byron pitts, cbs news, new orleans. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. 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 >>> this is 9news now. >> the investigation into the deadly theater shooting in colorado centered on the scene of the crime today. investigators back inside that theater trying to build their case. federal agents could be seen processing and loading up the evidence from inside the theater where the shooting happened. investigators and lawyers for the defense are requesting to be led inside there as well. they also want to access suspected gunman, james holmes' apartment. elizabeth has all the details. >> designed to kill. that is how authorities describe james holmes aurora, colorado, apartment. police responded there after taking the 24-year-old into custody early friday morning when he gunned down dozens of

byron pitts, cbs news, new orleans. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. 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 >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched entertainment newsmagazine in the world. >>> michael jackson's family at war. the surveillance video as cops are called to katherine jackson's home. janet confronting paris. the family fight in the driveway. >> janet and randy are recording every second on their cell phones. >> are they battling over michael jackson's billion-dollar fortune? who's taking care of his kids? >>> the accused movie theater killer's life behind bars right now. >> they put these evidence bags on his hands and he started to play with them

in new orleans, in a very simple statement, in new orleans, far too many people owed allegiance to the paid detail or moonlighting and didn't owe allegiance to the police department. we're going to fix that. that is an easy fix i think as far as technically and the police officer on the ground will not feel much different. ththe barons of police details will feel it and they didn'tth shouldn't have existed in the first place. >> ifill: how do you restore trust? not just money, not just new rules but actually restoring trust between the people being policed and the police themselves? >> i think it's perfectly clear that we sea i lot of evidence in new orleans from survey data and from my personal walking in the streets. the people of new orleans want us to be successful. they need their police department to be successful and every police officer worth their salt who has worn a police suit more than a day knows this-- it is the information sharing that makes you a successful cop, a successful detective, a successful police department and that is what the exchange value is. what the publi

new orleans has become an amazing way, because of the resilience of the new orleans people, this nation's most immediate laboratory for innovation and change. we have completely reconstructed our health care delivery system as i said. our education system, we now have more kids in charter schools than any other city in america. from an organizational structure of city government, we are completely transformed that to follow best practices that have been around for a very long period of time. we now have third parties coming in, saying new orleans is the fastest growing city in america, the best place to find a job. forbes and the "wall street journal" are talking about the recovery. so all of those things are very good. we have also become a hub for entrepreneurship in the country. that's great. but we still have our challenges like every other major american city does. >> one of those challenges is the murder rate. >> yes. there's no question about this. first of all, in actual numbers, we are actually number ten. new york has more murders than anywhere else in the country. chicago, phil

>> living in new orleans, we have to go through these things. living in new orleans we have to go through the possibility of evacuating, the possibility of losing your homes, losing your loved ones, so living in new orleans we show a resilience cy. they refused to leave the things they love more than anything in life, so i brought a real honest to the movie being from the region. they tried to bring in outside professional actors to do this part, but it did not feel right, because they never went through these things we go through living in that region, so that was one thing that helped them choose me, because i go through a lot of these things living in that region. tavis: how did this happen to you? how did you end up in this role? >> that is a long story. tavis: i ain't got no where to be. >> we own a bakery near where they did the casting, so all those people used to come to the bakery every morning and get go nuts and breakfast in the morning, and they used to put -- get donuts and breakfast in the morning, and they use to put fires in the

orleans, we've also got the outstanding current mayor of new orleans, mitch landrieu is in the house. [ applause ] fine young congressman from this area, cedric richmond is here. [ applause ] and one of the best mayors in the country, we're glad he came down from his hometown of philadelphia, mayor michael nutter is in the house. [ applause ] and all of you are here. and i am grateful for it. [ applause ] and we love the young people who are in the house. mitch, don't you -- i wasn't referring to you, man. i was talking to those folks over there. mitch is all waving, thank you. for nearly a century, the national urban league has been inspiring people of every race and every religion, and every walk of life, to reach for the dream that lies at the heart of our founding. the promise that no matter who you are, no matter what you look like, no matter where you come from, no matter how modest your beginnings, no matter what the circumstances of your birth, here in america, you can make it if you try. of course, this dream has never come easy. that's why the urban league was formed. in th

