"early edition." enjoy this shot of chopper 5 of the bay bridge traffic flowing smoothly. see you tomorrow morning. captioning funded by cbs path of destruction. powerful tornados rip through texas destroying buildings, knocking over a freight train. we'll go live to one of the hardest hit areas. focus on favre. the vikings quarterback now admits he left steamy voice mail messages for a sideline reporter. >> i'm going back to the hotel, just chill for a couple hours. love to have you come over tonight. >> favre denies sending lewd photos as the woman at the center of the scandal may cooperate with the nfl's investigation. and shark attack. a former life guard is killed while body boarding off the california coast after what's believed to be a great white severs his leg with one bite. we'll speak with his best friend who tried in vain to save his

life early this monday morning, october 25th, 2010. >> good morning everybody. boy, fall is really in the air. dark now at 7:00 in the morning. i'm harry smith. >> it sure is a pretty tum of year. welcome to "the early show." i'm maggie rodriguez. >> you know the president has been on the stump for lo these many days, will be for the next several days. one week and one day away from midterm elections. is it having an any effect? >> we begin with wild weather in the lone star state. those tornados that ripped through texas and left a wake of destruction. cbs correspondent don teague is in rice, texas, one of the hardest hit areas. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, maggie. authorities here in rice, texas are still assessing the damage

from the tornado that came through here late yesterday. we know there were some minor injuries, there were also homes damaged. but really, the force of the tornado seemed to be focused here at the local high school. >> we are in the tornado! we are in the tornado! >> reporter: it was 5:30 sunday night when this huge twister touched down near rice, texas, about 45 miles south of dallas, bringing winds of 117 miles per hour. this 18-wheeler was heading south when high winds flipped it over and onto another vehicle. both lanes of i-45 were closed for hours. the worst destruction was to rice's three schools, the elementary, middle and high schools lost all or part of their roofs. classes are closed for at least today. and tomorrow. >> they are trying to find a temporary building for them and we'll probably have something in the next few days for them to resume. >> reporter: here at the high

school, the baseball stadium was destroyed when 11 straight train cars were tossed onto the field, steel wheels and track were scattered everywhere. none of the injuries from either of the tornados appear to be life threatening. we'll know more about the extent of the damage now that the sun has come up and the authorities can finally get out in daylight and have a better look. don teague, cbs news, rice, texas. thanks. now to politics. there are only eight days left until the midterm elections. president obama begins his final campaign push today talking about the economy and trying to fire up his base. cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. the president has been trying hard to close that enthusiasm gap. but it doesn't seem to have been working quite as well as democrats had hoped. >> 2008 you said yes, we can. in 2010 you've got to say yes, we can. >> reporter: according to the

latest battleground poll out this morning, republicans lead democrats 47 to 42%. it's a 14-point edge among dissatisfied independents that is helping the gop t. democrats are not giving up. >> the more people turn out the better we do. we're seeing strong trends at the presidential rallies and early voting. >> reporter: most polls show the democrats will lose control of the house. so the iconic image of the last campaign season is getting a political makeover, on the cover of the new "newsweek" magazine out today. democrats may still retain control of the senate. in alaska the tea party candidate who captured the republican nom naths away from a sitting senator apologized for misusing government computers for campaigning. >> it was a mistake i made. i was suspended for three days, received a dock in pay and i learned from that. >> your statement here this evening demonstrates i think, again, the lack of fitness for the office.

>> reporter: the current republican senator lost to miller. she's now running as a write-in candidate. meantime, alaska's and the gop's biggest star, sarah palin, is chris crossing the country, events like this in florida where gop senate candidate mark rubio. >> you can vote for the status quo, that means more taxes, more unemployment, more regulation, more government overreach. >> reporter: palin's appearance in miami comes as politico reports that the former governor is difficult to deal with on the campaign trail. on face the nation karl rove was asked if palin will run for president in 2012. >> well, i don't know whether she's going to run or not. if she runs she would be a formidable candidate. >> reporter: president obama travels to rhode island to raise money for democrats, one of five states he'll visit before november 2. he is going to tape an appearance on the daily show

with john stewart. >> bill, thanks very much. also analyst john dickerson, good morning. >> good morning. >> there is a breeze blowing outside, i guess you call it the winds of change. one of the things, there are all kinds of polls out. one of them, the new politico poll that talks about independent voter and republicans by and large have a 14% edge among independents. is that a number that can be turned around in eight days for the democrats? >> not at all. in fact, the president and democrats have been trying to turn that around for months and months and it's just stuck there. and that's the big problem for democrats. they talk about the early voting numbers in the states that have early voting and shows the democrats turning out. that's great for democrats. but independent voters are also turning out so when they vote, if they are voting with this kind of big margin for republicans that's where the victories will come in for the gop. >> in the end of the gay, these

big eelections all about the middle. talk about the political poll, ints are dissatisfied with the economic reform policies, and they are losing faith in government. so the republicans on the right are polling those ints right in their direction. >> they are. the message is simple. symptom. independents want to see a stop. it's not that they love republicans necessarily. in a lot of these you see that the republicans are less popular than democrats. but independents want to just see a slowdown in what they see as an overreach from washington. >> the other thing, the pull away the strands in the polls, republicans still have a big lead, especially among independents most likely to vote. >> reporter: that's right. and with such a short period before election day it really is all about turning out your voters. it's very hard to use tactics kind of flip anybody at this late stage. and the republicans have that

edge in likely voters which means the people most enthusiastic about voting, that's another problem for democrats. >> thering, though, as the president has been out campaigning for the last week or ten days or so, his own personal approval ratings have gone up. in one poll they have gone past 50%. so as much as you know, he may be polishing his own apple it's not enough to spread across the party. >> reporter: that's right. it's not attaching to the democrats at all. and also, pollsters will tell you that a single poll is never reliable. the average of the polls on the president's approval rating have kind of stuck in that mid-40s range. so, that "newsweek" poll could either be harbinger of what's to come or could be an outliar. >> an aberration. john dickerson as always, eight days to go, i'm sure we'll talk a lot in the days to come. thank you so much. it's 7:08. time to check the rest of the day's news with erica hill.

