for years. thank you so much for watching. "the early show" is up next. have a great one. see you at noon. bye-bye. captioning funded by cbs exit plan. officials in chile finish rye enforcing the shaft as final preparations are made to bring 33 trapped miners to the surface. we're live with the latest on when they expect to bring them out. >> campaign frenzy. with just weeks to go until the midterm elections, president obama hits is trail trying to ignite his base, while new york republican gubernatorial candidate carl paladino ignites yet another firestorm of controversy. >> i don't want them to be brain washed thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid or successful option. it isn't. >> carl paladino joins us in the studio to talk about the uproar. and cartel connection. police in mexico say two brothers with associations to a drug cartel are suspects in the

murder of david hartley, the american jet skier allegedly killed near the texas/mexico border. we'll talk to his wife and the search for her husband early this monday morning, october 11, 2010. >> good looking columbus day here. good morning. i'm harry smith. >> happy monday. i'm maggie rodriguez. it's a busy news day so we'll get to the top story, after being trapped under ground longer than anyone in history the 33 miners in chile are a couple days from seeing the sun. seth done is at the mine to bring us up to date. good morning, seth. >> reporter: good morning, maggie. it was an exciting and emotional weekend as rescue workers punched through to the area

where the men are trapped. this rescue operation one of the most complex ever attempted, is far from over. deep under ground, the miners' schedule is starting to change. as they prepare to see sunlight for the first time in more than 68 days. they now started a special diet which includes a high calorie, chocolate drink to boost nutrition. and they are also on a regimen of aspirin to prevent blood clots while they are lifted to the surface. watching out there are even said to be volunteering to go up last. on the roughly 20-minute, 2,000-foot joran the rescue capsule could spin so to try to keep them from getting dizzy or sick they will start fasting six hours before. video cameras are monitoring them so rescuers can look for signs of panic attacks. above ground workers plan to finish inserting the giant tubes into the rescue shaft.

the casing is welded together and designed to reinforce the tunnel. >> but at the beginning, you can see some small fractures. >> reporter: here's how it will work. rescuers are inserting 16 metal tubes, each about the length of a school bus, into the first 315 feet of the tunnel. that part of the rock is the most jagged and unstable. ♪ >> reporter: the miners' families are getting ready too. >> this is a picture of your son. how are you preparing for the next couple of days for the rescue? >> translator: i'm anxious. anxious. >> reporter: she spoke with him yesterday via videoconference. the truth is i walked around in my tent thinking about what i'm going to do when my son comes out, she told me. i know i'm going to hug him. but probably when that moment comes i won't do anything. i'll just cry and scream.

we're told that workers installing the protective casing should wrap up around 8:30 or 9:00 this morning. the next step is to add a winch system to raise and lower that rescue capsule, that we're told should take about a day and a half so we should expect a wednesday rescue. maggie. >> seth, thank you very much. now here is harry. >> now to politics. with the midterm elections three weeks away new york candidate carl paladino ignite add firestorm of controversy over anti-gay remarks. cbs news correspondent bill plante has details. >> reporter: good morning. this is a year when politicians of all kinds are saying what is on their mind. carl paladino stands out. when carl paladino speaks, he is the tea party backed republican running for the governor of new york, controversy often follows. meeting with jewish lead hers he

criticized andrew cuomo for marching in a gay pride parade. >> don't misquote me wanting to hurt gay people. my approach is live and let live. i just think my children and your children would be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family. and i don't want them to be brain washed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid or successful option. it isn't. >> reporter: paladino who has a 10-year-old daughter through an admitted extra marital affair accused cuomo of affairs and accused the media of ignoring that. >> does the media ask andrew such questions? hi prowess is legendary >> that after a heated exchange from the report here asked for proof of his allegation against cuomo. >> you have evidence to the charge you snad. >> you'll get it. >> this guy is an attorney general. >> and you're just talking.

you're his bird dog. go to my daughter's baptism i'll take you out. >> how you going to do that? >> they will meet in debate next monday, may be paladino's last chance. harry. >> bill plante, thank you. joining us is carl paladino, republican candidate for governor of new york. good morning. >> good morning. >> i know there as a lot of this speech that you didn't give that was in a text that was given to the press. but at least one of the things that you did say for sure, and correct me if i'm wrong, is that you don't want children brain washed into thinking that homosexuality is acceptable. you did say that. >> yes. >> does it seem to you you are an unlikely candidate to be on some sort of morality crusade? >> i -- i don't think so. yes, i know what you're

referring to, and i did apologize for that omission in my life and that recklessness. >> we're talking about a daughter out of wedlock. >> i want to clearly define myself. i have no reservations about gay people at all. none. except for one thing. their desire to get married. i just feel -- i'm a catholic and i -- 7.5 million catholics in new york state. i feel that marriage is only between a man and a woman. clearly i wanted to state that. now, in addition, i have -- i have people working for me who are gay. never had a problem with any of them. never had a problem in any sense of with their lifestyle and we talked about it often. i talk about -- i talk to them about the discrimination that they suffer. and i'm sensitive to it. >> is being gay -- >> that's why a statement of that nature for me to clearly

define that yes, it's not an easy life, it's a very, very difficult life. most of them don't choose it. >> by making a statement like that, brain washing them to thinking homosexuality is acceptable you must think it is not -- >> i don't think it should be taught in our schools. >> you think it's normal? do you think it's -- that people are gay by choice or by birth? >> i think -- i think it's a matter of birth. i really do. i feel that they are born that way. and that's just fine. >> but you clearly say brain washed into thinking that homosexuality is acceptable so you think basically it's -- >> it's very, very difficult, no, i'm saying it's a very, very difficult life. discrimination that they suffer is very, very difficult. and i'm totally sensitive to it. you know, andrew wanted to come out and accuse me -- >> we're only going to talk about what you're talking about. and the other thing that where