we're live this morning from new orleans. and there is a mysterious new problem that's hitting this already hard-hit gulf region. the area is trying to recover of course from the bp oil spill that happened back in 2010 in the gulf of mexico. wrecked beaches from florida to texas. that led to a long and very difficult cleanup. and i had a chance to cover that in the aftermath as we were covering some of those stories. but take a look at some pictures that were taken just a couple of weeks ago. you can see this strange white material that kind of looks like some kind of foam on the water. it was spotted in the gulf of mexico about 25 miles off the shore of venice, louisiana. fishermen say low-lying planes were spraying what they believe was a foam that they claim made their skin itch or burn. the foam has been seen off of this man's shores as well. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >> tell us how you first heard about this. someone reported a plane that was spraying some kind of material. >> one of the planes that spot

why new orleans? why every year in new orleans, first of all? >> p another year in new orleans because new orleans and essence are partners. this is really home for us. it's a sea of black culture. so much started here. it has a rich history with the black community. it's perfect partnership. >> it's a lot of fun. obviously, a lot of great musical talents. the mayor also said there's very serious workshops and things that go on. last year had an opportunity to have a discussion with the president's top advisors who we asked was the president doing enough for the black community. the cover story was with president obama. what are you hearing? what are the folks saying about what kind of job he's doing? >> what our readers are saying is that there's some dispoi disappointment, but they support the president. they are concerned about jobs. the economy is a big issue. health care is a big issue, education, and women are concerned about where the economy is going. they believe the president has done a fair to decent job against great odds. are they h

new orleans is famous for many things, but it is infamous for one. the police department is among the most corrupt in america. plagued by bribery and violence. today in an agreement with the city, city, the federal government moved in to clean it up. pr's an unprecedented top-to- bottom overhaul, and chip reid has the story. >> reporter: attorney general eric holder today announced a plan to completely transform the dw orleans police department. one of the worst police forces thehe nation. >> this agreement is the most widespread, wide-ranging in the department's history. >> reporter: the plan will change dozens of police policies gnd procedures on everything from training to recruitment to interrogations. for example, all officers will get 40 hours of training on the use of force and 24 hours on searches and arrests. officers will be barred from oopping or arresting people on the basis of their race, sex or sexual orientation. cameras will be installed in patrol cars. interrogations will be videotaped, and threats of violence during interrogations,

and we've helped some of the schools make real gains in in new orleans. to make a higher education more to go to school. that's why we fought to extend our college tuition tax credit for working families, saving we fought to make college more affordable for additional 200,000 by pell grants. that's why we've strengthened to our hbcus. that's why tomorrow i'm establishing the first-ever african-americans, so that every complete and competitive education, from the time they're born, all through a career. pushing all costs, because we can't taxpayers to subsidize skyrocketing tuition. a higher education in the 21st luxury. necessity that afford. all these young people to higher education and i don't want them loaded up with tens of thousands of debt, just to get an great. of course, that means all of y'all have got to hit the books. th the bargain, that's par of the bargain. you to young cot beijing and bangalore. hanging they're not out. not getting ov. housewives." two-way st. you've got to earn success. that wasn't in my prepared but i'm -- i'm just sayin

ruby slipper cafe in downtown new orleans, for the essence music festival. last night was about recognizing young talent, young rising stars in the music scene. the rest of the weekend will focus on the veterans that we will have a chance to hear, aretha franklin, mary j. blige. we have an all-star lineup, comedian jay thomas sitting there next to me. singer an actress vanessa williams, the new orleans mayor mitch lancasterrieu and bill cassidy. we're going to talk about the health of the economy, a crucial jobs report is coming out today. we'll break down the numbers for you as president obama and mitt romney's camps are standing by ready to respond. you can follow us on your computer or mobile phone while at work, go to cnn.com/tv. and we will see you at the top of the hour as "starting point"