>> good morning to all of you at home t. growing cholera outbreak in haiti claimed at least 250 lives. the outbreak originated in rural areas, the cases have now been reported in haiti's densely populated capital of port-au-prince. dr. john has more from there. >> reporter: health officials in haiti confirm more than 3,000 people are sick with cholera. this video shot by a missionary group distributing water shows locals desperately fighting for their share. local hospitals are overflowing. i walked around the side of the building over here inside this emergency area, and in back around the left there are people all over the place, many of them have ivs. a main concern is limiting the spread of the disease.

in a country with little infrastructure and poor roads getting rapid medical attention is a huge challenge. >> we are doing our best to try to help these people and but it's been very difficult. >> reporter: given all haiti has been through this outbreak has many asking, how much pain and suffering can one country take? cbs news, haiti. u.s. officials today expect to receive the body of swimmer fran crippen who died in a race in the united arab emirates. it's expected overexertion played a roll. mark phillips has more from london. >> reporter: fran crippen seemed about to finally realize his dream. a place on the u.s. olympic open water swim team. >> i have this great opportunity ahead of me and i'm looking to seize the moment. >> reporter: the moment will now never come for fran crippen. he died while swimming in a 10-kilometer race in the united

arab emirates. >> he was dedicated to his dream making the olympic team. he was a passionate person. he held everyone to a high standard. >> reporter: these are grueling races as crippen's website shows. and the uae race was tougher because the water temperature was high, around 84 degrees. crippen's coach was worried. >> if the water is too warm and salty your dehydration level goes up so much faster. fran went under with 1700 meters to go. they didn't realize it at the time. and two hours later they found his body. >> reporter: the organizer have been criticized for holding the race in such heat and for not having enough boats out with the swimmers. and fran crippen is being mourned. >> i love him. we had a cup of coffee after every morning practice. >> reporter: an inquiry into crippen's death is under way.

fark phillips, that is your latest weather.

it's about 13 minutes past the hour. over to maggie. >> thank you. it could be a volatile week on wall street. the market has had three straight weeks of gains, but with three earthquake's could turn things around. earnings reports and economic data and the upcoming election. rebecca jarvis is here to explain. let's start with the first, earnings, the profits that companies make. a profitable company is a healthy company, hopefully one more likely to hire. are we looking for positive earnings reports this week? >> we are looking for a number of positive earning reports. two major energy giants report this week, exxon-mobil and chevron and microsoft. what we've seen out of earnings season is a number of companies they are beating expectations, they are exceeding what we think they will do. the only issue is that they are doing it by cutting costs which means in some cases not cutting jobs. >> what does that mean for hiring? there's not quite there zblet >> it means that there is a potential for new hires because

as they grow in their businesses do better, that means that they will need to make hires but so far they have been doing better basically by cutting back on costs and cutting back on new hires. >> so not quite there. economic data, several are coming out including today home sales. >> home sales are an important figure. we're not going to see the foreclosure crisis we've been talking about on the program, we're not necessarily going to see that in these numbers. what we will see is a potential uptick from the home sales today to the home sales tomorrow, also consumer confidence is a big one. obviously it's consumers we control and dominate the economy. 70% of the economy is our spending. also jobless claims, of course those numbers are important. four weeks straight we've seen them dumb down and gdp we hear on friday. >> the election eight days away. i'm sure wall street is bracing for some change. >> yes. wall street expects change, to see republicans take over the house and they like that idea of gridlock. they like the idea that you can expect that things won't happen. >> right. rebecca jarvis, thank you.

now back over to you, harry. >> thanks. a confession from nfl quarterback brett favre. he now admits he did leave some racy voice mails for a sideline reporter but swears he never sent lewd photos. cbs news national correspondent jeff glor has details. >> reporter: good morning. brett favre had a challenging month. a bad night. he started his game on sunday he played poorly, and his game streak stretching back to 1992 might now end either because of injuries or suspension. when brett favre took the field sunday night against his old team, the green bay packers, he had already reportedly admitted to the nfl what many suspected. it was his voice on messages left for former cheerleader turned sideline reporter jenn sterger. >> a hot chick with huge personality. >> reporter: earlier a sports website said that favre invited sterger to his hotel via the

voice mails when both were with the new york jets in 2008. >> i'm going back to the hotel just chill. love to have you come over tonight. >> reporter: deadspin said that lewd below the waist photos were sent to sterger from the same phone as the voice mails. favre, married with two children, reportedly denied sending pictures. sterger's legal team is deciding whether to speak with the nfl. >> who would she talk to? >> reporter: if sterger decides not to cooperate there may be no discipline for favre. there is more at stake for the future hall of famer. >> i'm comfortable in wrangler. >> reporter: favre makes 7 to $9 million a year on endorsements. >> for me nothing works better than the open fly jean. >> reporter: this weekend "saturday night live" took a shot at the ad. >> the first jeans with no fly whatsoever. >> reporter: there are reports that favre and sterger are negotiating a cash settlement.

cbs sports analyst says not according to what he's heard. >> absolutely no discussions about any matter with anybody from brett favre's camp. >> reporter: on the field last night, favre was not at his best. 28-24 loss he threw three interceptions in the second half including one returned for a touchdown. >> he throws an interception. >> reporter: another favre injured his ankle. after the gamely did not talk about the scandal. the question is, will jenn sterger? favre could face a fine or suspension. but that might not happen unless it can be proven he sent photos. without sterger's cooperation that may be tough. his coach considered benching him for his poor performance. >> jeff glor, thanks so much. coming up, a shark attack kills a body boarder off the coast of california, we'll speak exclusively with the friend who tried to save his life.

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a deadly shark attack in southern california this weekend. a shark believed a great white took down a body boarder. you see his body board. severed his leg and killed him almost instantly. ahead this morning, we'll meet the victim's best friend, who watched it all happen. we'll be right back. >> announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by the u.s. postal service.

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good morning, a hayward accident clearing. southbound 880 approaching highway 92. one lane was blocked for at least a half hour. but it sounds like they cleared it to the right shoulder. once you get on the san mateo bridge, everything is cruising along fine across the span. this is westbound 92. traffic in the commute direction. might be a good alternative to the bay bridge, backed up this morning to the macarthur maze. woodside still traffic alert highway 84 in both directions just west of highway 35. downed trees, power lines, closed until 8:00 a.m. that's a check of your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth. our forecast for this morning, plenty of clouds as well as clearing out there. forecast for today including a little of both, mix of sun and clouds. temperatures ranging from the mid 50s at the coast to the mid- 60s inland. cooler-than-average temperatures in the forecast today and tomorrow. slightly warmer wednesday. more rainfall thursday through sunday.

