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we a we are kicking off our special dream job series this morning. you may remember the fun we had over the summer when "the early show" anger got a chance to live out fantasy careers. don't show me getting on that horse one more time. oh, my aching back. okay. i got to go out on the west texas ranch with our old friends. we wrestled a couple of doggies and did our deal that was so much fun. we thought it was only fair to give viewers the same opportunity. when mimi blackwelder asks us to surprise her husband, we were more than happy to oblige. ♪ >> reporter: for michael, spending a few relaxing dres at the bahama resort with his wife was a dream come true. michael, however, was unaware that mimi responded to our offer of making a viewer's dream job a

reality. so we showed up, unannounced, to cut his vacation short. >> hello there. >> reporter: michael, a service manager at a delaware car dealership, has always been a passionate home cook. >> i'm bobby flay. >> reporter: and a huge fan of bobby flay's tv shows. it's always been his dream to cook alongside the great chef. since bobby is a member of the "the early show" family -- >> resident chef bobby flay is here. >> reporter: we enlisted his help to help michael's dream come true. i don't know if you know bobby's here. yeah, he's here. he wants to cook with you. >> no way! now i'm shaking. >> reporter: mesa grill bahamas one of bobby's six critically acclaimed restaurants. >> look at the menu. >> reporter: the reason it's successful --

>> nice. perfect. >> reporter: -- bobby runs the kitchen to perfection and produce the best, elegant, yet bold southwestern cuisine. don't be nervous. >> no. no. i'm just walking in a restaurant with harry smith to meet bobby flay. >> reporter: there you go. >> why be nerve house. >> reporter: giving michael a chance of a lifetime to cook with bobby himself. >> i'm bobby flay. nice to meet you. come into the kitchen, man. >> reporter: for a room full of paying customers. >> anybody that wants to work for free in my kitchen is allowed to work. >> reporter: within minute his was dressed. >> salt and pepper. >> and getting key pointers. >> both sides always. that's the most common thing i say, did you season salt and pepper on both sides? >> reporter: some aspects of the job were difficult. >> stop. >> reporter: michael excelled at others. >> next thing you're going to do here? >> not turn it yet. >> you are the man. >> reporter: soon, he had all three fish dishes on the menu

mastered. well, almost. >> presentation's off, harry. >> reporter: bobby put him at the seafood station, inspite of his amateur stat us. >> free fresh fish, salmon, snapper, tuna. >> reporter: orders started rushing in. >> come on, michael, don't fail me now. >> we're rolling now. >> reporter: bobby, in his culinary director, rene, kept a close eye on michael and in the end, there was an impressive sight to see. he seasoned. >> good season technique. very even. >> reporter: sauced, and plated like a pro. he was living his dream. cooking in the kitchen of his hero. but what mattered most to michael was the opinion of the toughest critic in the room, his wife, mimi. now you're a cook with bobby flai flay at mesa grill and now it's time to taste. >> oh, my gosh, that's good!

that's good. the. >> reporter: question, is it better than anything he's ever cooked at home? >> heck yeah! >> reporter: and the praise didn't stop there. bobby said, michael was on fire all night. >> i think that he moved around the kitchen really well. got the understanding of how to use the ladle, how to use squeeze bottles, how to flip the switch. >> reporter: which made michael's dream that much sweet. >> thank you. >> my pleasure. >> a dream come true, literally. >> welcome in my kitchen anytime. >> most fun, having the chance to meet michael and mimi. a wonderful couple, really, really nice people. bobby, a special shout out to bobby. bobby put michael, really put him to work. he ran that station. >> you want the job, here it is. >> when we were done sort of shooting and everything else, michael stayed there and worked and worked and worked and worked. and i sat back and watched him. and he was in heaven.

>> i'm sure mimi has him working and working and working at home. >> my question is where is he this morning? >> that's great. t >> that is because you're hungry? >> sure. >> loved meeting michael. tomorrow, you'll love meeting ang angie, an accountant from north carolina who wanted to work with jack hannah at columbus zoo. she was his assistant for a day. we took her over there. she had so much fun, but not all fun. we'll see if she still wants to be his assistant after a day. >> see if she's still there. >> we'll be right back. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. [ malnouncer day deserves a better breakfast. choose from a dee-licious lineup of our newest $5 footlong breakfast melts, like the sunrise subway melt. [ strahan ] subway. build your better breakfast.