build a business in new orleans, i want to move to new orleans. >> which is why some of the information about corruption and crimes is a real challenge. that's a great story you're spinning right there with an asterisk of the except the crime problem. how will you tackle that? >> we have two things going on at the same time, soledad. we have a 30-year history of a city that experiences seven to 10 times the national homicide rate. 30 years we've had far too many murders. but for 30 years, new orleans has been an incredibly safe city. when you look at murder, we have a challenge unheralded in the history of american cities, and we thank president obama and eric holder for the safe cities too. but when you look at new orleans without the murder event, which is people who know one another unfortunately, we are the 79th safest city in america in cities over 700,000. it's a competing story. we are not giving any ground on the fact we will reduce murder in the city, but we also have a very safe city beyond that particular question. >> ronal, a question for you. it seems to me that there would

militarily, but also a culturally transform tiff element to the battle of new orleans. >> as we go to knoxville tom. we want to thank the national portrait gallery in washington and also the maryland historical society in baltimore and of course, some live views of fort mchenry. tom in knoxville, tennessee, go ahead with your question. >> yes, sir. i enjoy your show. i've been watching it in the last hour, and i know in the first three-minute segment, was there something that you can look up on the internet and vote whether you would have been for or against the war. i think in my recollection i would have been for the war at that time and i still haven't changed my mind that it seems to me that i've gathered from the conversation earlier was that most people are voting against the war. i think that's a little farfetched at this time because hindsight is 2020 and we can look back and see how much it did for the country as far as the international and what not. i'd like to comment on that and i like to talk about things that really happened and i'm curious to hear what you folks think

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ephraim graham, cbn news, new orleans, louisiana. >> wendy: and you can learn more about fred luter and the work of the southern baptist convention's 5,000 missionaries around the world. just visit our website. >> wendy: finally this week, as cbn asia original tv movie series has millions in the philippines tuning in. it is called "shackles" and it includes real accounts of people who have experienced life changing transformation and freedom from the bondage of sin. the series is in its fourth year and airs for three consecutive days. a total of 2,731 viewers have accepted jesus so fa after watching the specials. that's wonderful news. thanks so much for joining us this week. from all of us here at christian world news, we'll see you next week. good-bye and god bless you. c2 wewell, i wawas sick w with worn i worry about him too muchch. 'cause h he came home wound. not a wound you cocould see.e. it was post-traumatic strtress . thenen i heardrd about wounded warrioioproject.t. now, i donon't knowweve, but my " "t" is smiling again. onone out ofof every five warrs return f from the e bat

and that's what was really overcome by the battle of new orleans, when the militias actually performed really wonderfully far from home, and that was part of what was militarily but also a culturally transformative element of the battle of new orleans. >> as we go to the next caller, tom in knoxville, we want to thank the national portrait gallery in washington and also the maryland historical society in baltimore and of course live views of fort mchenry. tom in knoxville, tennessee, go ahead with your question. >> caller: yes. i enjoy your show. i've been watching it in the last hour, and i know in the first 30-minute segment, at fort mchenry there, the fellow said there was a deal that you could look up on the internet and vote whether you would have been for or against the war. i think in my recollection and whatnot of the war of 1812, i would have been for the war at that time and i still haven't changed my mind, but it seems to me like i've kind of gathered from the conversation earlier was that most people are voting against the war. i just think that's a little farfetched at thi

new orleans reports a setment conference has been set is before a judge in the federalcounty of new orleans. >> as world gets ready for the opening ceremony this friday, the queen and duke duke of edingberg -- the party will take place at buckingham palace. >>> here we go. showing the fog out there this morning. 70 degrees matching up the dew point and that's the recipe for fog this morning. temperatures going up in the area. they are into the 780s many we don't have -- 70s. we don't have anything going on close to home. spotty showers this morning but about 500 miles to the north and west a cluster of showers looks harmless right now but that drifts into our area and into the humidity that will trigger the shower or thunderstorm. inner harbor up to 76-77. annapolis 72 heading into dover. 70 to 72 across the area. the humidity coming up out of the south is going to interact with the low level moisture and produce a gusty shower and thunderstorm during the course of the day today. be aware of that and keep it on channel 2 and abc2news.com. 88 to 91 today. future trend showing a few spot show

