. >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. nelson mandela is back in the hospital tonight battling a recurring lung infection. we are told his condition is serious but stable, the most dire description the government spokesman has used to far. the former president of south africa and hero to millions around the world for his fight against apartheid is 94 years old. mandela is particularly vulnerable to problems with his lungs since contracting tuberculosis during the 27 years he was imprisoned by the south africa government. debra patta joins us now from pretoria. >> reporter: jim, nelson mandela has been battling this infection for a couple of days now, but it was in the early hours of this morning that his condition deteriorated significantly. so much so that doctors rushed him to this hospital here in pretoria. and that has been the pattern nelson mandela over the past few months with those health scares becoming a lot more frequent. nelson mandela has been hospitalized four times in the past six months, but for the first t

." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. we begin tonight with the case of edward snowden, the former national security agency contractor charged yesterday with espionage for leaking secrets about u.s. surveillance programs. the obama administration is now turning up the pressure on authorities in hong kong, where snowden is believed to be. as dan raviv reports, the u.s. and hong kong have an extradition treaty, and the white house expects hong kong to honor it. >> reporter: the white house says if hong kong doesn't extradite edward snowden soon, that would complicate relations with the u.s. and in a radio interview with cbs' mark knoller, president obama's national security adviser, tom donilon, pressed the point. >> reporter: the criminal complaint has three charges, two of them under the espionage act: but it's complicated. in 1997, hong kong, a british colony, was transferred to china. it remains semi-independent with its own legal system, but the chinese government has significant influence. snowden's fate may really be

jim axelrod, the southwest is not just hot, not just dangerously hot, it is historic hot, this is one of the worst heat waves in years. you can see the heat pouring off the runway in phoenix, it is about the worst time to wear a costume for work in las vegas and this temperature reading may not be as high as it gets in california, every place over 100 degrees today is seen on this map in red. the pink shows places over 110 degrees. as carter evans reports, tomorrow threatens to bring record heat to places which already bake regularly with some of the hottest temperatures on earth. >> reporter: it was 120 degrees this afternoon at the palm springs fire department, battalion chief ron beverly says ice pack screses are standard issue today. >> they put these on underneath their turnout coats to keep that core temperature down during times of hard work. >> so they are actually wearing ice packs? >> correct, underneath their turnout gear. >> okay, all right. >> it is that hot out. >> this it is that hot. >> reporter: it is so hot in phoenix, mare po is a county sheriff joe a pie owe offers

richie check schools jim axelrod on the americans who built the nation. >> these places are full of memories, i would think. >> memories? you don't know where to start! captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. edward snowden is the most- wanted fugitive in the world tonight. the white house belief it is former national security agency contract employee now charged with espionage is in russia and the united states has been pressuring the russians all day to send him home before he can those asylum in some other country. the incident has strained u.s. relations with both russia and china. it was in hong kong that snowden exposed two top-secret u.s. surveillance programs, one that collects the phone records of millions of americans and the other that monitors internet traffic. bob orr begins our coverage. >> reporter: edward snowden's flight seemed stalled for now in moscow. seat 17-a, which snowden reportedly booked on this cuba- bound jetliner, remained empty today as the plane took off for havana. it's not clear if snowden changed

jim axelrod on how a powerful legacy changed one man's man'sn. mission. >> frederic douglas said it's easier to build strong children than repair broken men. captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: good evening. it doesn't happen very often but it happened today-- the stock market plunged in reaction to good news. the news from the head of the federal reserve was that the economy is doing better. here's the part wall street did not like. ben bernanke said the economy is doing well enough that the fed is likely to ease back on one of its stimulus programs, a bond buying program that has helped keep interest rates at record lows. the prospect of higher rates sent the dow down more than 200 points to close at 15,112. reason enough to call in our senior business correspondent anthony mason. anthony. >> reporter: scott, the downside risks have diminished since the fall, bernanke said today, in an assessment of the economy that has turned noticeably more upbeat. >> generally speaking, financial conditions are improving. >> reporter: the fed lowered its