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it's 8:25. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. the giants back home this morning with a world series trophy. they beat the text rangers 3-1 last night winning the world series 4 games to 1. there will be a victory parade in downtown san francisco tomorrow morning at 11:00. today is election day and it is time to cast your ballot. the votes -- the polls are now open. the governor's job and the u.s. senate seat are among the big races in california. nationally, the midterm election could mean change of power in congress. and an east bay cab company is helping to get out the vote. friendly cab in oakland is offering free ride for voters from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 6 to 8 p.m., when the polls close. traffic and weather around the bay area coming right up. stay with us. ah mom, you still clip coupons?

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normal. we had a stall and a fastrak lane closed at the toll plaza. both are resolved. now a good ride out toward foster city and the peninsula. congestion from downtown san jose nothing new for this stretch of 280. this is approaching the 880 interchange. that's your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth. well, today we have really nice visibility out there. so we are pushed all the way in to san francisco. you can see sutro tower and this is from our camera at mount vaca so we are going to pull out a bit and look at it. i'll move out of the way so you can enjoy it as well and that's a pretty nice morning under way. nice afternoon is expected, too. and temperatures to go along with that slightly warmer than yesterday. lower 70s along the coast, mid- 70s around the bay, near 80 inland, warming up wednesday and thursday. even more than today. but we are cooling down friday, saturday, sunday. and monday.

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okay. this is why we love living here. another beautiful fall morning. good morning to all of. and welcome back to "the early show." >> just wanted to be -- want you to be able to be heard this morning. >> thank you, harry. >> coming up this morning, after those beautiful -- >> i want you to be heard now. >> exactly. >> some are saying today's midterm elections may turn out to be christmas for conservatives. so who better to discuss them than the always provocative best-selling author ann coulter who will be along for a chat in just a moment. >> also here for a chat this morning, you're going to meet a remarkable combined family. they're sort of a modern-day brady bunch. nine kids between them and boy are they dealing with the tough reality of the current economy that we are in. they went from living large, sometimes spending $15,000 to $18,000 a month to literally

some of the kids dumpster diving to help make ends meet. we're going to meet the parents. we're going to meet the seven kids, find out how they're making it all work, this morning. >> they have smiles on their faces. >> also ahead this morning, many women fight the aging battle every day with expensive triemts and surgeries. butted ared are magazine came up with some surprising types for looking younger in easy and affordable ways. take a lemon, rub it on your hand, and something magical can happen. we're going to have suggestions for you ahead this morning. >> first, though, dave is here. hello, dave. >> hello, harry. >> hello, dave. >> hello, maggie. >> hello, dave. >> hello, erica. >> where are you from? >> my mother. >> how about sharing the weather forecast? >> nice to see you, everybody. let's take a check of the weather maps, see what's going on. you liked that, didn't you? all right, here we go. the maps on this election day. get out and -- >> vote! >> that's right. folks. as you go to the gulf states, though, you may want to bring

the brollies. why? from east texas through louisiana, sections of arkansas today, and into really the panhandle of florida, even with a little bit you're going to see some rains rolling on through. up through little rock to watch for a good soaking in some parts of the air california today. moves towards the sease by tomorrow and then begins to wind its way towards the northeast as we head to the end of the week. we have above average temperatures from southern california all the way to

>> that's a quick look at our weather picture. harry, inside to you. >> all right, dave, thanks so much. our next guest calls today's elections less predictable than any other she can think of. and that could be an understatement. joining us now best-selling author and conservative commentator ann coulter. good morning. >> good morning. >> less predictable? >> i've never seen so many close races. >> okay. >> i think -- i think we have a feeling that -- >> in aggregate. >> about health care, the stimulus bill, and republicans

will pick up seats in the house. because of the senate seats that just happen to be up this year, a third is up every three years and it's all heavily blue states. i don't think we ever had a chance to take the senate. but it doesn't really matter. the senate, a minority party has a lot of power. in the house the minority power has no power whatsoever. if we take, we republicans, just the house of representatives, that's enough to stop a lot of the crazy things. >> right. if there were one issue in the last two years that would stand out above all others that is sort of the fulcrum on which all of this change is turning, what would it be? >> health care, health care, health care. absolutely health care. >> right. >> and that's part of the reason for the volatility in the polls right now. and some of the polls are all over the map. they have one candidate winning by one to three points and then the next day the poll has the other candidate winning by one to three points. people were hopping mad about health care back in march and