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oh, what a spectacular morning. good monday morning, everybody. welcome back to "the early show." coming up in this half hour you'll meet the he had row who saved the man who had fallen onto subway tracks as the train was pulling into the station. all of it was caught on a surveillance camera. we'll speak with dimas pinzon, a former marine. his father worked on the subway for many, many years and he did not hesitate to cross the tracks and help that man. he will join us exclusively. >> good stoerp. some bad news for flu season. if you thought the hand sanitizers we all use all the time now worked if a long time, this could be a shocker. it turns out they stop working for about, are you ready, two minutes. >> oh, my goodness. >> our dr. jennifer ashton has

details an advice on the best way to kill germs. >> first at 7:30, three beaches in southern california closed over the weekend after a shark attacked and killed a college student while body boarding near santa barbara. in a moment we'll speak exclusively with the friend with him that fateful morning but first cbs news correspondent ben tracy is as at surf beach with the attack happened. ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a windy and foggy morning along the pacific coast. if you look back here and we zoom in, you can clearly see this beach is closed. it may reopen later today, despite the fact the shark that killed a man here friday is still somewhere out there in the water. this popular surf spot was deserted sunday, the site of friday's fatal shark attack, a makeshift memorial no 19-year-old lucas ransom, 100 yards from shore and a few feet away from his friend, matthew garcia, when without warning he was pulled under. >> the friend was surfing, the

victim was boogie boarding, saw his friend go under water for a brief moment, came up. something was wrong. noticed that he had been attacked by a shark. >> reporter: garsiar heard ransom hell me dude and watched in horror as the waves around him turned blood red. the 18-foot shark had ripped ransom's leg at his pelvis. garcia pulled his friend to shore but it was too late. he died at the scene. friends are shocked this happened to ransom, former life guard and great swimmer. >> great life guard and friend. it was heart breaking to hear. >> reporter: this is his board, a 13-inch chunk gone, bitten offer by the shark. experts say based on the injury and the shark's behavior, it is most likely a great white that may have mistaken ransom for a seal. often portrayed as some of nature's fiercest predators weighing up to 5,000 pounds.

their attacks are rare. 13 deadly. >> in my experience, sharks are picky eaters rather than, you know, monsters that want to chomp on everything. humans are not part of their natural diet. >> reporter: finding this particular shark could be difficult as great whites can travel up to 589 miles a day. now, several shark warnings have been issue up and down the california coast this year. that's because several great white sharks have actually been spotted. but, this has been the only fatal attack. hag gee? >> ben tracy, thank you, ben. joining usxclusively is matthew garcia, whoing is with lucas that morning. matthew good morning you to. >> good morning. >> i'm so sorry, i know this is still so fresh. >> yeah. it happens. life -- it's part of life. >> it's so sad. let's talk about this. i know you and lucas were college roommates the last three years. >> uh-huh. >> friends since high school. both loved the water. how did that morning start out? >> kind of eerie. we woke up at like 5:00. i looked out my balcony window and the moon was just red. it was a full moon.

it was kind of just red and right in front of the window and kind of odd. it is never usually there. but we kind of just got up and decided we were going. >> good morning? was he excited for the morning. >> he was up before i was. he was stoked because we hadn't had big waves for months and months and months and he was ready. >> so, you were out there like 45 minutes. everything was great. and then what? >> uh-huh. and then it just like a ninja came through and just took him under water kind of. i mean, it was very stealth-like. you would never thing anything was wrong. it was very placid and calm. even he said it was kind of eerie it was so perfect today. and just out of nowhere, like people refer to great whites as the man in the gray suit and that's kind of exactly what it was. it was just kind of in and out of the water, real smooth, real majestic and quite fast. >> were you out very far? >> probably about 100 yards. it was where the waves were breaking the best right over a sandbar and typically where all the other surfers go. >> did you see it happen?

>> yeah. uh-huh. 100%. >> what did you do at that moment? >> right when it happened, at first, i mean, i couldn't do much because we were about where you are, i was a little bit closer, actually, to him. and as it grabbed him, it kind of like pushed me out of the way and all of a sudden from being two feet away to being six feet away. >> my goodness. >> it was kind of odd. >> are you convinced it was a great white? >> oh, i mean, they have distinguishing marks. and such as a lot of great whites have their own type of white spots on them that distinguish like all great whilt sharks, for each individual great white shark they're all different, it's like our fingerprints. >> so, let's talk about when you first saw matthew -- i mean, lucas, sorry, after the shark ck. what did you see. could you tell right away he was not in good shape. >> well, typically from a shark attack, you know someone's not going to be in great shape. right when it happened, i knew that it wasn't going to turn out well. i knew right then. but right after i seen him, it

was kind of like, it was an eerie sight. >> describe it. >> it was kind of -- if you've seen horror movies, multiply it by like 10 or 15 or even more than that. >> goodness. so, you got him, somehow managed to get him back to the shore, get his boetd back to the shore. was he still alive then? >> well, he was kind of floating in the water. i mean, after he got hit, the set was coming because we were looking out into the distance and like, hey, there is a set coming. he was like, happy, it was nice, the biggest hit of the day, i think. and after i got hit, i came up and he was coming over a wave because the second -- the second he popped up and the second wave was coming is when the wave was completely red and he was at the top of the wave and went over the falls. >> the wave was completely red. >> yeah. >> so, how would you like him to be remembered this morning? >> lucas should be remembered as a kid that was larger than life.

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all right, guys. in this morning's healthwatch, those popular hand sanitizers, they may work but, unfortunately, they don't last all that long. in fact, a recent survey says half of all americans think the anti-bacterial gels last a long time but according to germ experts they lost about two minutes. here with more is dr. jennifer ashton. good morning. >> good morning, harry. an important two minutes, though. >> it is? >> it really is. >> okay. because on one hand you think, i've wiped my thingy, my hands off and i'm going to be okay for a while. but, it doesn't really last all that long. what's our most important thing to understand about what they do do? >> well, we've said before that these are very, very effective in reducing transmission of the germs that can make us sick. it does not give you 1 hnz% protection and, in fact, i think a lot of americans were very surprised by that finding they

only work for two minutes. doctors and surgeons like myself, not so much so. we know when they scrub before a surgery, we are not eradicating all bacteria from our hands. >> right. right. >> what we are doing is reducing the number, number one and getting rid of the germs that can make a patient sick or in this case make us sick. >> especially contact with other people and things that's why these things come into play so importantly. >> right. >> but, go back to the operating room. what would be better -- would be better off using a hand sanitizer, maybe not you but for the rest of us, a hand sanitizer or washing our hands? >> or soap? this has been debated in the surgical literature for years. is soap better, how much time of washing is really effective? guess what. they don't really know. what the cdc says is that hand washing with soap and hot water and again you have to do it for a prolonged period of time, which most people don't do. >> right. >> that is the optimum way to protect yourself. absent that use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that is 60% alcohol, at least. >> all right.

on the other hand, then, these things, they may work for those two minutes but this is an important two minutes, right? >> yeah. no, here's what's important. i shake your hand and i've just seen you cough and sneeze then i'm going to take that contaminated hand now from shaking your hand and touch my face. that's where these sanitizers can really work. again, avoid touching your nose and mouth and use them when you can't use soap and water and keep your hands clean. >> all right. they really do work. >> i think so. >> dr. jennifer ashton, thanks. up next randy quaid and his wife arrested in canada. why they're afraid why they may be on a deadly hollywood hit list. we'll take you inside the bizarre case when "the early show" continues. >> announcer: cbs healthwatch sponsored by restastis. talk to your doctor

