from the guinness book of world records were on hand to certify it. see you on monday. deadly deadly storm. at least five people have been killed as the remnants of tropical storm nicole bring heavy rain, high winds and serious flooding up and down the eastern seaboard. we'll have the latest on when it's expected to end. replacing rahm. white house chief of staff expected to step down later today. who will become president obama's new right-hand man? and what will that mean for the president's agenda in washington? and a life cut short. friends and family remember tyler clementi, the rutgers university student who killed himself after his intimate encounter with another man was posted online. this as prosecutors consider bringing more charges against the classmates who put it on the web. that's all early this friday web. that's all early this friday morning, october 1st, 2010.

captioning funded by cbs how this affected you had to do with where you were. we were expecting rain all day yesterday in new york city. didn't materialize until last couple of hours. really been pouring and as you can see, it's a significant radar picture with that red and that yellow and everything else. means it's pouring. >> yeah. some cities in the northeast getting more rain in hours than they usually get in months and that's where we begin this first day of october. good morning. i'm maggie rodriguez. >> i'm harry smith. >> correspondent seth doane is here to begin the coverage this morning in boston where it is a very windy morning. good morning, seth. >> reporter: that's right, maggie. the wind really picked up overnight and as the powerful

storm pushes north, much of the rain and heavy wind will be over new england today and folks are paying attention to this storm which walloped points south. the storm is blamed for four deaths in north carolina. a young couple was killed with their infant daughter when the car rain off a rain-slicked highway and plowed into a watery ditch. their twin 3-year-old boys were pulled out alive but one died a short time later. residents used canoes to rez cue neighbors stranded. >> keep your fingers crossed. when it decides to come in, there's not much you can do. >> reporter: ponds and lakes overflowed in carolina beach. winds downed power lines. >> it's crazy. i have never seen it like this before. it is nuts. >> reporter: the storm dropped a record 21 inches of rain in 5 days, exceeding hurricane floyd's downpour from 1999. >> i think rainwise it is

extraordinary. this doesn't happen that often. >> reporter: as the system moved north, two maryland commuter buses collided in sheets of rain fell. injuring 26 people. train and plane delays along the boston corridor and tornado watches from the outer banks to new jersey. and now forecasters are warning about the danger of flash floods as heavy rains and winds enter the region and of course everyone will be paying attention to this making the morning commute which could be excite dangerous for many. maggie? >> seth doane in boston, thank you. we are seeing that flooding firsthand this morning in little falls, new jersey, for one where christine sloan of sister station wcbs is standing by this morning. christine, good morning. >> reporter: and good morning to you. good morning, everyone. we've been getting torrential, soaking rains throughout the morning and not stopped raining since 4:00 this morning. and that is not a good thing for the folks who live in little

falls, new jersey, especially those who have homes along the river. if you take a look, the river has been swelling. and the last time this happened was back in march when we saw the serious flooding in this community. in fact, this river moved into the streets along the river flooding homes, basements, cars were under water and residents were literally using boats to get out of here so as you can imagine residents here are keeping a close eye on this river. and streams and rivers across the state. we're live in little falls, new jersey, christine sloan for cbs news. >> christine, thank you so much. an our own dave price keeping a close eye on things for us this morning. let's turn to him in kansas city, missouri, this morning for the first look. good morning, dave. >> reporter: good morning to you, maggie. let's go right to the maps and talk about what we're expecting for the rest of the day. two to six inches in a wide swath from the northeast all the way through new england. some areas could see

significantly more than that. high wind warnings in effect in the region already this morning in new york. two to five-hour delays at the airport and boston seeing the gate holds. boston with winds 25 miles per hour. sustained gusting to 32. the winds are going to be heavy all day in new york. beginning to subside later and then rolling into new england. that rain should subside by tomorrow and the winds through saturday. it's going to be a very tough day to travel. no matter what your mode of transportation. we'll have a full forecast for you coming up in a couple of moneys. harry, back to you. >> thanks very much. now to politics n. washington this morning, another top white house staffer is calling it quits. cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante has the latest. good morning, bill. >> reporter: good morning, harry. it is the worst-kept secret in town but the president's chief of staff rahm emanuel is announcing today that he's resigning to pursue his dream job, mayor of chicago. he gets an east room sendoff and

the president also welcomes his temporary replacement, pete rouse. emanuel is famously combative telling katie couric that he ignored criticism of his abrasive approach. >> you have been in the crosshairs a lot later. >> you noticed? what i do is i focus on getting what the president needs done. on any given day. if i just paid attention to the critics, i wouldn't have taken this job. >> reporter: counselor david axelrod says he will be missed. >> no one can replace rahm emanuel. i've known him since he was 20 years old. a force of nature. >> reporter: the president will announce a new temporary chief of staff today, pete rouse. formally chief of staff for mr. obama in the senate. >> there is a complete loyalty and trust with somebody like pete. there is peetd's strategic sense

has played a big part in the direction of virtually every big decision made inside of this white house. >> reporter: among the con tenners, rouse tom donnalon and all far lower key than rahm emanuel. rouse in particular is the polar opposite of emanuel. calm, quiet, reserved and the president probably isn't going to make a decision on a permanent replacement until after the election. he may decide to want an outsider rather than an insider like the people we just mentioned. harry? >> bill plante at the white house this morning, thank you very much. we want to bring you in one of his recent predecessors, andy card, known as the iron man of the white house under george w. bush, longest stretch for any chief of staff since the 1950s. and andy card is with us live in the studio this morning. >> thank you. >> when you're in that job, your

job, rahm emanuel's job, what's the most important thing you do for the president? >> help the president do his job. and be very candid with him. if the emperor has no clothes on, tell him he's naked. but really the job of the chief of staff to make sure that the president has the tools necessary to do his job. including being responsible for making sure his state of mind is right. so it's not just about the policy or the performance, it's also about taking care of the psychology. >> you're -- the ultimate gatekeeper in terms of who is, who comes to see him, how he uses his time. is there ever a confusion between what your agenda is and what the president's agenda is? >> there can be, yes. but the president is the president, the chief of staff is not. and as the chief of staff's job to make sure the president has everything he needs to make tough decisions but that the president never has an opportunity to make an easy decision. >> interest. what's happened in this