this statement comes from at a time when new yorkers just learn about this horrendous attack by this gang on these young gay men in the bronx where they were tortured and sodomized. >> it's terrible. >> it's terrible. >> it's terrible. horrible. >> you don't feel like you added fuel to the fire of gay hatred? >> it wasn't my intention. this thing was highlighted only because of the words that were on a written statement that i did not speak. i crossed them out. they were unacceptable to me. that's the only reason we're talking about it today is because those words were given by someone to the press and the press in their own pariah way. >> you feel you owe anybody an apology? >> no. i think i made a very, very clear statement. and the people at the daily news and the post that continued this

pariah attitude they have to chase me for every darn thing i think they owe me an apology at some point. >> carl paladino, we thank you being here. >> president obama willing be back on the stump. he was in philadelphia on sunday hoping to get voters excited about joe sestak who is trailing republican pat toomey. only about 18,000 supporters turned out which is about half the number who attended an obama rally two years ago >> on november 2 i need you as fired up as in 2008. because we've got a lot of work ahead of us. >> joining us now from washington, pennsylvania governor and former democratic chairman ed rendell. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> your party has this opportunity to have the

president of the united states dumb to your state to convince the voter to go democratic in three weeks and spends a good chunk of the time accusing the republicans of trying to steal the election with money from foreign companies. don't you think, governor, voters would rather hear how democrats are going to create jobs and grow the economy? >> well, sure. but the president does that pretty much every day. the reason i'm in washington, maggie, is we're having a press conference about the president's plan on infrastructure which i think is the single best job creator we can do. >> why did he spend so much time talking about the republicans trying to steal the election offering no evidence of that? isn't it a bit undignified for the president to resort to that >> the president has dual roles, commander in chief, he sets policy but he's also the com painer in chief and his goal in this campaign is to get democrats off their duff and get them to the polls.

sometimes you do that by not only talking about the good things the democrats have done and he sure has heck spends time talking about those, also what's to be afraid of and the influence of outside money, the unreported money that's coming into this campaign through groups that we'll never know who contributed to, that's something our citizens should be worried about. >> if you gave them evidence to support that claim it would be one thing. but to make claims like this without backing them up seems not right. >> well, but i think maggie, you know for example, that crossroads and groups like that are putting millions of dollars into this campaign and under the citizens united decision, they don't have to report who gave the money. so money's coming into the campaign, mostly on the republican side, that's unreported. and that goes against everything we've always held in this country, you can give money to a campaign but the public's got a right to know who is supporting each candidate. >> okay. let's say that's happening. it can't all be the republicans

fault that the numbers are bad for the democrats in the polls. where do you think the president and the party are failing to get out the message? >> i think from the beginning we got outspun on things like stimulus and health care reform which have done great things for the citizens. for example, on health care reform, there have been seven things that happened since september 23rd, all of them very popular, like you can't deny children health care because of pre-existing condition. seniors getting $250 check to fill that donut hole in prescription drug coverage. we got outspun. the message at the beginning was bad. once you lose that message war it's tough to make up ground. >> governor ed rendell, we thank you for your time. >> my pleasure. >> and erica hill is off. what's going on, jeff in >> good morning. there is big social security news. no cost of living increase for 2011.

cost of living increases have been tied to the inflation rate since 1975. this is the second year in a row without an increase and only the seconds time since the automatic inflation adjustments were adopted. social security officials predict a small increase for 2012. the dow jones industrials start above 11,000 for the first time since may. rebecca jarvis has more from the stock exchange. good morning. >> good morning, jeff. stocks are back up alove where they stoot stood after the crash of may. the day where stocks plummeted multiple points, hundreds of points in a matter of minutes, now are back above that level, but still well below the all-time highs wrp hit in october of 2007, three years ago. they are still 22% below those levels with the unemployment rate in this country stuck at 9.6%. also housing. weighing on the problems. we have foreclosures throughout

the country being halted by bank of america, the largest bank in the country, and a number of banks have followed suit to a certain extent. pnc, allied financial, jp morgan chase have halted foreclosures in 23 states and a number of attorneys general are calling for a foreclosure mor throughout the country. >>oriu tha men including two americans. to peter diamond at the massachusetts institute of technology, dale mortonson of northwestern university, and christopher passarise for analysis of markets with search frictions. bizarre events at president obama's rally in philadelphia. while on stage a book was thrown towards the president. see it there. who threw the book or what it was. also at that event a streaker was arrested.

a nude man was trying to win a million dollars 18 publicity stunt for a website. about 16 past the hour. dave price made it back in time for the show.

>> it's 7:17. that's our first look at the weather this morning. harry, maggie? >> thanks very much. coming up more news on the search for the missing american murdered on a jet ski near the mexican border. we'll speak with his wife about the latest developments. >> plus, incredible survivor story. the man attacked by a bear and lived to tell about it may be

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there are suspects and seems to be mounting evidence that her story is absolutely it's 7:25. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm elizabeth wenger. two young men are dead after a shooting at a san leandro party. the gunfire broke out on a dance floor at the monarch bay golf course. police are trying to learn who rented the restaurant for that party. they are also looking for witnesses to the saturday night shooting. the san francisco giants could advance to the national league championship series tonight. the giants got two runs in the ninth inning to win game 3 over the atlanta braves 3-2. they got some help from atlanta's brooks conrad, who had three errors in the game. the giants lead the series two games to one. and some giants are on the scale this morning on the san mateo coast. that's giant pumpkins. the 37th annual world championship pumpkin weigh-off

started a few minutes ago at half moon bay. last year's winner came from iowa, weighing nearly 1700 pounds. that is a big pumpkin. all right. we have traffic and weather for you coming right up. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,

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a nice crowd out here this columbus day commemorating the day that christopher columbus arrived in the americas back in 1492. welcome back to "the early show." a nightmare at a college party in washington b. a dozen students, most women, were rushed to the hospital after this apparently overdosed. this morning, police are trying to figure out if someone slipped drugs into their drinks. we'll bring you the latest on that. also in washington the amazing story of a man who survived a bear attack. last month he was out walking his dogs when the bear mauled him. he and his wife managed to scare off the bear but not before the animal did significant damage. since then, he's had six surgeries including one to remove his eye. we'll speak to both of them about the horrendous attack.