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arrested in canada, a warrant was issued for them after missing a court date this california. now the couple has refused to come back to the states saying they are afraid for their lives. actor randy quaid and his wife are under arrest in vancouver, failing to appear in a santa barbara, california court on burglary charges. the couple, whose behavior has become increasingly erratic the past few years asked kandzian officials for asylum. under questioning, she told authorities she believes actors david carradine and heath ledger, both former co-stars of his didn't die as reported but were, in fact, murdered. >> heath ledger was murdered. >> and evie quaid says she is a afraid she and her husband are next. >> this is as crazy as it gets. their claims they were murdered are absolutely ridiculous.

david carradine hanged himself in thailand and heath ledger unfortunately died of an overdose. >> reporter: randy quaid has appeared in over 90 films. but in recent years, his career has slipped. and he and his wife have had several bizarre run-ins with the law. in september 2009, they were charged with fraud for running out on a $10,000 hotel bill. then, in september this year, the two were charged with burglary for living in a house without permission and allegedly causing $5,000 in damage. >> my impression when i was working for them is that they were both really lost. >> this private investigator worked for them and says she's not surprised by the recent turn of events. >> randy quaid told me that he knew evie needed help but he didn't want to be the one to commit her. >> just a wild story and apparently said he felt like they had been persecuted for 20 years and were really -- i mean,

really very fearful for their lives and they feel that they are next. >> what happened? >> paranoid. >> that is so sad. >> it is kind of sad. >> they deny they have substance abuse problems. no one has said that. i wonder what's going on sthimplts it's a wild story. >> you know, he plays kind of looney characters in a lot of those movies, right, think about "independence day" the guy who gets in the plane and, you know. >> we'll see if they get to stay in vancouver, right? we'll continue to follow the story. >> canada has interesting immigration laws. i don't know. i don't know if that's going to work out for them. >> wit be right back. [ female announcer ] finally there's a new choice in high performance detergent.

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it's 7:55. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. a major new phase of the bay bridge construction project begins today right near the "s" curve. caltrans will install the next section of the main tower and when they do, it will be at eye level with drivers. but officials are urging drivers not to slow down to watch. first lady michelle obama will be in san francisco this afternoon. she will attend a fundraiser for democratic congressional candidates. house speaker nancy pelosi will also be on hand. this is mrs. obama's second visit to the bay area as first lady. and the giants getting ready for the world series this afternoon. the team will hold its first practice since beating philadelphia.

the giants will play the texas rangers in san francisco wednesday with tim lincecum facing cliff lee. traffic and weather coming right up. and some coffee. sure. decaf or regular? regular. cake or pie? pie. apple or cherry? cherry. oil or cream? oil or cream? cream please! (announcer) when other toppings are made with hydrogenated oil, the real dairy cream in reddi wip's sure an easy choice. nothing's more real than reddi wip. fork or spoon? against meg whitman. millions in cash for brown. and the teacher's union just spent millions more attacking meg. jerry brown again? he sure comes with strings attached.

against meg whitman. millions in cash for brown. and the teacher's union just spent millions more attacking meg. jerry brown again? he sure comes with strings attached. a live look at the bay bridge on the upper deck, traffic is okay. we have a lot of traffic at the toll plaza right now. the right fastrak lane is not wording adding to delays. it's backed up well into the macarthur maze. the 880 approach pretty backed up there, as well. all right. coming through downtown san jose, unfortunately, it looks

like this. especially right there as you approach the 880 interchange. a 20-minute drive time from 101 out towards highway 85 in cupertino. just kind of slow in stretches through that stretch of northbound 280. and westbound 580 especially heavy traffic slow coming out of the altamont pass. never really improved after we had an earlier three-car wreck near vasco road. that's a check of your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth. our forecast forthiss monday, we are drying out after quite a soaking yesterday. here's a look from our mount vaca cam. and we are looking out towards some clouds and sunshine. forecast for today, mix of sun and clouds, temperatures ranging our highs mid-50s at the coast, lower 60s at the bay and mid-60s inland. sunshine and dry conditions tuesday and wednesday. more rainfall is in the forecast thursday, friday, saturday, and sunday.

,,,, meg whitman's hometown newspaper said it best: "meg whitman has demonstrated a loose relationship with the truth" "a poor understanding of government" "pat solutions for problems whose depth and complexity clearly elude her" "she utterly lacks the qualifications to be governor" jerry brown "offers california exactly what it needs" "good ideas, strong principles, a reputation for telling the truth" and the ability to "get things done in sacramento" meg whitman's hometown newspaper and newspapers across the state have endorsed jerry brown for governor.

well, good morning, everybody. >> how beautiful. >> it is a beautiful day. look at that. >> look it's a colors of those leaves. >> that, happened in just the last couple of days. the famous woemen rink. >> central park. >> there's the little kids, but now look at leaves, look at colors. >> the best thing about living in the northeast. watching fall. >> whew. a good looking picture. >> isn't that nice? >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to the "early show." i'm harry smith along with maggie rodriguez. coming up, talk about being in the right place at the right time. a former marine who grew up learning about the dangers of a third rail on the subways because his father worked in the

subways of new york 30 days, used to take him down, show him how everything worked. well, a man faums in the subway tracks in washington, d.c. our hero, with us live in the studio this morning, snapped into action. did exactly the right thing, and we've all -- we have it caught on tape and we'll chat with him in a second. >> recently, someone told me they bought a used cell phone on ebay. when he opened it, it had all the contact information, not only all the contacts, when he turned itten organization the owner's contact information. including her own. he call her and said i have all your information. she was appalled. they promised her they would wipeclean. happening more and more add people upgrade phones and makes identity theft easy. susan koeppen is here this morning to show you thousand protect yourself. >> always something. if you're thinking of sprucing up your house now that holidayless soon be upon us, we have a couple of ways to transform your home. each you can do yourself, and,

are you ready for this? under $100. >> we'll get to that. first on this monday back inside to erica hill for another check of the headlines. >> go monday morning. officials at home are assessing the damage for a pair of tornadoes in northern texas. the twisters hit yesterday evening. one south of dallas. the other struck about 80 miles positive the east. the twisters blew the roof off a school, overturned railroad cars destroyed a baseball field and damaged nearby homes. some injury, reported. none, though, are thought to be serious. cbs news news correspondent don teague is in rice, texas, with details. don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. rear here in rice, texas. this is the area, 45 miles south of dallas where the first of the tornadoes came through here late yesterday. this is what is left of the athletic field at the high school. you can see quite a bit of damage. also, on the railcars behind me, there were 11 railcars on those railroad tracks that were actually picked up and thrown on

to the field. they've already managed to clean those up this morning, put them back on the track, but there's quite a bit of damage to the schools here. this is a piece of the roof from the high school, which is about 100 yards from here. and the good news, really, is that when this came through it was a sunday. it was late in the day. there weren't really people here at the school. the injuries that happened in this area were out on the freeway which is about half mile from where we are. cars saw this terrifying scene of the tornado ripping through here, tearing the roof off of school. they were trying to get out of the way and there were actually traffic accidents and people hurt in those accidents. they were non-life threatening injuries, we're told. that's also the story in lonoke. injuries, none life threatening. home damage as well. don teague, cbs news. if you are counting, just eight days now until the midterm election.