administration is rahm emanuel come under criticism of too much power. is it possible for a chief of staff to have too much power? >> probably although i think that a chief of staff only does the job the way the president wants it done. so i actually compliment rahm emanuel on how he did the job. i don't agree with the politics or policy. i think he did serve president obama very well. he helped president obama accomplish what president obama wanted to do. i didn't agree with what he wanted to do. >> it's sort of a phrase, i guess. >> no, no. i praise rahm emanuel for the job. it is not a job but a privilege. he had the privilege and served it well. it's article ii in the constitution helping the president be the personification of a tremendous penalty to preserve, protect and defend the constitution. >> who lobbies you? part of your job -- >> everyone lobbies the chief of

staff. >> right. >> everyone lobbies. >> it's koong -- >> staffers, people outside, inside. and even sometimes the president will want to do things that the president shouldn't do and it's the chief of staff's job saying you can't do it now. >> really? when you say that, how does a president normally respond? >> with disdain. no. no, no. there's so much information inside the white house that people who are there know more than people who are not. >> right. >> i came to recognize that after i left the white house. not so much as when i was in it. >> easier to observe from some distance and know how much you don't actually know. as i'm wrapping up here, as a white house going through the kind of transitions that this one is, what is the most important thing to try to keep in mind? >> that you have a job that's bigger than serving the individual. you're also serving the institution of the presidency. there's a great tendency to want to make an easy decision for the president but it's the wrong

decision for the country or the presidency. the article ii. you have to step back. chiefs of staff have to have peripheral vision. >> very interesting. are you going to run for governor of massachusetts? >> i would love but nobody wants me to, harry. >> okay. andy card, thank you so much. always a pleasure to see you. erica hill at the news desk. >> good morning. good morning to everyone at home. a convoy of tankers headed to afghanistan with fuel for troops ambushed in pakistan this morning. at least 27 trucks were attacked by a gang of 12 gunmen. the convoy was enroute to keta using a altn alternate route to afghanistan because authorities shut down the main border crossing yesterday in protest of repeated u.s. helicopter strikes in pakistan. in south america, the president of ecuador is safe this morning after being rescued by the army from protesting police. hundreds of angry officers surrounded a hospital where the president was being treated for a teargas attack.

cbs news correspondent mark straussman has the details. >> reporter: chaos in ecuador as roads were blocked and the airport was shut down. and at least one person was killed during a day-long police riot. the country's top military commander called for a dialogue but the president staged a face to face confrontation with the protesters saying if you want to kill the president, here he is. kill me. rebellious police doused him in teargas. nearly asphyxiating him. security guards shoved a gas mask on and rushed him to a hospital. a missionary said he believes it was nationwide. >> it was wider than just keto. the initial word is there's a national police strike and the country -- on a national scope, the country was without protection. >> reporter: by night fall,

protesters surrounded the hospital where he said he was being held practically captive. he vowed he would leave the hospital only as president or as a corpse. soldiers overcame police in a 35-minute fire fight and rushed him from the hospital. he later made an appearance on the balcony of the presidential palace saying the violence was more than a police protest calling it an attempt coupe. mark straussman, cbs news, atlanta. lawyer gloria allred says republican's candidate for governor meg whitman knew for years her housekeeper was an illegal immigrant. whitman denies a letter received in 2003. >> neither my husband or i received any letter the social security administration. >> now comes the smoking gun or the smoking document. >> allred showing a letter of

social security apparently by whitman's husband in a statement harsh said he doesn't recall the letter and can say it's possible to follow up note and it is also possible this is far from the last we have heard of this situation. there's some good news of wall street. the dow jones industrial average showing the best september in 70 years and of course it is now october which is traditionally a bumpy month for the market. correspondent rebecca jarvis on the floor of the new york stock exchange this morning. rebecca, good morning. let's focus on the good news. why such a great month? >> reporter: well, in a word, eric erica, relief. relief on wall street that things weren't worse than many anticipating. a lot of economists expected september to be a very bumpy, downtrodden month as far as economic data goes and jobs to business activity, we did see signs that things were less bad than expected to be and also those double dip fears, fears to go back into the recession, the

market would dip back to the levels, lowest levels of a matter of a couple of years. well, those are very much off the table right now for a number of economists. they have lessened the expectations to see such negative days ahead. however, there's caution. number of employers still reluctant to make new hires and at the state and local level government where state and local governments facing major budget shortfalls where economists are focusing attention in the months ahead and particularly in october and, of course, at the end we'll have the elections and that could be a major game changer for the markets, a was el. erica? >> a lot of things to keep an eye on. rebreak ka jarvis this morning, thanks. finally for you, as baseball's regular season winds down to the last weekend, how about a play of the week for you? coming to us from a game in san francisco yesterday, see the foul ball down the right field line? do you see the catch? how about that? the one-handed catch. you may have noticed, too,

>> much more from kansas city in a little while. harry, maggie, back to both of you in new york. >> thank you. still ahead this morning, the latest on the suicide of college student tyler clementi.

was it prompted by a hate crime? we'll talk with the mother of matthew shepard who was murdered because he was gay. also, amanda knox back in court today facing new charges. we'll talk to her parents. this is "the early show" on cbs. set your pace to island time. rich chocolate over creamy coconut. almond joy and mounds. enjoy more.