first, though, new developments in the search for the american reportedly gunned down near the mexican border while on a jet ski. over the weekend, mexican soldiers searching for the body of david hartley reportedly got into a gun battle with suspected members of a violent mexican drug gang and now police say two leaders of that gang are suspects. cbs news correspondent don teague has more. >> reporter: falcon lake and surrounding area has been called a hornet's nest of criminal activity for the zeta drug cartel. the powerful and fierce mexican gang that's not shy about letting its presence be known. >> it's happened before out here patrolling and see individuals coming across into the united states with machine guns. >> reporter: now, mexican police have named two brothers, believed members of that cartel, suspects in david hartley's murder. authorities didn't release photos of them.

but, the two are, also, wanted for several other crimes, including homicide, kidnapping, and arson. >> i'm a little hopeful. i hope that it's going to, you know, bring david home. hopefully, they can tell us where he is. >> reporter: there had been doubts about tiffany hartley's account of what happened that, her husband had been shot and killed while the couple was jet skiing on the lake and taking pictures of this sunken church. where was david's body? where was his jet ski? but, there's other evidence supporting her story. this is video shot from a police dashcam. it shows the couple being pulled over shortly before getting to the lake, jet skis in tow. >> it proves that they were together, that they were en route to falcon lake to enjoy the day. >> reporter: but even if mexican authorities now believe tiffany, david's father doesn't believe

in mexican law enforcement. >> i think that that lake will probably be david's headstone. >> reporter: mexican officials insist they will keep searching for david hartley's body. don teague, cbs news, dallas. >> joining us from mcallen, texas, tiffany hartley. tiffany, thaik thank you very much for taking the time to join us. now that mexican authorities have actually named two suspects, does it seem to you that they are now taking your story seriously? >> yeah, i think they finally took it serious once we started coming to the media. i think they finally decided that this story needed some action behind it. as if, you know, if these people are the right people, hopefully they can lead us to where david's at. >> they've named two suspects but have refused to show pictures of them. do you think, if you saw their pictures, you would recognize them?

>> i -- i couldn't tell you. i don't remember, really, being able to describe or even kind of get an idea of what these guys looked like. possibly maybe it would come back to me, but just i was more focused on the gun and hoping, you know, they wouldn't shoot me. >> yeah. sure. one of the other questions that i'm curious about is have the mexican authorities contacted you? have they wanted to ask you any questions to at least even bring you to the site of the crime? >> we did have a meeting with them and that was mainly for them to kind of give us an idea of what they're going to do so we could ask questions, kind of get an idea of, you know, how they were going to' react to this, if they were going to bring in their navy and military to help do the search. we were encouraged that they were going to do what they can and i think they are doing what they can right now. >> i know that you went back to the scene recently.

what was that like for you to go back to where this all happened? >> it was hard. um, i didn't know what to really expect, just the visions of what happened that day of us heading in towards the church and then us heading back from there, or me heading back from there. it was -- it was a rough day. i think it was hard on all the -- all of us, the whole family. >> right. from the beginning, these mexican authorities have put your story into question, which raised all kinds of doubts. there's now dashcam video from a police apparently stopped you and your husband just hours before this happened. do you feel like this gives credence to what you've been trying to express all along? >> yeah. yeah, i do. i mean, we -- we have points of being pulled over and being at subway with the border patrol seeing us there. it just, you know, shows my story that, yeah, david and i

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we have more this morning on the incredible story of john chelminiak, a washington man viciously attacked by a bear as he walked his dogs near his vacation home in washington state. he described last week how he fought off of the bear but was left with devastating injuries. he has since undergone six surgeries including one for the loss of his eye. this morning he joins us with his wife lynn from harborview medical center. lynn and john, good morning to you both. >> good morning, maggie. >> good to see you doing so well, john. i know you had injure sixth surgery on friday. how is the recovery going? >> recovery is going really, really well. i'm feeling very strong and,

actually, it looks like i'll be able to go home later today. >> oh, that is fantastic news. >> i'm looking forward to it. >> i bet. i'm sure the whole family is. i wanted to ask you about that fateful day, which was almost now a month ago. we heard you talk about it at that news conference last week and it was just chilling to hear your account. ka is the most vivid memory of that day? >> well, i've had a couple of really vivid memories of it. one, and this happened so quickly, it was just walking with the dogs down to the end of the driveway and literally i'd been out of the house for less than a minute. and what i heard was the russell by the side of the road of the bear coming up. and then i just heard this whoosh as the bear exhaled and began to run towards me and i could hear her claws on the road and just a moment saw her and she just launched into me. i think we were truly in a fight for my life at that point. >> you said you remember the

bear biting down into your skull and the sound that that makes. >> it was -- that was something amazing. she was clawing and biting and i tried to keep -- i tried to keep up. and she was behind me and i can remember her getting her jaws over my head a couple of different times and biting and when you would hear that grind on the skull, it was, uh, that's a memory that doesn't go away. >> i'm sure, john. do you have nightmares? >> i haven't, no. not so far. yeah. >> lynn, you came out and saw your in what must have been an inimaginable state. can you describe the condition that john was in after you saw him after the attack? >> sure. i knew that he was hurt. his head was not like it normally is. he was pretty beat up. there was blood on the driveway. and he wanted to move and talk and i didn't want him to move.

i wanted him just to stay calm and keep breathing. but, it was -- it was kind of scary. >> in that 911 call you sound like both you and he were convinced that he wasn't going to make it. are you amazed that he is sitting next to you today? >> pretty amazed. but, you know, he was really aware of what was going on. he was breathing. and that comforted me a great deal. >> and, john, will you go back? i know this is your cabin, you love the place, will you go back and will you do anything differently from now on? >> well, i'm sure we'll do some things differently and that'll be interesting but we're definitely going back. we love it there. it's really where we go to relax and unwind. we just love it in the mountains, and we'll be back there. this was really a very, very fluke accident. i think the game agents have told us there have been five of these in the last 100 years in washington state. it was just very much a fluke.