year in new orleans averaged 15.5 points a game, 6 assists. pretty good business. again, the warriors on paper appear to be improving. >>> steve nash wore 13 throughout his career. will claim berl lane with the lakers -- chamberlain has 13. so steve is now wearing no. 10. and jeremy lin, the new york knicks have matched houston's offer sheet. so you're going to have -- a lot of bay area kids. he's going to be now on the same team with jason kidd from cal in the knicks backcourt. >>> serena williams working this afternoon against a reigning ncaa champion, nicole gibbs of stanford. serena said she had a 24 hour flight from wimbledon. is that long? >> that's too long ! >> you think she'd be flying private. >> i'm sure. maybe she made a couple of stops. >> anyway, we'll ask the e-shurance people. >> she probably meant with the time change. >> maybe that's it. jacqueline, as always, coming through. give me the tour de france. 120 miles in the french mountains. bradley wiggins retains the yellow jersey. and it's being called a $750,000 shift. rollan

byron did cbs news new orleans. >>> when sunday at the road they travel by train the america's cup a rise in san francisco. well it wasn't everything in course mergers looking for in the year heard planes a that the month-long mission and didn't turn up new evidence the group traveled to an island about 2,000 mi. south of hawaii where they believe that put she crashed. the did not find the planned as the wreckage could be hidden inside nearby caves. she disappeared 75 years ago during today would of been her 115th birthday. the america's cup arrived in san francisco today in pieces. the america's cup roldan to. this afternoon and came in night train from rhode island's that is the size of the last america's cup. the train left line ninth its nearly a mile and half on and carries everything from an entire block cast to racing boats. is the traveling by rail was the green is possible option. did leads chose this as opposed to our normal mode of transport. this is the first time in more than a decade that a train has use the facilities and america's cup racing kicks off in san francisco

mere in baltimore on the great lakes and new orleans and on the high seas. this war which lasted for not one year but until the peace treaty in 1815 began 200 years ago today as you have heard with this signing of the declaration of war by president madison. the lasting impact of that war is many ways greater than the actual war. you also heard many of the symbols and successes of america and he is he specially the united states navy were born in that conflict. war was declared 200 years ago today after years of injustices and injuries inflicted by britain and france, mr. ambassador. they compromise the principle and reality of freedom of the seas and congress. trade aggression against our shichs and the impressment of our sailors pushed america into a response that ignited our nation's fighting spirit and gave birth to a global united states navy. many of the early engagements and american successes came at sea wi the first six frig gets and the constellation still moored here in baltimore in the constitution earned the name old iron sides as british cannon

the federal government moves in to oversee the new orleans police. chip reid has that. byron pitts talks to the city's crime-fighting mayor. >> if the ku klux klan killed 200 black kids on the streets of america, there would be hell to pay. >> pelley: barry pederson has search for clues in the theater massacre as a wounded man fights for his life his wife today gave birth to a son. david martin investigates serious weapons. israel is handing out gas masks. and we remember a remarkable postal clerk. it's not what he deliver that made him special. it's what he collected. >> you know, mike, this is one of our most famous pieces.

. >> after a raffle, in new orleans. >> not in new orleans. >> in orleans. >> the wasn't in new orleans. caught off cape cod. >> the raffle was in new orleans, the second sentence of the story. july 14th. caught there. that's all. just saying new orleans. caught that thing and deep fried it. >> i can't read. and i need to go to bed. >> you're tired. we hate flies. pesky flies. all the crazy weather. this guy, put something on the fund-raising site, called indg-go-go. asking for $15,000 to launch a fly shotgun. it shoots salt at flies. and the salt kills the flies. harmless to everything else, and humans. people have loved the idea so much. he raised $62,000. 40-plus days to go. preorders for the salt gun to kill flies starts $30. saw it kill flies. >> need one on the show. real quick, oakland dropped their dance marathon band. it stood in place for 282 years. if you had a dance >>> this morning on "world news now" -- paying respects. the star of "batman" christian bale visits aurora, colorado, the scene of the movie theater massacre. >> while detectives uncover more disturbing details a