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it's 7:25. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm julie watts. republican gubernatorial candidate meg whitman says she and her husband were not aware they had hired an illegal immigrant as their housekeeper for nine years. whitman denies allegations by attorney gloria allred that the social security administration contacted whitman in 2003 about her housekeeper citizenship. today caltrans will hold a ceremony right before it hits a construction milestone. crews are expected to punch through the northern end of the devil's slide tunnel in san mateo county this afternoon. the tunnel will be open to traffic in about a year. and today marks the new chapter for the former nummi auto plant in fremont. tesla motors will now take over the property. the automaker plans to build its model s electric roadster there as well as other

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good morning. let's go back out to hayward. traffic is still slow to recover after an earlier car fire on south 880 before the 92 interchange. this is a tough commute spot anyway but it's still jammed

from 238 all the way down towards 92. once you get past the toll plaza, the san mateo bridge, then it's smooth sailing all the way towards the peninsula. eastbound 92 traffic moves well as well off the high-rise. at the bay bridge toll plaza, it's actually getting better. hard to tell from the view of our camera but it's backed up just to the end of the lot. so only a 10-minute wait to get you on the bridge. and then there are no problems heading into san francisco. that's a check of your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth. weekend forecast, well, right now, for friday we are starting off with plenty of clouds out there. cloudy skies for the morning. we'll keep the clouds in the forecast well into the afternoon for the coastline. but a mix of sun and clouds expected for the bay and inland. temperatures today in the lower 60s to the upper 80s. we continue to cool down through the weekend, saturday, sunday into monday but tuesday, wednesday and thursday, temperatures will warm back up with plenty of sunshine expected. ,,,,,,,,

we don't love a rainy srt we don't love a rainy start to the weekend but hopefully it will be a good one for everybody. welcome back to "the early show" on this first day of the month a. new legal challenge for seattle student amanda knox still fighting the murder conviction in italy insisting she is innocent and both she and her parents accused in another charge. amanda is in court today and we'll talk to her parents about the case in a bit. also this morning, we are going to get 0 the truth about flu shots. you might be thinking, wait, wait, wait. it's only october. is it too early? >> i got mine. >> well, you may be the smartest one in the room. but that is one of four common misconceptions of timing and

everything else. we'll demystify flu shots in a little bit. first, the latest on the shocking suicide of rutgers university. one of tyler clementi's young friends said he was destined for greatness. national correspondent jeff glor is still following the story in new jersey. good morning, jeff. >> reporter: hey, maggie. good morning to you. this morning, prosecutors say they're serious about potentially upgrading the charges against the students accused here. this as the full scope of this loss becomes more clear this morning. ♪ by all accounts, tyler clementi was a gifted violinist. his teacher of five years spoke to us in an early show exclusive. >> he was a -- quite a person. and but when he picked up his violin, it was a different story.

♪ >> reporter: authorities announced thursday they identified the body found in the hudson river as clementi. now more details of the online events that led to the tragic end of his life. from the online posting september 11nd, i texted roomy around 7:00 asking for the room later tonight and he said it was fine. when i got back, i instantly noticed he had turned the web cam toward my best. investigators say it was the second time dharun ravi tried to stream online a sexual encounter. i haven't seen my roommate since sunday and him doing it again just set me off. i turned off and unplugged the computer, went crazy looking for other hidden cams. later that day, clementi took his own life. jumping off the george washington bridge. yesterday, talk show hostelen

degeneres spoke out. >> this needs to be a wakeup call to everyone that teasing and bullying is an epidemic and the death rate is climbing. >> reporter: new jersey governor chris christie was also visibly busy. >> as the father of a 17-year-old, i can't imagine what those parents are feeling today. i can't. >> reporter: christie says he won't tell prosecutors how to proceed in the case against va ra vi and molly wei but may change if they find evidence of a bias crime. whatever the charges, clementi's friend and family are mourning the end of a promising young life. clementi was scheduled to perform with a rutgers symphony orchestra tomorrow night. officials say his name will remain on the program. maggie? >> jeff glor at rutgers this morning, thank you, jeff. it was 12 years ago that matthew shepard, a 21-year-old university of wyoming student

was brutally murdered by two young men that targeted him because he was gay. since then, his mother judy shepard whom you saw is an activist for issues involving gay youth and she joins this morning from chicago. >> i'm sorry to be here under such circumstances. >> i know. this is obviously different from what happened to matthew and must have brought back painful memories for you. >> absolutely. approaching the 12th anniversary of matthew's death. absolutely brings home very painful memories. >> i remember that you and i spoke when you had just written the book about matthew and you told me that you hoped that it would lead to more tolerance. do you think that our young people that we as a society have learned anything since matthew's death? >> well, you know, we have such vicious rhetoric still floating around the country. i'm not sure who our leaders are and what they think they're communicating to our young people. all tough do is go to the floor of the congress or media, the newspapers, about the discontent

with don't ask, don't tell, and the marriage issue and seems like we're trying to relegate the gay community to a second class society. they should be granting civil rights to the gay community instead of trying to deny them. to me, it's basic civil rights. to deny them service in the military or job security on a federal level or even the right to marry and receive all those benefits derived from that is just -- it's just unfair and in my view un-american. >> in the meantime, though, i feel it has to include parents and schools who are educating children. teaching them attitudes. what do you wish that the people who killed matthew would have known or would have been taught before they committed this atrocious crime? >> well, i think it's so important to communicate to our children and or students empathy. to understand what people's lives are like and a general rule of accepting everyone for who they are and respecting them

for being here. self respect is so important and if our society is not allowing us to even feel that, i don't know what the recourse is. but we're working hard in the school system to try to communicate bullying and if we don't deal with it, we get nowhere and what we do at school needs to be followed up at home and at school. i think we just think someone else is taking care of it. evidently they're not. >> something that's compounded