>> and i'm glad you survived it. i have to say i'm in awe of you, just a lovely couple and i wish you both well. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> okay. now here's harry. maggie, thank you. up next, the find that will make everyone on antiquing roadshow jealous, the family that found a painting behind their sofa that could be worth $300 million -- you heard that right -- when we come back. last year. (oof). i had a bum knee that needed surgery. but it got complicated, because i had an old injury. so i wanted a doctor who had done this before. and unitedhealthcare's database helped me find a surgeon. you know you can't have great legs, if you don't have good knees. we're 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. ♪ everywhere i go... ♪ i'll pass it on,

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>> experts who visited from italy say everything points to it being the real mccoy. >> you know, my mother just moved to buffalo. she should check to make sure [ laughter ] >> basically trying to figure out how it was passed down been jags to generation and ended up in this family's hands. somebody in the family said, you know, it's the michael and lo. >> they referred to it as "the mike". >> at one point hung above the sofa in the living room but forever balls were being tossed in the living room. one more hit it and they took it down and stuck it behind the couch where it sat for years and years and years. >> wow. they have since learned it belonged orgly to a bar b ronne from germany who gave it to her servant, a distant fam relative of this family, which is how it wound up in buffalo. >> good place to be. >> nothing wrong with buffalo.

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welcome back this monday. do you guys remember the loveable panda born at the national zoo in washington? mplts i remember when they had a contest to name it. >> well, since moved to china doing very well. know this from some women from america who fell in love with her in america and devoted their lives to him and other pandas. they will join us live this morning to tell us about what they did in china and how he is doing. >> looks like he is doing all right. >> relaxing with breakfast bamboo, right. >> always good, right. >> bamboo for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. >> we'll be right back. this is "the early show" on cbs.

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it's 7:55. time for news headlines from cbs 5. p-g and e is hoping to learn more about the san bruno pipeline explosion... by using a i'm elizabeth wenger. pg&e is hoping to learn more about the san bruno pipeline explosion by using a new video inspection system. images would be shared with the ntsb and state leaders. it's unclear whether the company will rebuild the transmission line, relocate it or choose some other option. police are investigating a deadly shooting in san leandro this weekend. two young men were killed during a party at the monarch bay golf course. police say gunfire broke out on the dance floor. police are trying to find out who rented the restaurant for that party. governor schwarzenegger is in russia today leading a trade mission for business leaders from silicon valley. they are hoping to connect with

russian counterparts. the governor praised the russian business climate calling the investment opportunities a gold mine. traffic and weather coming right up. and put peanut butter inside. [ whispering ] i add a couple chocolate chips when dad's starting the car. [ male announcer ] there's only one way to eat an eggo...your way. [ quinn ] l'eggo my eggo. [ louise ] my name is louise and this is my eggo. on tuesday i go in even earlier than usual. thank goodness for eggo, a nutri-grain waffle with a quick smoodge of cream cheese... at least that part's easy. [ male announcer ] there's only one way to eat an eggo...your way.

as ceo, she laid off 30,000 workers and shipped jobs to china. china. india. russia. poland. i know precisely why those jobs go. [ male announcer ] because fiorina shipped them there. to shanghai instead of san jose. bangalore instead of burbank. proudly stamping her products "made in china." 30,000 workers gone while fiorina took $100 million for herself. carly fiorina. outsourcing jobs. out for herself. [ barbara boxer ] i'm barbara boxer, and i approved this message. good morning. let's go out and take a look at 880 through oakland. things look better through here. we had a two-car crash that i was actually watching. southbound lanes of 880 traffic moving well from high street. going outside showing you -- well, go to our maps.

101 is a little slow right now. there was an accident by delacruz and that's making it slow on 101. 280 not too bad. still only about an 11-minute drive time from 101 to cupertino. hard to see that shot because of the bright sunshine. bright as well for the bay bridge camera. but you can tell that traffic is moving very well. they never had to turn on the metering lights this morning. so good news if you are commuting into san francisco. that's your traffic. here's lawrence with our sunshine-filled forecast. >> yes. a great day around the bay area, lots of sunshine everywhere you go today, going to be even warm out toward the coastline as high pressure is in control. those offshore winds are going to blow. fire danger will be high the next few days. outside today temperatures running in the 60s and 70s even at the coast. a lot of 80s inside the bay. hot in some of the valleys, 80s and low 90s. maybe even a little bit hotter for tomorrow. then looks like by wednesday things cool off a little bit at the coast. more extensive cooling as we look towards thursday and friday. if only there were a place where banks competed

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great crowd on the plaza this morning. a lot of people off. >> i know. >> columbus day. right? >> this is the way it should be every monday. a little slow after the weekend. people cheering. i have to single-handedly point out, sharon, walking out, she's cheering, whoa, maggie! you made my morning. >> i'm concerned there's maybe no one left back there in canada. welcome back to the show, everybody. i'm harry smith along with maggie rodriguez. losing weight never easy. whether it's metabolism, lack of time for exercise. >> or having a baby i. wonder

about that. >> there are all kinds of excuses. our dr. jennifer ashton is here to help you overcome excuses and show you how to lose weight the right way. >> it's a commitment. imagine following the love of your life half way around the world and imagine the object of your obsession is a panda bear? the colorful story of a group of women who share an obsession a fun obsession with, a blk and white bear. first, though, jeff glor is at the newsdesk with another look at the headlines. good morning, everyone. anti-gay remarks from the republican candidate for governor causing a stir. carl paladino stopping at a campaign stop, on the topic of homosexuality, paladino said "that's not highway god created us ". >> i just think my children and your children will be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family. and i don't want them to be brainwashed into thinking that

homosexualitisy an equality valid successful option. it isn't. >> this morning paladino told harry he's sensitive to the discrimination gay people endure. >> i have no reservations about gay people at all. none. except for one thing. their desire to get married. i just feel -- i'm a catholic, and there's 7.5 million catholics in new york state. i feel that marriage is only between a man and a woman. >> paladino says he owes no one an apology. rescuers in chili helps to save the miners by wednesday. an escape shaft was completed this week used to pull them up. north korea is welcoming its new leader in waiting. sim jo kim jong un, soon of kim jong-il, a dancing performance last night followed by massive celebrations of a 65th