a poll released this morning finds republicans are poised to make huge gains thanks to independent voters. in the generic matchup, if the election were held today, republicans lead democrats 48% to 42%. the poll taken by politico, though, finds a major shift among independent voters where republicans way 14-point lead if that election were held today. as many as 13 people were killed in an attack on a drug rehab facility in mexico. a client at the rehab in the border city of tijuana said a gang of armed men opened fire on the recovering addicts yesterday. opening statements are scheduled to begin today in the chandra levy murder trial. cbs news correspondent whit johnson has more from outside the courthouse in washington. whit, good morning. >> reporter: erica, good morning. well, the man on trial today is not the same man who grabbed headlines in the early days of the chandra levy investigation. the sex extendal with then congressman gary condit is still having an impact on the case.

chandra levy's accused killer, ingmar guandique stands trial with no physical proof linking him to the crime scene. >> no dna evidence no actual eyewitnesss to the churl occurrence. they have circle. >> reporter: because guandique wasn't indicted until nearly eight years after chandra's disappearance. at the time of her death, all attention was focused on then california congressman gary condit, with whom chandra was romantically involved. when guandique was charged he was already charged for attacking two women in the same park where chandra's remain was found. the prosecution will call on witnesses who claim guandique boasted of murdering chandra while in prison. even their accounts differ and to this day chandra's exact cause of death remains unknown. >> that's going to make it very hard for prosecutors to bring this case home. >> reporter: sven jones was a

friend of chandra's and experienced the chaos firsthand. >> the biggest, pressing feeling i had was anxiety. >> reporter: nine years later, jones says closure is impossible, no matter what happens in the trial. >> it's never going to be resolved. you're never going to get over it. you're going to learn to live with it, to some extent. >> reporter: former congressman gary condit is expected to testify. a spokesperson also tells us condit is planning to release a tell-all book sometime following the trial. >> whit johnson in washington, thanks. the florida teenager who made headlines for hiccupping nonstop is back in the news and behind bars. jennifer mee, famously hiccupped 37 days straight in 2007, was arrested yesterday along with two others for murder. police say she shot and killed a man in saint petersburg on saturday during a robbery attempt. mee remains jailed without bond. katie couric has a preview now of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> good morning.

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of course, as we can see, it was all caught on surveillance camera. dimas joins us along with his wife dianne. just another day, waiting for a train. you're standing there minding your own business and what did you see first? >> i heard a gentleman on the other side of the tracks yelling "get off the tracks! get off the tracks!" i saw a machine on the tracks that had obviously fallen down. >> you looked, you know the danger down there. the third rail, for those that don't understand subways is the electified rail. you make contact with that rail, it's a good chance you're not going to live? >> that's correct. there's 100% chance you're not going to live. >> so you jump down right on the tracks. part of the reason you knew where to go. why? >> when i was young, my father, a third rail man in the new york

subway system used to take me down to the tunnels with him on the job. he would show me. this is the third rail, you don't ever go near there. this is safe. this is safe. then when the trains were coming. you'd pick me up, put me in a safety cutouts in the tunnel and we'd watch the train go by. pick me up, put me on the tracks and we'd go on. >> who would have thought all these decades later, all that training would come into play. we looked at the surveillance tape. you come traipsing across the tracks like nobody's business. what else did you do? once you got to him, you then helped him up. what was the key there? >> well, my concern was that he was leaning back. he looked like he was wobbling back toward the third rail. and my concern was that to get him up on the platform, get him to safety. i came up behind him and grabbed

his armed and put him up. the two gentlemen on the other side helped him up and i lifted him up from the other side, lifted him up. >> there were other good samaritans, too, they lifted from the other side and helped you up as well. how close temperature train actually -- there was somebody else trying to flag the train down trying to get them to stop. this could have -- it's a real possibility this could not have ended well. >> it could not have ended well. thankfully the gentleman had the presence of mind to rundown the train and signal the train to stop. had he not, it could have ended a little differently. >> did you give any thought whatsoever to your safety? >> no, i actually was concerned about his safety. my actions were instinctive. training in the marine corps prepares you for situations like this. >> when you heard about it, what did you think? >> i thought he was nuts, actually.

when he called and said, you know, you won't believe what just happened. i was very impressed. i was. >> but surprised to know a man who retires as a lieutenant colonel in the marine corps. you did wonder if there's something wrong with him if he hadn't jumped out there. >> yes. he didn't think. he just literally jumped to help the guy. that's his character. he thinks of others first and foremost before himself. i wasn't surprised at all. i was very, very impressed. >> right. and certainly proud. >> very proud. >> we had a chance to meet your family as well. they are all very, very proud of you. >> thank you very much. >> really appreciate you being in the right place at the right time and especially doing the right thing and we thank you for your service as well. >> i appreciate that. i thank my father and the marine corps and my mother who gave me the passion to do those types of

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or donate your old phone. such a good deed we talk about all the time but don't want to get burned for doing this good deed and a lot of people are. >> think about all of the stuff you have on your phone, with all the stuff we are doing these days on little devices. think about this, every 18 months the average american gets a new phone. 130 million phones will be disposed of annually and 40% of what we're doing on a phone is not phone calls. it's text ting, taking pictures, instant messages, surfing the net so there is a lot of information on that phone. >> you bought an old phone. you did find anything. >> we went to a secondhand shop and bought this phone right here. we found lots of stuff going on on in this phone. >> really? >> we found pictures. we found racy text messages. we found the owner's name, his number, all of his contact information, his mother's tham and number. >> oh, my gosh. >> e-mails from the past three weeks. a lot of stuff was on here.