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every week but right now they're not even reporting from this year because as you said the flu season's starting today. >> these people that tend to really suffer a lot from flu and then end up losing their lives are people whom tend to be at high risk. are flu shots only for people at high risk? >> that's a big change. last year we heard about the high rf risk groups. at the end of last year and taking into effect this season now the cdc recommending that everyone over the age of 6 months be vaccinated against influenza because when you break down the high-risk groups, it was the entire population. >> one of the other questions as we try to demythify the flu, when to be vaccinated. some people say don't get it too early. >> we hear that patients. the sooner the better. the vaccine came out actually the end of the august. we got it in my office a couple of weeks ago. i vaccinated myself and my

children already. the fact of the matter it takes two weeks to get the immune protection from the vaccine. and there really is no telling when we'll start to see a lot of cases of influenza. flu is unpredictable. >> it lasts a long time? >> covers you for the season. fit's given at the local pharmacy, doctor's office, employment, schools, get vaccinated now. >> people my age think that flu shots give you the flu. >> that young? that's actuallily a big myth. there are two types of vaccines. there's the nasal mist and the injectable form. the injectable form, the kind most people get, the shot, it is medically impossible for that to give you the flu. it does not contain the live virus version. if you get the mist, that does contain a weakened version of the virus and some people can get a mild flu-like symptom. >> the flu is just like a bad cold. they're different. when's the best way to treat the flu? >> well, if you catch it early,

you can get the anti-viral medication but make no mistake, it is not a bad cold. if you had influenza, you feel like you are at death's door. we say in medicine, it only takes one time. it is not something to play around with. >> dr. jennifer ashton, thanks very much. for more on flu shots all you need to do is go to our partner in health, webmd.com and search flu vaccine. up next, captain sully gets a movie deal. we'll tell you how a big star got the hero pilot to go hollywood. this is "the early show" on cbs. it was a mystery to me. i found out that connected to our muscles are nerves that send messages through the body. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia, thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. and with less pain, i can do more of what matters to me.

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captain sully sullenberger, actually based on the book he wrote. it will talk about the landing but also sort of how he got to that, what it's been like for his family since then. here's the thing, though, he really didn't want to make the movie. he was really apprehensive then at this aviation show he runs into licensed pilot and actor hair rison ford, who is not involved with the movie. >> he's always there. hair rison ford is -- >> i think he should be involved in the movie, vo logical he play sully. >> -- the production team producing the movie, the same from the "indiana jones movie" he's a pilot himself. look at that, i think it is a match. >> of course part of a parlor room discussion. william h. macy we thought or richard dreyfuss. >> i'll go with the pilot. >> how about the wild card. someone said about how about alex trebek? >> is this just about the

moustache. >> didn't he get rid of the moustache, too. >> -- not an angtor, people. >> that's what you think. little do you know, when he says good-bye to "jeopardy!" it's hello hollywood. >> i'm seeing the movie. >> such wonderful people, sully -- >> lawyerie. >> and his wife, fantastic. >> they'll both be consultants. >> meantime more coming up on the next hour of "the early show." so don't go away. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,

our state has a huge deficit. meg whitman's plan will make it billions worse by eliminating the capital gains tax for wealthy investors, including herself. economists say her plan will "rip a hole in the budget"

and is "deeply flawed". analysts for the l.a. times say whitman's plan is a "pure handout" to the rich creating a "huge risk" to schools and public safety. jerry brown's against this unfair giveaway because it will take billions from our children when we can least afford it. get california working again-for all of us. amanda knox back in court today in italy. this has nothing to do with the earlier charges against her and her appeal process. she's been charged with slander. her parents have been charged with slander just about comments they made about how she was treated when she was first

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it's 7:55. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm julie watts. a judge has issued a preliminary injunction against two rival street gangs in san francisco. the ruling bans 41 known gang members from entering a specific zone in the visitacion valley neighborhood. it's the fourth such injunction in san francisco covering 134 gang members in all. san jose's largest school district is standing by the decision to cancel all class next week. district officials say the furlough week is a necessary cost saving measure because they are not getting enough money from the state. the unpaid days off were approved by all unions. republican gubernatorial candidate meg whitman says she and her husband were not aware they had hired an illegal immigrant as her housekeeper and employed her for nine

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good morning. let's get a check of the altamont pass ride. westbound 580 at grant line road we had an early-morning accident, actually a traffic alert. so kind of really messed things up for a while because two lanes were blocked. not the case anymore. traffic recovered quickly.

it is a friday and conditions just overall lighter on the roads so only 16 minutes right now on westbound 580 to take you towards the dublin interchange. new accident just reported in milpitas southbound 880 approaching dixson landing road. traffic beginning to back up in the southbound lanes but at the bay bridge toll plaza, check this out, good-looking commute for a friday. not too bad backed up just about to mid lot. that's a check of your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth. everything looks good to me on a friday! [ laughter ] even clouds in the morning. they look good because it's friday. here's a look from our mount vaca cam. high clouds in full effect today. we have a minor system down to the south. that's going to be pushing those clouds into the bay area and also allowing us to cool down yet again. today's highs upper 80s inland, near 70 around the bay and the lower 60s for the coast. take a look at coastal conditions. not a lot of sunshine today or the weekend. temperatures cooling down for the bay area. and your temperatures by the middle of next week are warming

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about a hundred and thirty miles. a wet and wild day out there this morning. we'll tell you why some of these folks have come out to our plaza this morning. >> and why so many are wearing pink. >> i bet you can figure that one out already. welcome back to the "early show." i'm harry smith along with maggie rodriguez. coming up, another day in court for amanda knox. the college student from seattle serving a murder sentence in italy right now. she and her parents are now accused of slandering the local police department, because they say she was roughed up during questioning. we're going it speak with her parents about the brand new case in just a bit. also ahead, believe it or

not it has been 25 years of farm-aid. the first concert to support america's family farmers back in 1985 after the big live-aid event. this year's concert is tomorrow and we'll speak exclusively with willie nelson, putting the shows together since the very first one. >> first a check of the news with erica hill. good morning, everyone. a you poreful and deadly rain storm is clobbering the east coast this morning. the soaking rain caussen widespread flooding as it moves into the northeast including parts of new jersey at this hour. power outages. travel is snarled to say the least. at least five people killed in north carolina soers far has born the brunt of this storm. a convoy of tankers headed to afghanistan fueled for nato and u.s. troops ambushed in pakistan this morning. at least 27 trucks were attacked by a gang of gunmen. the convoy en route. a report from kandahar. >> reporter: fuel and other

