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NYPD commissioner on firing Daniel Pantaleo

In an exclusive interview with “CBS This Morning,” New York City Police Commissioner James O’Neill discusses his "difficult" decision to fire the officer who put Eric Garner in a deadly chokehold five years ago. Daniel Pantaleo brought Garner to the ground after officers said he resisted arrest for selling loose cigarettes. The Staten Island district attorney and the Department of Justice decided to not charge Pantaleo with a crime. The police union criticized O’Neill’s decision to fire him, saying the commissioner, "has chosen politics and his own self-interest over the police officers he claims to lead."

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The renaissance of Forest Hills Stadium

For decades, New York's Forest Hills Stadium was home to the U.S. Open tennis tournament. In the 1960s, the venue also hosted legendary artists like The Beatles and Frank Sinatra. But when the tennis tournament moved to a new location, the music faded away, too, and the stadium fell into disrepair. That is, until a promoter and a popular band took a leap of faith and revived a venue that's like none other in the nation. Dana Jacobson reports.

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