anniversary of the founding of communist north korea. joining us from inside north korea, jim axelrod for cbs news. good evening in north korea. >> reporter: good evening, jeff. foreign reporters were invited here to north korea by the country's leader, kim jong-il, so he could showcase the man deg nated as his future successor. his son. it was billed as the largest parade in north korea's history featuring weapons decorated with the words, "kweet the u.s. mide military". taking it all in, kim jong-il and his two sons. kim jong un, the third generation to rule. >> the family or ruling regime is trying to manage this transitional here to the public. trying to slowly begin to give him a higher profile but they're

taking their time. >> reporter: not much is known about kim jong un. thought to be in his late 20s, raised in switzerland, loves american basketball and was made a general two weeks ago by his father. the kim jong un's coming out party and this military parade was no accident. north korean experts say it's vitally important for kim jong un to establish he has support of his military in a country run by authoritarian rule. >> extraordinary access over there in what's normally a very closed off country. do you get the sense that this propaganda campaign, this rollout campaign, is working for them right now? >> reporter: well, i wasn't the only one to get the access. apparently more than 100 reporters from 18 countries took up the government's invitation to come into north korea, which, as you know, a rare oh cushiccu. if they wanted wide exposure, a

rollout campaign you call it, they were successful. >> jim axelrod in pyongyang, north korea. thanks very much. learning a british aid worker may have been killed during a rescue attempt. linda norgrove abducted september 26th died friday. initial reports say she was kill by taliban captor. it's possible she was killed by a grenade used by the u.s. soldier, trying to save her. in washington state a college party turned into a frightening situation after a dozen young students, most women, may have been drugged. cbs news correspondent ben traci in ellensberg, washington,s with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. pretty much any parent's worst nightmare. most students were underage, just freshmen here at central western university. students think someone put roofies, a date rape drug in their drinks partying overnight

leading to a massive overdose and students being rushed to the hospital. in this home in northern washington, the evidence of friday night's college party still litters the lawn. >> it was crazy. loud music. a lot going on. >> reporter: more than most students new until the party took a frightening turn. they say only one or two drinks. >> all the girls puking everywhere, falling down. >> girls outside on their people. people so drunk they didn't know what to do. >> reporter: one girl ended up at this nearby grocery store unconscious. someone called 911 and then told police about the party. when the cops showed up here at the house they to force their way in the door. inside here and outside in the backyard about 50 college students. most drunk. many of the women in coherent. >> our immediate suspicion was that some sort of drug had been introduced into their systems. >> reporter: 11 women and one man ended up in the hospital.

police say they were drugged by someone who may have spiked their drinks, but they don't think the host of the party was involved. one student was found having sex with a nearly unconscious woman who turned out to be his girlfriend. >> we know that majority of our victims were female. so the assumption is maybe these individuals were targeted for some nefarious reasons. >> reporter: witnesses say many of the women were drinking pre-made drinks out of red cups which seems to be the sort of the drug. while the type of drug is still unknown, a dap rape drug, such as roofies, can be legal if mixedmy alcohol. >> girls laying on the floor, grabbing up, trying to help us off. >> like zombies, passed out -- couldn't really function. >> reporter: now, the good news, all the students have been released from the hospital but police are sending blood samples to the state crime lab trying to determine which drug was actually in their system. back here at the university they're talking to the students

about the alcohol policy. obviously they prohibit underaged drinking. jeff, any students found drinking at this party under aged, everything from alcohol counseling to being kicked out of school. jeff? >> ben tracy in ellensberg, washington, thanks. back to dave price. another check of the weather on this beautiful monday morning. dave? >> nice day. fifth avenue right here. the state parade in new york city. nice to see our friends vis illing, friends from kentucky. hold on. in case you can't see this. friends from -- this sign says we love hawaii. this says -- we love new york. we love -- cincinnati. you're just -- you just love everything. nice to see you. friends from macon, georgia. hillsborough, california. and great folks here from lbda.org. what's this organization about and and what is this disease about?

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exercise will help you lose weight and keep it off. but, many people have excuses for not following that advice and our dr. jennifer ashton is here to help you overcome your excuses. why is it so difficult to maintain a healthy weight? >> well, look, two-thirds of the american population are struggling with being overweight or obese. so, obviously if you're having trouble, you're not alone but the buck stops here, harry >> this morning. >> today. it stops here. i think the first myth is that people will say, i'm never going to be able to control my weight because i hate to exercise. >> right. >> okay. you have to learn to like it, number one, your body likes it. your body will feel good if you start to exercise. it is never too late to train those muscles to get back into shape. you need to lift weights, whether you are a male or a female, your body needs lean muscle mass and you need to do cardio, aerobic. it makes a huge difference. you will have more success controlling your weight if you

exercise. >> i'm exhausted. you know what's interesting, though, people say, i hate to go to the gym, most people hate -- who go hate to good to the gym. i think that's one of those things. you see those people looking like rabbits and running around all over the place and happy. >> but you have to do an exercise that's fun for you, it might not be in the gym, walking your dog or playing with your kid or but do something. >> i don't like diet foods, another excuse. >> talking about calories in and calories out. the out part is the exercise, the in is what you put in your mouth. on a day-to-day, meal-to-meal, hour-to-hour basis if you know what is putting in your mouth is not good fuel for your body, don't eat it because those little habits really add up. >> a great new app on the ipad is calorie counter which you can track that. which is good. >> absolutely. >> some people myself included say it is too late. >> i have two words for that. bill clinton. we've seen the dramatic

transformation that former president clinton -- >> this guy is like a yo-yo. >> this was the number one fast food-aholic now in the country, eating a plants-base sdthd drooit, fruits and vegetables, dropped over 20 pounds, it makes a huge difference, never to late to revamp what you eat. >> i've tried and failed dr. ashton. >> here is the struggle that starts here. it is absolutely frustrating when you constantly fall off the wagon so to speak but get a support group, do something with a friend or co-worker and remember every single day you have a brand new chance. >> every day. >> every day. >> that's what i feel. up next, a long-distance love affair with a panda bear. we'll speak exclusively with two women who share a passion for pandas, when we come back. ♪ turn the tub around