vital supplies destine for nato bases in afghanistan up in flames. late last night, 12-hour militants, their 235is faces covered chased drivers away and set 27 trucks on fire. the supply trucks were an easy target, sitting ducks, stranded in the tribal areas along the border, because the crossing into afghanistan has been closed for two days now. the pakistani government had the crossing all following helicopter air strikes inside its airspace. the latest left three pakistani soldiers dead. american bases rely on a constant flow of fuel, food, weapons and ammunition. about half of those supplies come in by road through pakistan. so keeping those trucks rolling is vital to the mission here. mandy clark, cbs news, kandahar airfield, afghanistan. a key member of president obama's inner circle white house chief of staff rahm emanuel is bowing owl planning to run for mayor of chicago. his departure made official at a

white house ceremony this morning. former president jimmy carter is celebrating his 86th birthday today. he spent two days in a hospital due to a viral inspection. he left the hospital and flew to washington yesterday. here's katie couric with a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> good morning. they spent time behind bars. in our they're spending time with their families. how a woman with conviction is putting children first by giving their moms a second chance. the inspiring story is tonight's "american spirit" only on the "cbs evening news." now back to "the early show." dave price in kansas city this morning with another check of the weather for us and some fine head gear. >> thank you very much. ten gallon hat. don't know what it is in

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cbs news correspondent is in perugia italy and has the very latest. good day. >> reporter: today is just a preliminary hearing to decide if amanda knox can be tried on charges of slandering police. the seattle student is already nervous about her appeal next month on her conviction and sentence for murder. knox arrived in a police van. if the charge of slandering eight police officers is thrown out, it draws into question the conviction for murder. if it goes against her, knox faces more time in jail. at her appeal, the prosecution will demand she be given a life sentence. witnesses in court today say knox, who cut her hair during a hot summer in jail, looked hot and pale. the statement was made while being interrogated as a witness

about her roommate, meredith kercher. >> i was very, very scared because they were treating me so badly. >> reporter: knox said she only confessed to being in the house at the time of the murder after she was hit. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: there, there, there she said. remember, remember, remember. the scene in court today was almost deja vu. the judge is the same one who originally committed her to trial. the prosecutor was on the state's team and the lawyer representing the police is asking for the family of the victim meredith kercher in a civil suit against knox. outside the circus continues to grow. two movies, one of them starring hero's star and a book is being published. one lawyer said she's become hardened and less servene during

her time in jail. they are hoping to give her more courage and become more serene as she awaits her appeal for murder. >> thank you. amanda knox's parents join us from seattle their hometown. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> what are your lawyers telling you about this. we had a viewer here earlier in the studio this week. this whole procedure with these new charges against you and against amanda. will this have any bearing on her appeal? let me start with you, curt. >> at this point in time, i think it's just a timing issue. they postponed the merits of the pretrial for slander until the first part of november. it could start come in siding with her appeal.

hopefully that will create any detriment. >> are the lawyers concerned about these two things sort of running concurrently? >> i think the lawyers have always seen the slander charges as more of a, i don't know, distraction is what they call it from their main goal, which is the other trial, the appeals process. it's kind of -- one more thing we have to deal with. one more thing amanda has to go through. >> here you are. the same june is involved, prosecutor involved. there are a lot of the same people involved in the earlier trial are involved in this procedure. at some point do you sort of wonder, does it feel like they are out to get you? >> well, yeah, you know, we were surprised that they allowed the same judge to sit in on this case. so it's a little disconcerting, and i guess unusual. it leaves us all wondering why are they using the same people over and over again.

>> curt, does it feel like that to you? does it feel like amanda has become a convenient target? >> you know, it really does. i almost look at these slander charges as harassment related to her. hopefully it won't deter from her actual appeal trial. we're looking forward to that beginning in november. >> each time we talk to you, you're buoyant, upbeat, positive, try to drive home a story of hope, you know, some sort of positive outcome on the horizon. but so far none of this has really gone very well at all. curt, how do you speak to that and how do you maintain? >> well, you stay strong for amanda. you know, we look forward to hopefully a happy outcome from the appeals trial and that she'll get to come home. we know if they really focus on the evidence and really look at the physical evidence during the

appeal, we believe that they are going to find she was wrongfully convicted and they will fix it and she'll get to come home. >> that would make sense. if logic applied, but it hasn't applied so far, at least from what we can see. edda, how do you go along without feeling sometimes that your voices are not actually being heard? >> well, you know, we all have our moments of despair. we all do. amanda does, we all do. we just know, you know, wallowing in that kind of feeling isn't productive. we just need to find a way to get through another day and to keep going and to keep fighting. we aren't leaving our innocent daughter in jail for a crime that she didn't commit. >> we thank you both for taking the time to speak with us again this morning. do take care. >> thank you. >> thank you for having us. >> now here is maggie. >> thanks, harry. up next, a first for "undercover boss." the hilt reality show follows a female boss working alongside her employees.

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it follows corporate executives leaving the safety of their corner offices and go incognito on company front lines. for the first time this sunday's episode will feature a female ceo, kim schaefer. >> i just need to see the credit card you charged the room with. it matches. what do i do here? >> go okay and check it in. shift f8. now tap on keys. >> keys? >> uh-huh. right on this one. >> perfect. >> we'll go under "payments." >> ready to go to the water park? >> we're willing to do this but there's there. >> ouch, kim schaefer joining us

this morning. you survived though. >> i did. >> a moment you were working the front desk at a resort and discover much to your dismay it just takes way too long to check in. what was the most important thing you discovered or learned from yir experiment? >> people walking into our lodges, that check-in is really their entry point to the lodge and the experience. they are there to spen time as a family and we want to get them in having fun as quickly as possible. we are a bit of a victim of our own success. i was definitely truss vated by the whole process and everybody wants to come at the same time there. was a line out the door of people trying to -- to get in. so, it was an eye-opener to see it. >> and now, you said in the show it would be one of your first priorities for fix that. you got to see so many different types of jobs. there's a moment in the episode where you have to actually actually pick up poop from the pool. i'm watching this going, that is the ceo of the company scooping

poop. was that humbling for you? >> it was very humbling. it was one of those moments where i'm like, really, i've come this far? to do this. but i figure, you know, this is what the employees have to go through so it's nice to see how they have to deal with things, what they have to go through and all aboutl making our company better. >> are there challenges that are specific to being a female ceo? >> i think it as a female ceo i've kind of not really separated myself from the male counterparts but i do think one of the things i've identified with even during the show is i'm a working mom. and so, there's always those challenges of realizing that we want to take care of everybody. we want to do everything. and, you know, you're making those trade-offs and that consideration of how we have a career and feel good about ourselves but, also, take care of our families. that's always front and center and even during the show i recognize that i'm not the only woes that to go through that. >> so many people.