i know a lot about the gentleman who owned this phone. >> and probably he doesn't even know that that was the case. what didn't he do that he should have done to erase everything? >> the steps you should take, let me pick up this phone right here. the first thing you need to do is remove the sim card, which is back here. this holds a lot of this. mation. it's called subscriber identity model yule, this little thing right here. >> that's easy enough. >> take this out, okay, first step. check to see if your phone has a memory card. this one has one right here, kind of hard to get this out but you take that out. okay? >> okay. easy. >> that is not enough. >> the phone you had didn't have a sim card in it. >> he had taken out the sim card or someone did. that's not enough. deleting stuff from your phone is not enough. what you need to do is reset the phone, which i'm -- i don't know what that means. >> how do you do that? >> you has of it look in your owner's manual, like me probably threw it out, you have to go online, find your make and model

and find the instructions to reset your phone. that will wipe everything off. >> is it easy enough. >> it should be easy enough. in some phones it's one step. other phones it can be a couple of steps. >> if you have no idea how to do that and even after reading the owner's manual you have no idea, is there somewhere you can go and they will do this for you. >> you can take your phone someplace a lot of the places where you doughnate phones they say we'll wipe them clean but, you know, what i wouldn't trust anybody to wipe my phone clean. what i would do if i really don't know what i'm doing, i would go, i would find a friend, a little bit more savvy and have them help me clean my phone. as we found out, you might think you've cleaned your phone and really a lot of stuff this gentleman doesn't want me to know about him but i know. >> did you call him and tell him you know? >> i didn't. i didn't. i was a little afraid to call him and tell him. maybe after the show, i will. >> is there a best place, more reputable place you should doughnate your old phone to. >> a lot of great places you can donate your phone. but, if you are going to donate

your phone and want it to go to a good cause, really make sure you clean it out, clean everything out of there. just pressing delete and so you can't see it doesn't mean it's not still in your phone. so, you've got to take these little devices out and do that reset option, reset option. >> got it. susan koeppen, thank you so much. we'll put all that on the web. earlyshow.cbsnews.com. back to you, harry. >> thanks, maggie. still ahead, thinking of fixing up your kids' room or making your living room look fabulous? we have some great do-it-yourself kridz that you can do for under $100. it's going to use some paint, going to use some fiberglass, what are these foam paper plates, right. >> who knew, right. >> the most important thing about all of this, it's not going to cost you a fortune, when "the early show" continues. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it's 8:25. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. first lady michelle obama will be in san francisco this afternoon. she will attend a fundraiser for democratic congressional candidates. house speaker nancy pelosi will also be on hand. this is mrs. obama's second visit to the bay area as first lady. a major new phase of the bay bridge construction project begins today right near that "s" curve. caltrans will install the next section of the main tower and when they do that, it will be at eye level with drivers so officials are urging drivers not to slow down and watch. and the giants getting ready for the world series this afternoon. the team will hold their first practice since their homecoming from philly, the giants facing off against the texas rangers wednesday for game one of the

world series in san francisco. traffic and weather around the bay area in just a moment. stay with us. "insidious" and "socialism." as families struggle to raise their kids, to provide a good education, harmer bragged, "we can design a plan to dismantle them." david harmer is just too radical. we need jerry mcnerney. protecting local schools from devastating cuts. he's a moderate, endorsed by the stockton record, the independent, and our local teachers.

good morning. let's take a live look outside. this is 880 oakland near the coliseum. everything is moving unusually well through here. this time of the morning we start to see slower traffic northbound. but so far, so good heading into downtown oakland. we have an estimated time of opening a new one now 10:00 for the stretch of woodside. highway 84 near highway 85 it's

been closed for several hours in both directions. downed power lines and trees so caltrans and pg&e are out there trying to re-open the roadway but again, 10:00 now before they can open that stretch of highway 84. all your approaches to the bay bridge typically slow. westbound 4 slow ride coming out of the caldecott tunnel. and at the bay bridge toll plaza, it is unfortunately backed up to the maze. you can see this shot here up the incline. not moving too badly towards the "s" curve. that's a check of your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth. forecast for this morning, here we are from our camera high atop mount vaca. and we do have some high clouds in there but we also have some sunshine and it looks good, doesn't it? especially after yesterday. we got doused! here's a look at what you can expect. seven-day forecast: thursday, friday, saturday and sunday, we are expecting a chance of showers and temperatures will cool down.

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so many beautiful shades of fall out in central park. it is a beautiful autumn morning here on the plaza. welcome back to "the early show." >> welcome back, everybody. coming up, they are two of the most popular and most expensive home improvement projects, but amy matthews of the diy network is here to show us the trick to painting rooms and transforming them through, i would say, wainscotting. amy knows president she will come along and tell us how to do it and save a dollar. >> a real-life soap opera played out publicly last year with

south carolina governor mark son ford admitted than-to-an affair with a woman in buenos aires. since then his wife is joining us and here to tell us how she and her family got through a very trying time. >> she wrote a book that is tan stick. i read it. if you want to be like charlie brown and find the great pumpkin we'll help you out. e yet rye yos is here, expert at these things from choosing the right pumpkin, how to carve it and tools, neat tricks. did you have the carving tricks. >> it is all about the tools, may i say as a pumpkin master carver. >> there are so many layers to you, harry smith. >> can we say i had to our friends from pa ma and ohio and iowa. >> upstate. >> alma mater. >> central college, thank you very much. >> and wyoming. there you go. now you can do the weather. >> now, before, actually we dot weather, a little reminder for everybody. >> ooh. >> halloween is coming up. not just about the pumpkins today, we want you to plan if

halloween on the plaza this friday morning featuring trick-or-treat alley and some surprising costume reveals. remember perhaps last year? it is tough to forget. there we go. >> oh, no. >> oh, no, that's not adam lambert but maggie rodriguez doing her best "american idol." >> that was fun. >> and harry smith, i have to admit julia child is going to be difficult to top this year. the pressure is on, my friend. >> that's right. it's very difficult. >> gosh, how are you going to top that. do you feel pressure. >> well, we'll see. >> come on. give up a little hint. >> no way. >> last year, i tried to, to no avail. >> even we don't know what we're all going to be. it is a big surprise for everybody. the best part is, you you can be part of it on the plaza, join us from 7:00 to 1y9 a.m. eastern time for halloweenhe on the pla, come in your costume, score some candy. we have trick-or-treating fun, prizes, 59th and fifth avenue in

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to many she's known as the wife of a politician who didn't sand by her man. she stood up for herself. jenny sanford is divorced from her husband, the governor of south carolina who made headlines after admitting an affair. her best seller about that life-changing affair "staying true" has been updated and morning. good to have you here today. >> good to be here. >> a new part of the book you wrote over the summer, a couple things you said writing the book had been liberating, gratifying, successful and fulfilling. >> yeah. >> talk to us about that a bit. >> the process itself of writing, i literally had to through old photo albums and my life. and it was actually very cath tick. at the end of the day, i was able to come to a real peace about the notion that i believe i had been a good wife and i gave my husband more chances really than he deserved and so i was able to, through the writing of the book, to move on, really with no regrets and with a real

peace about me. >> one of the things people always tend to focus on in a divorce, when children are involved. you have foufr children. your oldest just started college. how has this process been, not only when you were last here we talked about a the process of the very public divorce for you, but since then, you're writing about their lives, about things that change, how are they doing? >> you know, they're doing great. and you hit the nail on the head when you say divorce is a process. it doesn't end the day the judge says you're divorced. i did everything i could to stay married, to work on the family but the decision was right no me. it might not be right for everybody but it was the right decision for me to divorce. since that time you have to come up with new patterns being with your ex-spouse. the children and i live separately from him but we get together on holidays sometimes or for birthdays and things like that. they're learning to set more boundaries with their dad. they're learning how to stand up for themselves, for example, when i'm not around if they need something for him that he wouldn't necessarily be accustomed to giving them. it's been a good process in many