jim axelrod introduces us to one man with personal ties to this man and his leader. >> reporter: no doubt the sight of the frederick douglass statue stirred feelings, but perhaps this man. >> my father was frederick douglass iii and my grandmother was booker t. washington's granddaughter. >> reporter: that's right. morris descends not from one historic african leader but two, not at that he always embraced his bloodlines. >> can you imagine growing up and see your ancestors, there are bridges named after him, they're on schools and libraries? it can be pretty intimidating. that's quite a vast long shadow to grow up in. >> reporter: morris avoided the shadow while building a successful marketing career until one day his buddy passed along a magazine and the cover story pulled him. >> the cover story was 21st century slaves. i reacted the way most people do. the work didn't end with frederick douglass. i had two teenaged daughters who at the time were 9 and 12 years old, and got up and i walked into my girls'room and i couldn't look away. each and every one of us descends from somebody that

jim axelrod has the story. >> reporter: the steel mill in bethlehem, pennsylvania, has been shut down for a decade. >> you look at it now you can't believe it. >> reporter: but richie check who spent more than 40 years working here still can't get used to the silence. >> no whistles, no horns, no nothing. it makes you cry. >> reporter: check is 80 years old now, his father worked in the plant and so did his nine brothers and sisters. it was a place where 32,000 men and women made the steel for ammunition, aircraft and battleships during both world wars. the golden gate bridge, the george washington bridge. 80% of the buildings that make up the new york city skyline. they were all the built with bethlehem steel. this place is full of memories, i would think. >> memories? you don't know where to start. >> reporter: actually, check knows exactly where to start. preserving the memories. he collects artifacts from bethlehem steel. like the brass i.d. buttons workers wore. >> 64 was my number for 44 years. >> reporter: he curates his own small museum. >> when the furnace called for hot air,

jim axelrod on what could be the biggest doping scandal in sports. dozens of major league ball players could be suspended. there's a major change in the t.s.a.'s plan to allow knives on planes. sharyl attkisson on a sudden course correction. and 45 years ago today robert kennedy was gunned down. >> would a doctor come right here? >> reporter: that was doctor there, and therein lies a very personal story told for the first time by michelle miller. the first time by michelle captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. ews" with s >> pelley: good evening. today robert bales told a military court that he committed the worst american atrocity in the afghan war, but he does not know why. 15 months ago in the middle of the night bales left his combat outpost alone and murdered 16 afghan civilians in cold blood. mostly women and children. the bodies were delivered to a morgue in a truck. nine of them were children and bales had set many of the bodies on fire. in a deal, prosecutors dropped the death penalty and in return bal

." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. we begin tonight in colorado, with some promising news in the fight against the most destructive wildfire in the history of the state. four days after the fire started burning, firefighters now say they are getting the upper hand on the flames. at last count, 473 homes have been destroyed in a roughly 24-square-mile area near colorado springs. and two people have been killed. tonight, the fire is said to be 45% contained. manuel bojorquez begins our coverage. >> reporter: more than 300 firefighters were added to the front lines this weekend for the first time this week, the fire did not assume more land or homes, but it has changed the landscape. el paso county sheriff terry maketa: >> it look like a nuclear bomb went off in some of those areas and you can't even recognize whether it was a house or some other kind of structure. >> and i am pleading for some accuracy. >> reporter: at a packed town hall meeting today, frustrated residents wondered whether their homes were destroyed or a

." >> axelrod: good evening. .'m jim axelrod. we begin tonight with more dlolent and deadly weather along the plains and in the midwest. the national weather system still doesn't know exactly how many tornadoes touched down issoeen oklahoma and missouri last night, but look at the scene in st. charles, missouri, near st. louis, after a twister came through there. a line of powerful, slow-moving thunderstorms followed the tornadoes, causing severe flash flooding and sending rescue crews scrambling. once again, oklahoma got hit hardest. the storms killed at least nine sople and injured more than 100 in the oklahoma city area. add anna werner reports, the bad weather blew in during rush hour trapping people in their cars on >> that's on the ground, dude. on the ground. >> reporter: for the second time in less than two weeks, storm chasers followed large tornadoes that resulted in lives lost and property damaged. on a main interstate highway near oklahoma city, tractor trailers flipped. several people who were out driving in their ca