you and i both have two children. you did something i did not do. you said you gave birth to your son on a friday and were back to work on monday. >> yes. >> are a workaholic? >> probably when you put it like that. it's hard to deny. i love work. it's always been just a huge part of my satisfaction in life. i have my family, and i have my career. and those are my two priorities and that's what i spend 99% of my time focusing on. i love what i do, i love the company, and i love my family. so, trying to balance that, it's tricky. but -- >> you have a very sportive husband, though. >> i have an amazing husband. he's -- he's absolutely wonderful and he does a great job with the kids. and that was a consideration that we were fortunate enough to make. not everybody has that choice. and so, you know, being able to balance this and have the support that i do, it really makes for a much calmer household going forward. >> looking back now on your experience on the show, was it

all worth it? you did have any trepidations to begin with? and how did it end for you. >> i think anytime you go in and take a look at your company kind of unfiltered, not knowing what i was going to be doing and who i was going to be meeting, i think that there's always, you know, i'm a little nervous about that but i know that we have a great company. i see our guest service scores. so, i felt comfortable enough that i might be able to really take something out that would help our company move to the next he level and be better than we are so that was kind of my trepidation coming in. i think coming out, i'm just so pleased. what we do for our guests every single day was just overwhelming for me. i was so inspired by the people that i met, i wouldn't change that skerns for the world. >> kim schaefer, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> pleasure to have you here. >> thank you. >> you can watch "undercover boss" sunday night at 9:00, 8:00 central on cbs. harry? >> still ahead the one and only willie nelson getting ready for

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it's 8:25. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm julie watts. caltrans will hold a ceremony today right before it hits the construction milestone in san mateo counter. crews are expect to punch through the northern end of the tunnel at devil's slide. it will be another year before the tunnel is open to traffic, however. today begins a new era for the former nummi plant in fremont. electric carmaker tesla motors takes over the property. they plan to build the model s roadster and other cars there. a judge has issued a preliminary injunction against two rifle street gangs in san francisco. the move bans 41 gang members from entering a specific zone in the neighborhood known as visitacion valley. there was no formal opposition

filed against the injunction. it's the fourth such injunction in san francisco covering a total of 134 gang members. traffic and weather coming right up. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. backups in milpitas where this accident is still blocking one lane. southbound 880 approaching dixson landing small speeds there. we are seeing some speed limit sensors there under 20 miles an

hour. elsewhere friday light. the commute out of downtown san jose, accident northbound 280 past 17, an accident with a bus but all lanes are clear now and fortunately it didn't back up the commute all the way towards cupertino. 880 not too bad as you pass the coliseum. these taillights that's northbound traffic it starts to get slow up towards the downtown oakland exit but against we are doing well. that's a check of your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth. gray skies out there this morning. plenty of clouds are expected for the morning and for the afternoon at the coast. but the farther inland you get, the more likely you are to see plenty of sunshine and temperatures today are still cool, cooler than yesterday. today's highs in the upper 80s inland. near 70 around the bay and along the coast. the lower 60s at the coast. look at the weekend saturday and sunday temperatures continuing to cool down just a bit. we'll take the cooler weather into monday. and then a warmup.

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welcome back to the "early show." national breast cancer awareness month begins today, october 1st. we have special guests with us this norg. all of these people on the plaza out 20 send a message are breast cancer survivors, supporter and ire, dankner, susan g. komen race for the cure. she joins us. >> good morning. >> come over ever and join our huddle. tell us why this month is important for us as a survivor? >> this month is about raising awareness and educating women how important it is to get their

mammograms. 14 years at my first mammogram i went out and was diagnosed and early detection saved my life. i made it. my goal, spread the word that early detection is the most important. >> and so many people are spreading that message, especially this month. everywhere you go, retailers are doing something involving pink. >> absolutely. >> susan g. komen. >> the entire country is swaddled in pink. you can't look anywhere without seeing a pink ribbon or pink in a store. big companies and retailers, they're selling products. to benefit organizations like komen. and go out. help you know, look at your website. we can't do enough to help raise awareness. >> thank you, iris. thank you so much. if you see something pink in a store, go in and say, what's this about? chances are it will have something to do with susan g. komen and they will contribute some portion of your purchase to that cause. >> thank you. >> thank you. the nfl has gotten involved in a big way. >> that's right.

>> got sweatbands, but -- >> take a look at this. every football snapped in the nfl season this month, the month of october, will have that symbol on it right there. that pink ribbon. isn't that amazing? >> amazing. talking about it, just seeing it sunday, monday night watching the football games. >> really important. >> maybe we can do it if we all do it together. >> as we said so many times no degrees of separation when it comes to breast cancer. my mother was a 20-plus years survivor. all of the work being done right now is very much appreciated by a lot of people all over the country. >> thanks again, iris. coming up here for us in his half hour, looking ahead as farm-aid celebrates 25 years of helping family farmers. speaking exclusively with willie nels nelson, still putting the shows together after all of these years. and remember from the top of

the shot. well, we've got the perfect trick basketball shots to amaze the world and they have one that no one has seen yet, that they say maybe the most difficult of them all. an exclusive preview in a few minutes. and peacock back with us this morning, sharing recipes from his latest better new and improved home and gardens cookbook. making minds and cook once eat twice. a phrase that becomes hand any my house. and back to dave eating more than twice i'm sure with all that great barbecue. dave? >> hmm. it smells so good here in kansas city right now, maggie and guys. this is serious business. first of alls the american royal barbecue isn't about competition simply or prize money. it's also about scholarships. they provide almost $2 million in educational scholarships a year from this thing.