the president is on his way right now to new orleans. he gives a speech tonight at the national urban league convention. the group is out with a study on how crucial african-american vo voter turnout will be in some key states. political director mark preston is joining us right now. and mark, how important for the president to not naturally assume that he has the african-american support, but to still work for that support. >> well, fredricka, no question that president obama will get the bulk if not all of the support of the african-americans come november, but the question is how many african-americans will actually come out and vote, and in what state. so when we talk about this, we are looking at specifically at four different states right now. we are looking at north carolina. we are looking at virginia. we are looking at florida. we are also looking at ohio. these are four states that will play a very important role in choosing the next president, and for president obama, the african-american vote is an extremely important subset

within a few days of hurricane katrina watching through new orleans, three activists start the common ground collective and they start providing very basic preliminary health care services for the people that remain in the city. one of these three people is a gentleman named maleek rahim. when you start about starting this with two other activists, he says very clearly that the reason he felt like he could do this and pull this off in the face of all of this catastrophe all around them, is that they have done very similar work in the black panther party. so we have to understand, you know, these two clinics operating today as distinct legacies of the black panther party's activism. >> host: alondra nelson is very distressed in the african-american community toward health care? and hatred okay to just say health care, but i'm thinking specifically the tuskegee syphilis experiments. >> guest: yes, i think it is an important question. this is the 40th anniversary this july for tuskegee. we see this trust in the public health to deter and we see these accounts in these sort of things. it

breaking news this morning for you. we have got video of a historic factory in new orleans on fire. strong flames and this live look right now from wdsu. it's the pie factory and an early morning fire. firefighters call it a four alarm blaze and we have gone dark but you see the flames out of new orleans, louisiana. they respond to the fire after flames were reported out of the top of the historic plant. this is with us throughout the morning and we will probably have more on "good morning america" coming up again this a live look at a fire in new orleans. lynette. >> all right. yes, we are talking about some cloud cover this morning. and also a little bit of sunshine. that's the name of the game. we can see that in the banner right now. even as we go into the afternoon we will see more of that and possibly showers and thunderstorms. but right now, temperatures are warm. 72 degrees in manchester. 71 in northville chestertown is at 72. middletown now at 76 degrees. you heard me talk about the thunderstorms. so the storm prediction center does have us in a slight risk for severe weath

i put my mount to your misery new orleans. here, war lies piles so high. this floating prison of a cementary cries of range. this delta lies on its side. rows and rows upon it's own government and crushed. summertime is over and the living is dead. and around midnight all hopes are looted. no one will ever come clean of the katrina of the new orleans and the stinking house of the setting sun. but it's the black and the blue of the loving on the shoes, let alone a dime or water, america, you are always scotched earth in our mouth. always a rain of disaster of streams of our broken eyes. now the rags are the most turn. our pores the poorest that can be worn in the souls shop. now that all is lost and there is only nothing to lose. long live the courage and the poor. they begin to waiver. [applause]. >> vennetia. i was enranged at your body enettia. chicanery that cried out of an awfulor gast. slowly i found you should side streets where you practice a strolling stillness without any engine sounds and the skies turning on into color and then eternal magnifice

good news for new orleans, keep on coming back. >> great city there. been there twice. loved it. >> big easy, nothing like it. >> food is great. >> yes. >> there is a physiological explanation for men and women out there, after you have your relations, men physiologically want to fall asleep. >> grandma. when you have relations. >> scientists -- they scanned men's brains before and during an orgasm. >> this brain. >> that brain, not the other one. the thinking area shuts down. they say men do need to sleep after sex because it is designed to switch off at that point a companied by a surge of chemicals which could have a powerful sleep inducing effect. for women it is the opposite. which is why, women want more. and guys are like i need to go to bed. you have an excuse now, men. >> thank god. i need a little sandwich, nap, see you in a couple hours. later. >> and don't talk so much, right? >> shh. and there is a french guy, crazy stunt people, something i have never seen before. a custom made roller suit. it has 31 rollerblade-like wheels on the torso, back and major joi