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it started five years ago when this bear was born at a zoo. this couple relatively visited. when he was taken to china earlier this year, they decided they would pay him a special visit. joining us exclusively two of the panda-razzi they call themselves karen willie and christy harper. good morning. >> good morning. >> gee, i can't tell you love pandas. a week back from china. >> yes. >> you must really love this bear to spen $5,000 each to visit him in china. why? >> when i saw him born on the panda-cam he came out and hit the wall and i thought this panda will be somebody

incredibly special and he is. he just has this sparkle in his eyes that -- >> what was the moment for you, christy. >> the second i saw him on the panda-cam, too, i fell in love with him and for five years have fallen in love with him and all other giant pandas. >> this became your life. you would go every weekend and see him in washington, wouldn't you? >> yes, every weekend we would go. i went, the first time, by myself to see him when they first started letting him outside and after that i met the founder of our website and joined the group and then made friends after that, more and more friends, photographer friends. so, i took up photography, learned lots about pandas. >> when he left in february, you seemed so attached to him, you must have been heart broken. >> it was devastating when they made the announcements in december, we knew we were going to see him. >> you planned the trip, christy. >> yep. >> tell me your impressions of

his new home in china. >> he looks fabulous, a great enclosure and a bunch of keepers who love him dearly and we are very happy, he looks fabulous. >> i understand you guys were almost a bigger attraction for the chinese than the bear themselves. they were taking pictures of these crazy americans who had flown halfway around the world to see the bear. how would you answer critics who say this is kind of a strange obsession. >> i would say people have their own passions. you know, people love football, people love cooking, whatever it is. we happen to love giant pandas. and the fact that it goes beyond that, because they're one of the most endangered species on the planet. so, besides the fact that we love them, we also are committed to trying to keep them around for a long time. >> and you use your money now to help this cause and have started a foundation so, this has become your life's work, correct. >> correct. >> how close were you able to get to him during your visit? >> we were right across from

him. bars were between us but we were this close to him. >> how big is this bear, help us visualize it. >> 240 pounds. >> so, 240-pound bear is right here you with. >> face to face. >> is there any fear? >> not at all. >> no? >> no. and when he knows that he's going to get a treat, they've trained him and the staff at the washington national zoo did such a good job of bringing him and teaching him, he knows to put his hand out through the bars onto this metal tray and they do that for blood draws and blood pressure and he holds on the ring on the end. we were able to touch his arm, hold his paw tickle his feet. >> wonderful. welcome back, i know you are already planning the next trip. >> of course. >> thank you, ladies. we'll be right back this is "the early show" on cbs. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

ng to learn more it's 8:25. time for news headlines from cbs 5. pg&e is hoping to learn more about the pipeline explosion in san bruno with a new inspection system. a motorized video camera will collect images for two-thirds of a mile in either direction from the site of the explosion. images will be shared with federal investigators. the commissioner of the nfl says the raiders and the 49ers should look into sharing a new stadium. roger goodell spoke at halftime at the raiders game last night in oakland. they have planned to build a stadium for the 49ers with 68,000 seats. the giants could advance to the national league championship series today. they need just one more win against the atlanta braves. they rallied in the ninth inning yesterday scoring two runs. if the giants win their next

opponent would be the phillies. all right. we have traffic and weather coming right up. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,

c1 3 accident involving a big rig and car on 238, chp and ambulance heading to the scene. slow from westbound 580 there by the castro valley y. if you are heading towards the nimitz freeway, 880, this looks good

near the coliseum. overall our traffic patterns have been a little lighter than we typically see. it's monday and it's a columbus day holiday. golden gate bridge traffic moving fine into san francisco all across the span. looks good as far as your drive times go. but our unusually bright spot has been the bay bridge where they never even turned on the metering lights. so looks good across the upper deck heading into san francisco. that's your traffic. for your forecast on this hot day, here's lawrence. >> even at the coast lots of sunshine. overlooking coit tower looking good, plenty of blue skies as offshore winds and high pressure is building in. fire danger high over the next few days so be careful. temperatures going to get hot in spots. 80s and 90s inland. inside the bay you will see plenty of 80s and if you want to sneak out toward the coastline, looks like a great day to get to the beach on this columbus day. 60s and 70s. temperatures cooling wednesday afternoon. cooler next weekend. ,,,,

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welcome back to "the early show." coming up, the legendary george carlin did a hilarious routine about stuff, did you see that? we collect stuff in our house, our basement, our garage, all this stuff. if you are sick and tired of stuff like the batteries or cans of paint lying around we'll tell you how to get rid of it the right way. >> plus telling us about her compelling new film based on a true-life story of betrayal on a grand scale, the story of cia agent valerie flame so much in the news during the clinton administration and she will tell us how she got sean penn to co-star. >> also, bobby flay is here. >> bobby flay. [ cheering ]

>> talking about his favorite dishes from the just completed food & wine festival. we'll make this morning, very interesting flavorful burgers and tacos. >> flavorful? >> extraordinarily flavorful. >> is dr. jennifer ashton going to let us start our diet tomorrow instead. >> as long as we exercise. >> okay. but first, dave price with another check of the weather. calories in, calories out, the whole formula, folks. >> nobody knows better than you. >> good formula for life. >> this we government nice to see you. let's see what is happening across the country, shall we? mr. maps, please, as we take a look at the east coast, things look beautiful right now but we're going to see changes as showers roll through the ohio valley. bringing a different end to the afternoon versus what you see outside this morning. severe weather rolling through sections of texas into oklahoma, back through kansas. that will push eastward the next 24 hours. we're taking a look at

here's a look at your weather picture. what's her name? >> julie. >> she looks just like you. did you just have your hair done? >> yes. >> what did that cost you in new york city, about 100 bucks for the blow-out? >> yes. >> nice to see you guys. that's a quick look at our weather picture. harry. inside to you. a ripped from the headlines true story of espionage and betrayal. naem watts plays former cia officer valley flame whose life was torn apart when her cover was blown -- >> i had no plan for this day. >> when did you join? >> '85, straight out of college. >> did they find you or -- >> no. i approached them. >> and did joe know? >> yes. >> your parents? >> yes, but that's all.