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richie check schools jim axelrod on the americans who built the nation. >> these places are full of memories, i would think. >> memories? you don't know where to start! captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

jim axelrod has learned that baseball's latest doping scandal could turn out to be the biggest ever in sports. dozens of players, including some stars, may face long suspensions. major league baseball has been investigating this for some time and jim tells us tonight that turning point came when a key figure decided to name names. >> reporter: anthony bosch ran the miami clinic called biogenesis. before it folded, biogenesis offered what it called "antiaging" services. we learned bosch has an agreement with major league baseball to be interviewed under oath about allegations his clinic supplied performance-enhancing drugs to some of baseball's biggest stars. a baseball executive tells us bosch will name up to 25 players, including new york yankees star alex rodriguez, the game's top-played player. and milwaukee brewers slugger ryan braun, the national league's most valuable player two years ago. this was braun last night. >> i'm not answering any further questions regarding the whole situation. i've dealt with it for a long time over the last year and a half and aside from that i don't

for "cbs this morning" saturday i'm jim axelrod in west nyack new york. >> he asked how he's driving with a helmet on going 60 miles an hour. >> i've never seen jim axelrod in a helmet and won't forget it. open it up, jimmy. >>> coming up next, broadway's big night. cyndi lauper's kingy boots is up for best musical at tomorrow night's tony awards. we have a preview and some predictions. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." >> announcer: this portion sponsored by reese's pieces. perfectly fun. ♪ ♪ [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] celebrate dad, get him this black & decker max gyro screwdriver for just $29 at lowe's. [ female announcer ] a classic macaroni & cheese from stouffer's starts with freshly-made pasta and 100% real cheddar cheese. but what makes stouffer's mac n' cheese best of all. that moment you enjoy it at home. stouffer's. made with care for you or your family. the secret is out. hydration is in. [ female announcer ] only aveeno daily moisturizing lotion has an active naturals oat formula that creates a moisture reserve so skin can replenish itself. aveeno® n

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jim axelrod is here. >> the older model jeeps are defective and at risk for gasoline fire in a rear-end collision according to the government. chrysler disputes the claim, which means the recall of 2.7 million suvs. in a rare move the company is refusing to recall the vehicles. chrysler fired back at the national highway traffic safety administration, saying vehicles are not defective and do not intend to recall them. charging that the agency's initial conclusions based on incomplete analysis. a bold move according to industry experts. justin berkowitz, questions why chrysler would draw attention to the government's request. >> whether this is a company having a rash reaction and an entire company doing so or chrysler calculating it will be cheaper to fight this and deal with public relations backlash we assume that's the math they have done. >> reporter: recalling the cars could cost the company upward of 300$300 million. in its letter to chrysler the agency states that the gas tank placement in jeep grand cherokee cherokees built from 1993 to 2004, and jeep liberties made from 2004 to

jim axelrod on what could be the biggest doping scandal in sports. dozens of major league ball players could be suspended. there's a major change in the t.s.a.'s plan to allow knives on planes. sharyl attkisson on a sudden course correction. and 45 years ago today robert kennedy was gunned down. >> would a doctor come right here? >> reporter: that was doctor there, and therein lies a very personal story told for the first time by michelle miller. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. today robert bales told a military court that he committed

jim axelrod is here. jim, good morning. >> good morning, charlie. the government says the older model jeeps are defective and at risk for gasoline fires in a rear end collision. chrysler disputes it. in a rare move the company is refusing to recall the vehicles. chrysler fired back at the national highway traffic safety administration saying the vehicles are not defective and they do not intend to recall them, charging that the agency's initial inclusions are based on an incomplete analysis. it's a bold move, according to industry experts. justin at "car and driver" magazine wonders about it. >> calculating that it's going to be cheaper to fight this and deal with the public's backlash, we're assuming that's what they have done. >> reporter: in its letter to chrysler the agency states that the gas tank placement in jeep grand cherokees built from 1993 to 2004 and jeep liberties can cause gas leaks that can lead to fire. chrysler conducted its own analysis arguing that the risk analysis is no more comparable than those made by other companies. the na

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