it's operated in new orleans since 1922. the fruit pries are some of -- pies are some of the best known treats. >>> if you've been having trouble getting out your tweets, you're not alone. twitter was down or running slow for several hours yesterday. the company says the outage was caused by a double system failure. it was the second time in over a month that twitter has been having problems. >> the horror. can you imagine? >> i don't tweet. >>> still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at noon, is relief on the way? marty has the first warning weather forecast. >> first a look at today's midday stocks and last night's multimatch numbers. irreconcilable difference say i don't -- i should say,, the car on the left was filled up with low detergent gasoline. the car on the right was filled up with bp gasoline with invigorate. which helps clean and protect its engine so it can get a few more miles per tank than the car on the left. go a little farther with bp gasoline with invigorate. now you have the power to lower gas prices with the

goodbye a new new orleans eyesore finally history. the grand palace hotel came down. it was the city's largest apartment complex at the time. that area will now be used for a billion dollars medical center. >>> thousands show up for gay pride parade in san diego. active duty military members were among those participating. it's the first time such an approval has been given to the u.s. it comes a year after the military droped the don't ask don't tell policy. >> it's a really great day. just knowing that a couple of years ago being discharged just for the simple fact of being gay. >> reporter: the theme of this year's event is america's pride, equality it's an american value. >>> michael jackson's mother katherine is finally home after she was reported missing late last night. police were called after her grandchildren were unable to get in touch with jackson for a whole week. today her son germane sweeted saying his mother is fine and is resting in arizona. >>> kind of a crazy scene at a pennsylvania shopping mall when a bear decided to do some shopping. look at this

the president makes campaign stops in new orleans and will address the national urban league convention there. >>> speaking of new orleans, the police didn't is bracing for a sweeping overhaul, aimed at wiping out decades of corruption and mismanagement. eric holder signed a decree said to be the toughest imposed on a law enforcement agency. >> it reaffirmed the justice department's commitment to fair and vigorous law enforcement at any left. to work alongside federal, state and local authorities to protect not only the safety but essential civil rights of everyone in this country. >> the agreement still needs to be approved by a federal judge who will also oversee its implementation. >>> the first roman catholic church official convicted in the child abuse scandal has been sentenced to three to six years in prison. a philadelphia judge lit into him for protecting priests saying he enabled monsters to destroy the souls of children. >>> jennifer hudson's former brother-in-law was sentenced to life in prison for murdering three members of her family. she was in the courtroom where he was

new orleans are a city of survivors. that's all i'm telling you. >>> the naked truth about a guy who found an unconventional way to cool off. >>> and ride along as we take you for an unforgettable theme park thrill. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by cancer treatment centers of america. >>> welcome back, everybody. despite being armed with more than 300,000 signatures of support, a lesbian mom is told she is not welcome at the boy scouts. jennifer terrell was a den mother for a scout troop in ohio until the organization found out that she's gay. they gave her the boot but she fought back. yesterday she traveled hundreds of miles to boy scout headquarters in texas to plead her case. but the scouts, they did not back down. but terrell says neither will she. >> i told him that we wouldn't go away. i told him i would see him again because we're going to continue on with this until we make the change. >> gays are officially banned from being scouts or scout leaders. rep

so it's going to be the president himself there in new orleans. as you said, of course the black turnout is is going to be very important this election. especially if they want to hold on to states like virginia where blacks make up nearly 20%. and north carolina where they make up 22%, according to the latest census figures. i should mention, though, that the president isn't just going to be speaking at this civil rights and social justice organization. he's also raising money in new orleans. he has two fundraisers. one in a private residence and one at the house of blues. we know that louisiana went heavily for mccain in the last election and that it's a red state. but, of course, money isn't red or blue, john. >> it's green. he needs the green. he's actually trailing mitt romney pretty badly by some counts in the money race right now. athena, you were certainly on the twitters and the facebooks yesterday afternoon and evening. there was a big controversy, it seems, about two of the latest ads from the obama campaign. both shot by the president