more and more successful people in louisiana and america. >> reporter: republican insiders tell cbs news christie is seriously considering jumping into the gop race, putting the odds at 50/50. >> i've had a slow week, very low key. you haven't seen me around at all. >> reporter: the first-term governor repeatedly rejected growing calls for him to run. but this week supporters unhappy with the current gop field begged him to change his mind. with the first primaries only a few months away, political analysts say christie will have to make up his mind soon. those already in the race are busy try

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. president obama called today for $1.5 trillion in new taxes to reduce the deficit, but the republican leadership said in effect read their lips and, well, you know the rest. with that the campaign 2012 battle over taxes has begun. our latest cbs news/"new york times" poll finds that most americans agree with the president on one thing. when we asked whether budget deficit reduction should include both tax increases and spending cuts, overall 71% said yes. and among republicans, 57% agreed. we have reports from norah o'donnell and nancy cordes. first, norah who is here in new york because the president will be visiting the u.n. later this week. norah? >> reporter: scott, we saw very different president obama in the rose garden, doubling down on his plan to cut the deficit by raising taxes on the wealthiest american, and he vehemently rejected republican charges that his proposal fuels class warfare. >> we can't just cut our way out of this hole. it's going to take a balanced approach.

join us for cbs 5 early edition, >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. cloudy skies, humid conditions, and plenty of rain will move up the east coast. it's going to be windy across the great lakes region. thunderstorms are heading into the southern plains and temperatures will be warm in the west. >>> here is another look at this morning's top stories. >>> troy davis was executed in georgia last night for the 1989 murder of a police officer. davis maintains his innocence and his attorney said 7 of 9 key witnesses changed their story. >>> those two american hikers imprisoned in iran on espionage charges for two years are free. josh fattal and shane bauer were reunited with their families in oman and expected back in the u.s. in the coming days. >>> today is the concluding session in washington, d.c. of a two-day summit to fight against bullying sponsored by the united states department of education. it's a big problem across the country, highlighted by sunday's suicide of jamey rodemier of buffalo, new york. elaine quijano reports. >> it hurts me to think

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. there's news tonight in the war on cancer. a landmark report says that there has been remarkable progress on some cancers but nearly no improvement in others. the report by the american association for cancer research is a milestone. 40 years after the nixon administration declared a national campaign against the disease. after those four decades, here is the toll now. cancer in america in 2010 claimed more than 571,000 lives. that comes to about one person every minute. one in two men and one in three women can expect to get cancer in their lifetimes. so we asked dr. jon lapook to tell us what we've accomplished in fighting cancer and where this war is headed. >> reporter: are we winning the war on cancer? >> we've made tremendous progress in the war against cancer, but we haven't won yet. >> reporter: dr. judy garber heads the american association for cancer research which published today's progress report. over the last 30 years, death rates for all cancer dropped by 22% for men a

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, wall street hasn't seen two days this bad since the meltdown nearly three years ago. at one point today, the dow was down more than 500 points. it recovered some, but still closed with a loss of 391 points and have a look at this, over the past two days the dow is off nearly 6%, the biggest two-day percentage drop since december of '08. anthony mason is on the floor of the new york stock exchange tonight to tell us why investors are dumping stock. anthony? >> reporter: scott, nearly 700 points has been knocked off the dow over the last two days, but this has been a global blood bath. the sentiment here and everywhere just seems to be "sell." around the world, investors headed for the exits amid rising fears of a global recession. >> you know, it's bad news after bad news. we're not getting any good news. >> reporter: on wall street, the markets were still reeling from the federal reserve's gloomy prognosis yesterday, when it warned of significant down side risks to the economy. to tr

