This Morning from CBS News, Nov. 14, 2014
Immigration action?
CBS News chief White House correspondent Major Garrett reports a top White House official, speaking to reporters just before a news conference in Yangon, Myanmar, said no final proposals for executive action on immigration have reached President Obama. One popular approach is the formal executive order, although as a policy it can be fragile.
SEAL talk
Robert O'Neill identified himself as the person who fired the shot that killed Osama bin Laden. His plans to reveal his role were overshadowed when a former teammate leaked his identity last week, angry over O'Neill's intent to talk. CBS News correspondent Margaret Brennan spoke with O'Neill and tells us why he's talking -- and if he fears consequences.
Soda the new smoking?
Americans are waking up to the dangers of drinking sugary sodas in excess. Now that science is increasingly showing a link between high sugar consumption and chronic disease like diabetes and obesity, some lawmakers think it's time to warn people about the detrimental health effects of drinking soda much as cigarette labeling did in the 1960s.
Black gold no more?
Crude oil hasn't been acting much like black gold these days. More like the Black Death in the way it has been sliding relentlessly since peaking in June. From a high of nearly $108 a barrel, West Texas Intermediate has fallen nearly 30 percent, losing almost 4 percent yesterday alone to close around $74.30 a barrel -- a level last seen in 2011. Wholesale gasoline futures have fallen even more and are now back to where they were in late 2010. Many catalysts are in play.
Ivy League whisperer
Steven Ma says he can get students into a top tier school -- for a price. CBS News correspondent John Blackstone reports on the math whiz and former hedge fund analyst who created his own secret algorithm to predict the odds of a student's admission to top-ranked schools.
Friday night Quips
In Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, where it used to be all steel mills and football, they're now down to just football. Unemployment there is close to 10 percent. Drugs and crime are rampant. But if Aliquippa's streets provide temptation, it's "pit" provides hope, reports CBS News correspondent Jim Axelrod. That's what they call the field where the Aliquippa High School Quips play on Friday nights.
MIT football?
The engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology made a breakthrough this fall, but it wasn't in a laboratory. It was on the football field. CBS News correspondent Vladimir Duthiers reports the school's Division 3 football team is undefeated this season, for the first time ever.
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