>> so, you have like lovers all over the world? do you have a gun? and have you killed people? >> naem watts joins us this morning. >> good morning. >> in rel life she was married to joe wilson, sent to the cia to nay jeer to determine whether or not yellow-cake uranium was exported to iraq for prove once and for all whether iraq was making weapons of mass destruction, when joe wilson said no, the administration said something's got to pay and that was valerie flame and here you are. >> it stands alone, even without the truth involved, this -- it feels like something for the movies. >> could not have made it up almost. >> yeah. >> this is very -- the whole arc of this is very interesting to me, not the least of this, you had just had your second child. >> yes. >> somebody knocks on your door and says please read this screenplay.

were you really looking to go back to work. >> absolutely not. it could have not have been the worst timing. basically december 13th, i gave birth and the e-mail came on the 26th and i said, look, i'm not reading anything right now. and i'm on a between-hour feeding schedule. and i know, obviously, the story, i'd followed it well at the time. so, i was instantly intrigued and he said just read ten pages, you know, have a look at ten pages. >> it was all over. >> there you go. you can't just read ten pages of this story. and -- what i was surprised is to how much more i learned. you know, following upfy it through the media, quite closely -- >> sure. >> -- and then, yeah, the details and what she went through. >> simultaneously, it is not only this very public story but it is also sort of the private anguish of this family. >> yes. >> that is almost torn asunder by this. >> yes. and that's what i loved about the script reading, was that you

have a way in, set against these political events that we have to relive, which is disturbing. but, you have this -- you get to be inside the privacy of their own home and see how it affects them as -- as, you know, a couple. >> i'm sure you got to meet valerie flame, right? >> right. >> and so, you're, as an actress trying to plum the depths of her soul. was she penetrable? >> she's not someone that's easy to get things out of. she still has a secrecy agreement with the cia. so those questions you just saw in the clip, the temptation to ask those questions, is there. >> sure. >> but, you know, she's not going to answer those so you just kind of have to push all that stuff aside and the research was very extensive. what the writers came up with and so i went with the facts available. but then, wanting to just get into the mind-set of who she was and in dealing with this crisis

and, as a mother, a professional, a wife, you know, all those things. >> she's almost like a soccer mom who happens to be a secret agent. >> exactly. >> that whole thing i think ends up being very relatable. >> if you met her in a social setting, you would never know that she could take you out in three seconds. [ laughter ] >> i have the feeling that way about you sometimes. >> oh, really? well, i had some paramilitary training, actually. >> i read that. >> yeah. >> a different you now. >> zen penn was not originally involved but you had done "21 grams" several years ago. >> correct. >> you called him up and said or somebody -- you did call him, what? >> yeah. i mean, we're friends from filming that and doug and jed -- >> the screenwriters. >> yes, and the director said, look, we'd love to have sean, you know, we have a small window of opportunity let's cut out all the other middlemen, can you

just send the script to him right away? i said, okay, fine. knowing this content would really -- >> irresistible. >> would kind of be irresistible to him. immediately i got a message back from him saying great script, a necessary story to tell. >> great to see you. it opens in theaters friday november 5th. >> it may be fall but never too late for spring cleaning. while it can be kind of scary thinking about all the nasty stuff cluttering your basement and garage we have easy tips this morning how to get rid of all that stuff. renee lewis author of "easy green living" good morning. >> good morning. such an important topic because there is so much waste every day. >> so much waste. in fak fact we, on average, produce four and a half pounds a day of this waste. so, reducing that is ideal. recycling is the next best step. and figuring out what to do with the rest is where we're at today. >> because people by now know

how to recycle glass and paper and plastic but things like batteries, for example, a lot of people have no clue what to do with their batteries. >> right. in fact, led acid batteries are actually illegal to dispose of, car batteries, cam-co cam-cord batteries but as far as single-use batteries about three billion sold a year, something we are thinking b. you don't want to throw them into the garbage because they contain heavy metals like mercury, led, cab me yum, more and more retailers will take them back. home depot is one place, whole foods markets also has a lot of take-back programs. i have to say rechargeable batteries, the next time anyone will buy, are great stuff and last longer. i hear from the sound guys they last longer for things like microphones. >> yeah, we use them. a lot of people don't even realize rechargeable batteries

exist. you use them forever. >> not forever but really a long time. they last forever and are a great buy. in the long run you will save a lot of money and the convenience of having something to be recharged on hand can't be beat. >> there you go. let's go with electronics. i have about five or six cell phones in a drawer because i don't know what to do with them. >> you're not alone spaesh with technology changing so rapidly. on average we get a new cell phone about every 18 months. instead of letting them lie around or putting them in the garbage, you can put them to good lose. the batteries contain materials and a growing number of organizations can benefit. >> like. >> cellphonesfor soldiers is great one. they will even send you postage and will use them and buy calling cards for soldiers overseas to call him. everyone will feel good about that. >> light bulbs, fluorescent

light bulbs. >> compact florescents have grown in popularity however disposing of them is something most people don't think b. they do contain a small amount of mercury so disposing of them properly very important. add kea and home depot will take them back. the epa suggests to put them in two bags and dispose of them wisely. >> the one we are looking at here -- the light bulb of the future? >> yes, an l.e.d., really coming onto the market. they are hugely efficient, don't contain any mercury and use a fraction of the energy. >> very g. medications. a lot of people flush them and that winds up in the water supply, doesn't it? >> the last thing you want to do with unused medication, indeed, flush them there. are more and more takeback programs for unused medication. if in doubt ask your pharmacy. if you are going to dispose of them, crush them and take off any personal information.