respects, we've all grown from it and have reached what i call a new normal and it's been -- been wonderful, think if all of us. >> a lot of families can relate to the new normal. you mentioned the boundaries, new boundaries for your children. what about new boundaries for yourself because you are still seeing your ex-husband and every time you see him, i imagine the memories come flooding back. >> it's interesting a lot of little decisions you have to deal with in divorce. everything from when i say boundaries, no he, he can't just show up at the ho us when he feels like it because it suits his schedule. you know, you have to learn to respect one another's space, same thing with the children. if the children go to spend the weekend with him and one is sick, i'm teaching the boys to i need today whereas mom would normally have been there to help fill in that role. >> you are dating. what's that like? >> i'm starting to date, really having a great time meeting other men. i'm not really ready for a real relationship, if you will, it's too new but having a great time. it's really fun. i'll know when the time is right and the person is right. it is too soon now but actually

having a great time. >> how did your kids feel about it. >> they are okay with it as long as they know -- they really care mom is there and nothing in their world is going to change again. they've been through really dmultious change and as long as they see me home every day and no, i'm not going iranywhere, this regreat with you. >> what happens after your ex-husband's governorship ends? >> that's the big question. he will technically be governor until mid-january and we'll have another process the boys and in terms of what comes for him. he might have something up his sleeve. if he knows what he's going to do, he hasn't shared it with me. we are preparing for any host of possibilities. i mean, you know, he could live down the street. he could, you know, move to argentina. she could move here. i don't know. >> a lot of unknowns. the only constant is change. we'll look for that change. really a pleasure having you back this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> now here's maggie. >> thank you. lots of folks are heading out to the pumpkin pamp this week in

search for the perfect jack o--la tern, eette rios is here with tips how to choose and carve the perfect pumpkin. good morning. >> good morning. exciting. >> first of all let's choose the perfect pumpkin. i love to do this with my daughter. >> i do, too. >> except after a while, there's nothing worse than the rancid stench of a rotting pumpkin. >> my gosh, yes. >> how do we pick the pumpkin will that last longers. >> absolutely. i want to look for a stem really firmly attached. when you go to the patch or your store try picking it up by the stem if it is not going anywhere, that's a good sign. >> okay. >> sometimes there are green around the end of the stem and that means it is fresh. that means it is perfect and time to get. >> you shouldn't look for a perfectly shaped pumpkin. >> no. >> you should look for punky, right. >> accentuate the positive, a pumpkin that's unique with interesting features. we have a really lumpy one here anding like this is great to make a witches face or something that's going to --

>> ahhh. >> so it looks like an uneefn skin tone and creepy. >> like with this one, right? >> yeah. >> that's great then you used a squash for the nose. >> very easy sfwloot nitty-gritty, how do you get the perfect shapes? >> what you want to do is we suggest. >> first thing. >> -- to cut from the bottom, because it's a bit saefr to put a candle or light in there you can put it on the grund and put the pumpkin over it. >> i usually cut from the top and scoop out so i've done it wrong. >> not wrong but if you put a candle at the bottom it will be uneven because the pumpkin is round and this is safer. >> okay. >> cut the bottom off of that and get an ice cream scoop, go right to your kitchen. >> i use my hands, but this is much neater. >> it works really well. >> all right. scoop out. >> go crazy. >> the guts. >> exactly. >> this can get so messy. >> but it's fun, you know. >> it is. >> you can get the kids involved in this part, especially because it's just with an ice cream

scoop, it's easy. if you don't have an ice cream scoop, you can use the lid of a jar. >> you know, what i think i would resort to my hands. but, that's okay. there's always the hands. >> yeah, exactly. you can always go with the hands. >> we do invest in these pumpkin carving kits. is that a worthwhile investments? >> with the small serrated blades they are great because you can fine detail work. the problem is they are tht really built to last so every year you end up getting new ones, i suggest getting them for fine detail work and fine intricate stuff. >> otherwise what do you use? >> actually a drawwall saw and i stole it from my dad's toolbox. >> nice. >> it works great. you can do all your carving with a nice thin blade. if you don't have that a small serrated knife is perfectly fine. >> what do you do, trace it first. >> i wanted to show you. we actually have a bunch of stencils you can pull off the internet, like here's one. and you just print these out. you can resize them on your

koppier, just any size to make sure it fits your pumpkin, you can carve these or paint them. >> all right. >> how about a drill. >> let's do it. >> are are you comfortable with -- >> power tools, absolutely. tell me what to do. >> make another hole right. >> there put it root there? >> hold it with your other hand. >> how easy is that? >> isn't that cool? >> the coolest looking pumpkin. >> you really getting into it now. >> yeah. >> you can use different sizes of bits and have smaller holes, learger holes and this looks absolutely beautiful. >> when lit up. perfect. >> my gosh, fantastic. and it's fun. >> it is fun. >> and so here. >> we have the drill. >> you see how easy to put the candle, we forgot to mention after you cut out the bottom. >> if you don't feel like making the mess like i live in an apartment and just don't have a place to carve, you can just color it. >> you can, you can paint it. there are all sorts of animals and dogs.

you can stick this on and either paint into the stencil. >> i wondered what that was. the crow needs a head. >> it is headless. we can going to finish it on camera and acrylic paint and small children, tempara paint is great, it washes off. get creative. if they don't want to use a stencil, go crazy and create works of art. >> finally, you should not be eating your jack-o-la tern, right? >> no, don't do it. >> you can eat the seeds. >> you can, absolutely. you take the seeds out and want to make sure they are perfectly dry. then, you roast them in the oven for about 10 minutes. i look to put salt and pepper in it, also curry in this to make it a little spicy. >> that sounds good. >> they are not so bad. >> if you want to make a pumpkin pie, what kind of pumpkin should you bu. >> these are so good. >> good, aren't they. >> you should be buying a small, this is a pumpkin pie pumpkin, this is a small young version of the big guys. >> the difference, it is sweeter and grown for cooking.