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, scott's on assignment, i'm bob schieffer. well our military and intelligence forces have been tracking him for years and today they found him and killed him. anwar al-awlaki who apparently inspired the fort hood major who killed 13 service members and whose ties to al qaeda may go back as far as the 9/11 hijackers was tracked down leaving a funeral in yemen and killed by a rocket fired from a u.s. drone aircraft. we have reports tonight from david martin and bob orr. first to david at the pentagon. david? >> reporter: bob, the hunt for al-awlaki was code named "objective troy" and has been in high gear for months. a c.i.a. drone finally got him, but that was just the tip of a much larger operation. missiles fired by the drone took out al-awlaki's vehicle, making the american-born cleric the first u.s. citizen to be targeted and killed as as a terrorist. a senior defense official said "a vary bad man just had a very bad day." the president seemed to have no qualms about al-awlaki's am

join us for cbs 5 early edition ... beginning at 4:30. ,,,, >>> on the "cbs morning news" here's a look at today's weather. remnants of tropical storm lee moving up the east coast. spreading heavy rains throughout the region, including the risk of tornadoes. monsoonal moisture is heading to the southwest. the great lakes will be sunny and cool. >>> another look at this morning's top stories now. 25,000 acre wildfire is burning out of control in central texas. some 500 homes have been destroyed north of austin and hundreds of others are threatened. over 60 wildfires have erupted in texas since sunday. and michele bachmann's campaign manager ed rollins has resigned. rollins says the rigors of the campaign were too much for him. he also said he thinks the gop race is between mitt romney and rick perry. >>> the world trade center memorial is still being finished as we near sunday's tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. the memorial is at ground zero here in new york city. it features cascading waterfalls and the footprints

steve hartman, cbs news, new york. >> schieffer: and that's the news. scott will be reporting monday from afghanistan. i'm bob schieffer, cbs news, new york. we'll see you sunday on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> now, "entertainment tonight" the most watched entertainment newsmagazine in the world. >>> new bombshells, from the jackson death trial today. >> did dr. murray lie to the paramedics on the scene. the explosive testimony. >> this was a patient that was somebody that we had a really good chance of saving. >>> then the new shot of ashton in l.a., stale wearing his wedding ring, we have the latest on his rumored split with demi. >>> hollywood live triangles expose. we're counting down the top five tonight. >> jennifer, brad and

she tells cbs 5 by phone, this discovery was remarkable. because amber, the labrador named after her daughter is not a trained cadaver dog. still, amber sprinted to the exact location where michelle's remains were found. but mark says it is more likely this cell tower and less of a curious canine that unearthed her remains. recorded ping from le's cell phone. >> this family wants to find their daughter and bring her home, hopefully alive. >> so his group and scores of volunteers were led to the canyon alongside terri. class says finding le was a group effort, so he is dubious of her intentions now that the mom of profound loss has scheduled a solo tell-all press con tenderness in san diego tomorrow. >> tonight, heyward police say she quickly backed away from that murder scene on saturday and that may help to explain why there's confusion over who found the remains. either way, sources close to this investigation confirm to cbs 5 tonight that police have neither found a murder wpm weapon nor additional suspects. those sources are going on to

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captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, september 16th, 2011. >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. we begin with bad news for u.s. political leaders. the bruising battle over the budget and economy that refuses to recover is taking a huge toll on their popularity. the job approval rating for congress is at an all-time low. a cbs news/"the new york times" poll out this morning shows just 12% of americans approve of the job congress is doing. 72% of those polled disapprove of the job republicans in congress are doing, while 63% disapprove of the democrats. >>> now to the latest round in the budget and deficit battle. in about-face, the white house says social security should be left alone. susan mcginnis is in washington with more on this. good morning, susan. >> reporter: good morning, betty. the president was ready to support cuts in social security in those debt negotiations over the summer. his latest plan does not include those cuts. in fact, he wants congress to strengthen the program. president obama is taking social security c

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell >> mitchell: good evening. tropical storm lee is making this holiday weekend a dangerous washout for residents on the gulf coast. the slow moving storm pounded louisiana and mississippi today, causing flooding, forcing evacuations and knocking out power to thousands. also, the remnants of lee are expected to be felt throughout the east for several days. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, russ. the bao ou continues to rise, but what may prevent water coming in may be water itself. these giant pools are full of it and officials hope it will serve as a flood wall. homes were turned into islands and main roadways into waterways in the small coastal town of lafite, with a mandatory evacuation in effect, only high water rescue trucks are are being allowed into the community. for dorothy it was her chance to escape when the waters began seeping into her trailer. you were trapped? >> yeah, we couldn't get out, and trees were falling and everything. it was horrible. >> reporter: lafite has already seen roughly fi