>> what about packing things, this is very large and difficult to dispose of. >> in the age of more and more online retailing packaging is becoming a big issue. what i do and suggest, any kind of mailing, postage center will usually take it back, happily, to reuse. and, as far as, you know, things like cardboard boxes, corrugated boxes, easy to recycle, bring back. one thing when i'm ordering online in the comments box i ask them, please, as little packaging as possible and this is how we as consumers can start to change that tide. >> a lot of these tips require a lot of work on our part. we actually have to take the stuff back somewhere. besides it being good for the involvement and right thing to do is there any incentive like financial to take them back? >> certainly for rechargeable batteries, absolutely, you can end up saving money in the long run. some of this takes a bit of effort and it is well worth it. to me, i feel like i'm doing something that really matters.

it is a matter of programming it into the day-to-day. >> that's true, putting it into your routine. what do you do with the oil and filters. >> car materials, maintenance, especially motor oil is something very easy to recycle. almost all facilities will recycle it, whether you get your service done there or do it yourself. and this is the kind of thing that makes a big difference. i mean, recycling just two gallons of motor oil is the equivalent of the amount of electricity it takes to power a home for almost 24 hours. so, these small efforts really add up to something significant. >> all right. lastly we've talked all morning how do you throw away paint? >> ah, paint is one of the more difficult ones so the first thing is to try to use it. give it to a friend, use it as a primer, donate it to a school theater program or organization like habitat for humanity. acrylic paints if you can't find anything to do with them, let them dry before disposing of them. oil-based paints do need to be

disposed of at a hazardous facility. so, again, try to use them, reuse them, get something else to use them and until they are all done. >> renee, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> you can have more thieves tips on our website. harry? >> thanks. the big apple hosting one of the country's biggest food festivals the last few days and early show contributor bobbly flay is here with a behind-the-scenes look. >> thanks harry. just in its third year but pretty much took over the city with a party that lasted over four days. i'm actually feeling it right now. anyway, here's a look at some of the fun. here we are under the brooklyn bridge but new york city, wine & food festival at the burger bash. 27 chefs firing up their grills, i'm hungry. let's go see what they got. >> let's go, 2010 burger bash. >> this place is on fire!

>> there are 2300 people here tonight that are going to vote on 6800 pounds of meat over 50,000 burgers. why burgers? >> because it's that acceptable factor, you can pick it up and heat it with your hands, friendly, everybody is welcome. >> what are you serving? >> pickle the carrots, mayonnaise and fresh herbs. >> can i get a bite? the king of burgers. >> you actually are the king of burgers. >> then, of course mine from bobby's burger palace, a santa fe burger. here you go, sweetheart as big as this bash was the weekend's wine & food festival was a whole lot more than burgers. 130 events were held all over new york city, where guests were

served everything from meatballs with gia to milk and cookies with martha stewart. i invited 25 great chefs to put their spin on the mexican classic. that's what we have, tacos and tequila. >> we have octopus here soaked in tequila and pom graent. >> smoked paprika, lemon and cilantro. >> the new fusion taco. okay that's a nervous moment when chef bobby flay eats your food. >> 100% of the net proceeds from the four-day festival will benefit the food bank of new york city. >> we hope to raise a million three, a million four this year by the time we are done. >> back here at the burger bash, the crowd actually had me feeling like i was the fan favorite. you won last year. >> i did. >> how do you feel like being the defending champion. >> i'm just here to have a good

time, right, bobby, that's what we do. >> this year's people choice award goes to bobby flay. [ cheering ] >> oh, wow. >> so, what do you think about your burgers that set it apart? >> you know, i think it's the queso and green chilis and great burger but who knows. i've actually come in second place in every new york city food food & wine festival and miami beach burger bar every year. i'm not comfortable with first place. i like second a lot. they called me the susan lucci of the burger bash you got a check. what are you going to do with the money? >> obviously we'll give it to charity, probably the new york city food bank. >> looked like a rockin' crazy time. was there a favorite thing of the whole weekend you liked more than anything. >> 130 events, big things like the burger bash and taco and tequila event i hosted but food

demonstrations and wine seminars, goes on and on. almost too many things to go but a fantastic weekend. >> tell me more about the taco and tequila event. >> i made some with short-rib, monterey sauce and blue corn tortillas. i invited 25 chefs mostly in the new york area who don't actually make tacos very often to create their spin, so lobster tacos, liverwurst tacos, you made it they put it in a taco, lots of tequila and fun. it was actually the taco and tequila dance party. >> all this money goes to the new york food bank? over a million. >> a million three or four. really fantastic. >> we saw bloomberg on there eating red meat. >> no question about it. >> party on. nicely done. do you mind if i have one of these? >> i knew you would dig. >> the ingredients again. >> shortribs of beef and a

queso sauce with monterey jack and parmesan. pickled red onions and roasted green chilis. >> are you into it? >> totally. >> that's good. >> om, my lord. >> now looking at my burger had some of the same ingredients but on different fights. i made a tequila dripg with fresh grapefutures and pom graent and a bit of lime juice. >> i'm trying to think through it. >> you would like it. >> no, no, i serve it with one of those crushed things. >> no, no not a blended drink. i don't like blended drinks. i want to taste the tequila in its pure form, not diluted with all that -- >> slush. >> there you go. a man after my own heart. bobby flay thank you very much. for more on these great recipes all you have to do is go to our

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chowing down on bobby's award-winning burgers. awesome. >> it's a little lamy, is there some? >> no >> super taster maggie rodriguez. >> what's the meat. >> beef, 80%, 20% fat. >> 20% lamb. >> no lamb. >> a little lamb for maggie. >> gamey lamb. >> i know, it looks delicious and it does. i'm going to serve. harry. >> thank you very much, i had one. >> you can get these at bobby's burger palace, you know? >> in jersey. >> shall i name is little -- >> yeah, please. >> have a great columbus day, everybody. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,