>> sweeter, softer and ready to go. >> beautiful. >> then go and make your pies. >> sounds great. thank you very much. yvette rios. we'll have owl this information on our website, which is earlyshow.cbsnews.com. yvette rios from berth homes and gardens. now back over to harry. >> maggie, thanks. don't let the bad economy stop you from fixing up your home. amy matthews of the di diy network's "sweat equity" program is here to show us too popular projects that can with paint and just for pennies. all right. normally, you call the contractor, the contractor says we'll tear down this wall and do this and stick this over there. you really are talking about none of that. >> no. and i love tearing down walls, don't get me wrong but all about the amount of money you have to spend and the amount of time you have to spend and paint is not permanent. you can make great changes in a room, less than 100 bucks, transform with paint especially architectural interest.

we have pictures of baths and kitchens, which sell houses. sometimes all yours needs is a quick fix, new faucets, a fresh coat of paint, maybe like behind the posters and a spaul feeling. same with kitchens. one thing to gel stain or paint your cab nintry. you can spend 60% of your kitchen budget on new ones. imagine getting rid of the '80s golden oak by painting it or a backsplash or countertop. they will boost the home value with not a lot of money. >> let's talk about wanes coating. what is that. >> earlily anything on the lower third of a wall. there are so many ways to do that with different kinds of millwork. custom millwork costs a lot of money and sometimes an okay dyi project but can be challenging. we can make some of the same transformations with a fraction of the cost. you are adding the same architectural interest and look

with these pieces literally using ape tape and paint. i want to show you one of the houses we worked on was really great, you know, with the holidays everybody wants to make quick transformations. this is a great dining room example picking an acset wall and making that wanes coating on the lower third, picture framing on top. >> that's all paint. >> it is. literally you need a level, pencil and tape measure. >> you are going to show us -- >> we have the live version for you. >> you are going to show us how to do this. this is just a flat we drug out here and then you did this. >> we did this. it's so simple and imagine this a hundred bucks to change your room and not permanent. as soon as the holidays are over and you want another quick change, you can paint the room again, why not. >> i hate that. i hated that. show us how. >> we've prepped the wall using scotch blue painter's tape to get our lines. one of the most important parts of taping is how you put it on the wall. not everybody does it right. when you put it on the wall take it a couple feet at a time, get

a nice line and use a straight edge, a five-in-one tool to smooth it down and smooth the edges or can even use a credit card to do the same thing. >> all right. okay. >> that will seal it for you so have a really good finish at the end. i'll pull this off and you and are you going to start painting. are you ready? i don't know, you look too nice to paint. i'm waiting for some puns. you've got to give me jokes while we are doing this. >> this is already rolled up, so get a little off here. >> you want it here. >> go in the middle first, not the tape, get some of the access off your roller and you always want to start high to low. as you paint, you can pick up some of the drips and the important thing is doing -- eyou are good at. this the ms and withs, right, getting a nice full coverage on there. once i get a little bit off here, now you can go over the tape on the edges. >> right. all right. >> i don't know, you might no go back to work.

you might be stuck -- >> i think i've found my calling. >> we are going all the way over, i'm sorry. >> you're good. hopefully your walls at home don't move like this. if you have that problem, call me because i can help sflu she's a real contractor, ladies and gentlemen. >> i drive a truck, right? normally, you would wait until the paint is completely dry. >> sure. but because you smoothed this down so well, you are not going to have any issues when you pull it up. >> the other thing i didn't mention earlier, if you put the tape down on uneven walls you can put a line of basecoat along the edge which seals the edge of the tape and then you get a nice clean finish. but on a good wall like this, granted it should be a dry paint. the key of pulling it up is actually going at an angle, 45 degree angle and pulling nice and slow all the way up, although it is still wet. >> isn't that nice? all right. can we move to the kids' room. >> i was going to lick my

finger, not like i do a cooking show. what's wrong with me. >> not oil-based you will probably be okay. >> how many kids do you know named don. >> none anymore. >> we brought don in here. kids rooms you always want to change with times and their age, their desires for something different in the room changes every year. >> sure, sure. >> paint is an easy quick way to do that. i want to show you a peen tarnlg's room, we painted the headboard and used a mon gram for fun colors. this is an example how you can do it with circles, we used paper plates actually on there, drew it. put the tame around and you take it off and end up with this nice finish on the en. >> same kind of deal. >> you can play with it. if you want something instantaneously. >> what's this stuff. >> not for holidays but for the kids. >> are these stickies. >> if you don't fancy yourself as a fine painter, i think you are, these are reusable. paint a nice base color. >> slap one on there so we see what it looks lipg.

>> that one goes on. >> not very expensive. >> don't put it on like me because you will end up with bubbles. they are removable and don't ruin the paint and you can change them when your kids' change. >> wans cotting. >> wanes coating because i'm from the midwest. >> see that's what it was. i md wans coating. thank you very much. for more on these projects go to our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. we'll be right back. you're watching "the early show" on,,,,,,

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>> you say potato, i say po that to. they were still making them up until april the last batch of walkmen. >> the cassette tape? >> this was the last batch produced in april. we are saying good-bye this morning to the walkman. the walkman ii what the most popular, i think two and a half million were sold. many of us had the yellow ones, the sport. >> were you fancy. >> look how heavy this is and we walked with this thinking it was the coolest thing in the world. >> i saw somebody with a diskman the other day. >> really. >> walking with his diskman in the park. >> you did say, excuse me, sir, have you heard of the ishd pod. >> of course that all morphed into this, the big old -- >> clunker of the original. nine years ago they launched that. >> is it nine years. >> amazing what you've gone to in nine years. the tiny ipod nano multi-touch. >>th is as cool as it gets.

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it's 8:55. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. officials will decide today mr. to re-open a stretch of california beaches after a deadly shark attack. a 19-year-old was attacked while body boarding north of santa barbara this weekend. he surfaced with his leg badly injured and died soon after. the search for a new police chief in san jose moving forward today. the city plans to replace rob davis, who retires this month. they are holding a town hall meeting tonight asking the public what it wants to see in the next police chief. davis has served in that department for 30 years. and first lady michelle obama will be in san francisco this afternoon. she will attend a fundraiser for democratic congressional candidates. house speaker nancy pelosi will also be on hand.

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i'm among 30,000 employees who used to work for hp. i was supposed to retire there. carly fiorina changed all that. fiorina laid off 30,000 people and she shipped our jobs to china and india. i had to pack my bags and i was out the door that night. we even had to train our replacements. she didn't need 5 corporate jets. one hundred million for herself. fiorina never cared about our jobs. not then and not now. i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message. good morning. well, the bay bridge is really backed up this morning. unfortunately, one of the south track lanes is still closed. it has been for a good hour or

so. so the northbound 880 approached is backed up because of a closed fastrak lane. on the bridge, traffic is okay once you get into san francisco. an accident in orinda westbound 24 and the lights are still out in the caldecott tunnel causing backups early this morning so slow on westbound 24 and you can see it just is stop and go down the eastshore freeway from about hercules to the maze. san mateo bridge commute direction westbound 92 no delay. 14 minutes from hayward to foster city. that's a check of your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth. well, this morning, we got some sunshine out there. this is a look from our camera. and san jose looking good. forecast for today, seven-day forecast, it's also looking good. here we go. mid-50s along the coast today as highs. lower 60s around the bay in the mid-60s inland. more sunshine tuesday and wednesday but check out thursday through sunday. more showers expected in the bay area. i spen on my homework --

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