it's a big deal. we have boy scouts and cub scouts and rod gray, with the name of the team. he actually does this for a living. it's all he does. competition barbecue. what do we have here? >> grad glad to have you in our town. this is a brisket. big boy. >> are these two sections of the brisket? >> absolutely. this is called the point and this is called the flat. this is a little more lean. this has a little more fat. we'll use both in competition. >> how long do you have to cook a brisket? >> depends on your timing. from eight hours to 16 hours depending on the temperature. >> biggest mistake people make which they cook brisket on the grill? >> oversmoke her food and they plan it ton a timeline. barbecue is done when it's

there you go. >> all right. oh, that's good. we got kosher barbecue for you. what do you think? how is it? >> it worked so well for me here. back to you guys. . >> enjoy the rest of your stay, dave. a quarter century ago farm-aid was born. willie nelson, the man who started it all has taken the stage every single year. he's on his tour bus and betty nguyen, he gave you the full scope. >> yes, he did. >> amazing. >> 25 years. just hard to believe it's been that long, but the problem is still out there. and alarming number of family

farmers are being driven out of business. in an effort to stop that trend, willie nelson and his friends keep taking the stage, raising money and awareness. i caught up with the singer on his way to this year's farm-aid. >> how are ya? >> good. >> reporter: good to see you. >> you, too. >> reporter: country legend willie nelson is most at home on the road. ♪ on the road again >> reporter: in the course of a 50-year career, that road has taken him past countless farms and fields. as he toured it america's heartland he saw heartbreak. >> they've watched their families sweat blood and tears out on the farm and die out there trying to save their own family farm. >> reporter: large factory farms are taking away the livelihoods of small farmers. many could no longer afford to stay on their land. willie nelson, who grew up on a farm, took action. your friends? >> neil young, john mellencamp. >> reporter: with just six weeks, farm-aid was born. 80,000 people packed a football

stadium in champaign, illinois for a 12-hour show featuring the biggest names you'll ever see onstage. a mixture of music and message. >> going for the best causes. to save the family farm. >> reporter: the event was a huge success raising $10 million for the cause. but 25 years later, family farmers are still struggling. do you think americans get how difficult it is for the small farmer these days? >> not at all. >> reporter: this man and wife operate a small organic farm in austin, texas where they grow a wide variety of vegetables and raise livestock. they nearly lost everything during the prolonged texas drought earlier this decade. >> not just worry about the farm, worried about your livelihood and paying the bills. >> reporter: how close did you come? >> we there. >> our water bill went from about $200, $300 to about $1,000 a month. >> reporter: really?

>> yeah. >> reporter: desperate for help, every door they tried to open slammed shut, except for one. >> farm-aid was the only group that helped us. >> reporter: what did that do for you? >> it transformed us. you know? it gave us hope, because it made us feel like someone knew that we were suffering and they cared. >> reporter: today their farm is thriving and a model for sustainable agriculture. >> piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy! >> reporter: skip and erin says farm-aid donation certainly helped pay the bills but they got something far more valuable than money. >> wow, there's actually someone there who cares about small farmers. >> they realize somebody is helping and at least thinking about them. >> reporter: it has to have a bit of a psychological effect and provides, i guess, if anything a sense of hope to these farmers out there? >> if we did nothing but give them hope, well, then, that's worthwhile. >> reporter: today at age 77, willie nelson still has that spring in his step and fire in his belly, and when small

farmers like skip and erin get in trouble, he questions who else will answer those calls for help. >> why is our government not doing it? why do they leave it to old willie and the boys out there for 25 years to do it? >> reporter: how long that old willie and the boys, going to keep doing it? >> as long as we have to. >> yep. he will be there. so in addition to willie, this year's farm-aid lineup and mind you they all work for free includes john mellencamp, neil young, the dave matthews band and kenny chesney. the previous 24 concerts have raised more than $37 million to help family farmers. that's a whole lot of money. >> doing a lot of good. >> an incredible organization. a lot of people love buying local and supporting the formers. especially in this tough economic climate. sometimes those goods are more expensive. >> they are. the family farmers admit to that. no doubt. it's going to cost you a little more. here's the difference. when you have a mega farm that say has produce like this we're looking at here, they're going

to pick this early. that's going to be shipped runs of miles away, and so you're not going to get produce that is as ripe or, say, as flavorful as you would if someone, a farmer, family farmer, picked this out of their farm in the morning and got it to your table by the end of the day. >> local farmer's markets are being pushed. >> yep. >> thank you. >> enjoyed it. it was fun. >> i can imagine. too find out more about farm-aid and tomorrow's concert logon to our website. now here's harry. all right, erica. about a year ago a trick basketball shot that seemed too good to be true started burning up the internet. take a look. it was the shot seen around the world. for kyle field at texas a&m, almost 200 feet up, nothing but net. >> i did it! >> the guys responsible for the trick shot who call themselves dude perfect receive more than 20 million hits online thanks to

their wide variety of draw-dropping baskets. since their breakout a year ago they've appeared twice on the "early show." most recently to debut their now famous shot from the sky. >> oh! >> and now they're back with a new video that could be their best yet. coby cotton, tyler toney, cory cotton and cody jones. four of the members here exclusively to show us their latest shot. >> good morning. >> hi, harry. >> you look bet are than a year ago. >> thanks to having us. >> oh. all right. let's get to this new video. before we take a look, let's get a little bit of a setup. where did you do this? >> yes, sir. in dallas. we filmed this in dallas at a crosstower. really, really cool. >> who had the inspiration? >> i guess a collaboration of ideas, but we had some guys at the church and sfuf that talked about doing it. we said it's a great idea. they challenged us to do the shot.

>> talking about going way, way, way up in the sky. >> way up high. yeah. >> all right. that's enough said. let's take a look. this is the exclusive worldwide first viewing of dude berfects -- >> there we go. >> this is a cross tower shot. >> oh! that's right! yes! >> whew! >> wow. so how high up is that? >> i think it was actually over 150 feet up in the air, and then we took a range finder out there. it was like 72 yards about straight shot. >> down? >> straight line. >> right. right. >> why does this look so much harder than, like, the kyle field one? >> one, it was nighttime. depth perception is obviously different at night, than in the

daytime. if you notice in the video, i'm actually strapped on to a ladder on the edge. and so -- i didn't really have a lot of -- leg to work with. >> there's that then, too. i take it it took you a little longer to get this done? >> it did. started filming at 11:00 finished at 2:00. >> in the morning. >> and was one enough? >> one was not enough on this one. >> you did it again? played it again. >> one was enough for the make. >> how do you all participate in this, then? you took the shot. >> yes, sir. >> right? now, what are you doing? >> it's a group effort. you see from the top angle. there's a guy kneeling down. that's me. a little bit of a dangerous place to sit way camera. the ball's coming in hot. >> sitting there way camera like this and the ball could -- >> for every make do you see, there are probably 400 to 500 rebounds that i've picked up for this guy. so that's true -- interesting.

>> somebody's got to do that. >> exactly right. >> you guard the boards. >> all the time. >> all right. and what do you do? >> we all really take turns doing stuff. we do all shoot. kyle has the big guns, a quarterback in high school. whenever it's a big shot we go to him. >> the camera guy, that's a big deal. >> no question. the other thing, you should show, because a year ago had we first had you on, nobody believed it was real. since then, you go on the website, so much really cool stuff. you show the technique, because it is kind of awesome. you don't shoot like this. >> no, no. a one-arm throw. gives you more power, you get back here and get the follow-through and everything like that. the one-arm throw is the way to go on the long ones. >> nice to see you. >> keep milking it. >> harry, we want you to be an official member here. we got you a little shirt. we're launching merchandise online. when you're out shooting in your own backyard, feel free to throw on the dp shirt.

>> i'm sure -- i'll do better. all right. >> appreciate it. thank you. >> all right. now here's maggie. >> harry, thank you. many of us grew up with a "better home & gardens" cookbook. 82 years. the recently published 15th edition adds hundreds of new recipes for today's home cook and contributing editor scott peacock is making some of his favorites for us this morning. good morning, scott. >> good morning, mag. >> did you have this cookbook in your house when you were little? >> one of my oldest friends in the kitchen. yes. it was "the" cookbook in the house when i was growing up and i really learned so much from how to make pie dough and cakes and all sorts of things. >> you could still find those great tips in the current edition, and i love that it still looks the same. conjures up kind the same comfort, but they've modernized it. >> very much. familiar and friendly, but it's very much for this generation. really reflects the way family, cooking and eating today, and it

has over 1,400 recipes. 1,000 are new and classics in there. great new features as well. >> i love the new features. especially the make it mine feature. >> make it mine. >> explain, take a basic recipe, lasagna, ground beef and mozzarella cheese. customize it. how do you do that? >> gives suggestions but also encourages you to use your own as well. we're making one with whole wheat lasagna noodles and a sauce. onions, garlic and crushed tomatoes. >> first you make this. saute. the onions, tomato. >> exactly. >> tomato paste. >> yes. >> mix it all up. >> and make it into a nice sauce. >> scooping up all the little brown -- >> exactly. >> and some italian seasoning. and wonderful sauce. then you have a little bit in

the pan, your whole wheat noodles, make a wonderful filling, fresh ricotta cheese, eggs, nothing mysterious. then adding crumbled goat cheese and garlic thing wes love. also then customize it. doing another version in the book. you make all of these choices yourself. this uses regular noodles and turkey and basil. >> you match it however you want? >> fantastic and inspire you to make your own choices, freedom, expiration, which i really like a lot. gives you a guidance to work with. >> bake it. >> 375, 30, 40 minutes, nice and bubb bubbly. >> you're done. >> fantastic. >> the next feature i like, cook one, eat twice. gives you not one but two recipes for the same protein or the same -- you know, main meal. >> two completely different recipes. one preparation gives you two completely different meals. a wonderful pork roast with garlic, thyme, wonderful vegetable, fennel, carrots,

potatoes, use whatever vegetables you wants with the season. this is one night. delicious pan sauce. the next night, or two or three days later, it become as wonderful sandwich with roast pork and preserves. >> the recipe for that as well. >> absolutely. >> risotto. >> i love this great, great recipe for risotto. risotto one nice, entertains for your family, great dish. the next day or two days later, risotto pancakes fantastic with a horseradish sauce. >> i noticed the second recipe is like, so quick. >> you've done all the work in the first time. they're great and differ. no one's thinking, oh, that again. they're completely different. wonderful. >> thank you, scott. check them out in the new book or go to our website to find all of these recipes. it's earlyshow.cbsnews.com. we'll be right back. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. show.cbs news.com. we'll be right back. you're watching "the early show" on cbs.

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milpitas, an accident involving an overturned suv has been uprighted and tow crews are still on scene no longer blocking lanes. it's stop and go all the way back from 238 in the southbound lanes of 880. i want to show you how good the bay bridge toll plaza looks. the metering lights are on but there are no delays right now approaching the toll plaza. so nice easy ride into san francisco from the east bay this morning. and not too bad except for some kind of low-lying clouds across the golden gate bridge. not as sunny as the past few days but at least it should be an easy ride getting there as you head into san francisco from marin. that's a check of your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth. are you trying to take my job, low-lying clouds? [ laughter ] >> i know. is it foggy out there? where's the sunshine in. >> you got to watch her! forecast for this morning. cloudy conditions out there. this is our look from our mount vaca cam. sunshine inland, the warmest temperatures in the upper 80s. near 70 around the bay but plenty of clouds along the coast. cool.

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