april. you had this huge tea party movement. you had a lot of established, both republicans and democrats -- >> you saw in those town meetings, that's when you first really started to see it, start to bubble up. that's when the tea party -- >> yes. so to speak. but a lot of those people are people who have not been paying much attention to politics, who would never be found voting in a midterm election before. this is what pollsters can't figure out. how many of them are still angry? have they forgotten about health care? because the changes haven't really kicked in. some premium statements coming. americans just weren't asking for national health care. didn't want it. they wanted obama to focus on the economy. and there was so much anger then. now we're waiting to see, and we're going to find out tonight how much people are still paying attention, and still angry about it. >> right. now the question i keep asking, that i get in trouble with, with conservatives is, can a coalition be formed, then, with the people who have, you know, sort of stirred up all of this energy, and the old guard republicans who want to see all

these seats change, but they still want to stay in charge? >> yes. >> now, is that not a legitimate question? >> oh, i think it's very legitimate. >> thank you very much. spin that all over the blogosphere out there that castigates me for saying it. >> no i think there's going to be a lot of butting of heads. and i'm with the tea partiers on this one. the establishment republicans, i think you were right, an awful of them, a lot of republicans are fantastic, and really do care about fiscal. but a lot of them just want their jobs. you saw it in a lot of the primaries, the butting of heads. >> right. >> but this is a movement that can't be stopped. i think they are going to keep paying attention this time. and will hold both the old guard establishment republicans, and this tea party republicans, responsible. i mean that's why it's going to be so big. there are about nine republican primaries where the establishment republican lost and the tea party candidate won, which has been a totally fun election season. because americans always say oh,

we want a citizenen politician. we're tired of these career politicians. i've got to tell you, citizen politicians make a lot of mistakes. >> we've seen some of that. >> get used to that, americans, if you don't want a career politician it's not going to be as smooth and poring, but if we've -- if republicans, if the tea party candidates win just half of those, that's going to be four or five all-new republicans in the senate. not all-new. there are some there now, but yeah, this is a big shift. >> so here's your question, last but not least. get to be february, all is said and done, big republican win. >> right. >> rolls in there. there will be a routine vote, for instance, to increase the debt ceiling and the tea party guys are going to say, over my dead body. >> right. >> and the government comes to a screeching halt. then what happens? >> well, the media will blame the republicans. but, it's no longer 1995. that was the last time there was a government shutdown. and america, when there's a government shutdown, they're all

responsible. the president is as responsible as congress. but now we have the internet so i think the americans are going to know it this time. >> ann coulter, thank you very much. >> thank you, merry christmas. >> now here's erica. >> harry, thanks. the recession as we know has caused drastic lifestyle changes for many families. one of them is now featured in a new reality series that premieres this saturday night on we tv. the show is called "downsized." it follows the combined bruce ramsey clan, a kind of brady bunch for the 21st century. this prosperous family found itself barely able to make ends meet. they're joining us this morning. laura and todd the parents, 17-year-old hepter and bailey. 15-year-old triplets levi, rex, dylan and -- three triplets and another 15-year-old and 10-year-old danielle. all with us this morning. great to have you here. >> thanks. >> so many people can probably relate to that when they hear a little bit of the details. give us a clearer picture, if you would. i'll start with you, todd.

you had a great business going. you were making $1 spine 5 million a year at one point and then everything bottomed out. and we see in the first episode you're going through the bank statement and you say to laura we're 300 bucks short on the rent. >> right. >> well, i mean all across america with the housing decline, we got hit really hard. all the construction industry pretty much fell apart. we lost our house, our investment condo, and here we are today. >> laura, as all this is happening, you say at one point, once you blended your family five years ago, you kind of used money to help ease that transition. because it's a lot, especially when you're a teenager to have all this happen in your family. when did you really take a look at the finances and say, we can't do this anymore? >> well, i don't think we wanted to admit it, really. i think we both thought it was going to get better. and when we started being short on our, you know, our payments, that's when we realized that, you know, things weren't going to get better and we started making some cutbacks, and it was

a scary feeling. >> you went at one point turned to your parents, went to your parents. and todd, you said no. >> yes. >> why? >> well, i mean, you kind of reach bottom, and sure it's easy to turn what we had. and i just wanted to feel like we were going to drag ourselves out of it and i thought we could, and can. >> and this is quite an example, obviously for all of you guys. this is a really tough point in your lives to have this happen to you. it's tough enough to be a teenager. and bailey and heather, for you guys, it's interesting because you're dealing with it in different ways, too, because you still, you know, have your mom that you go see. and you're getting some big gifts from your mom. so how is that different for you guys? >> i think the hardest thing is that i was still able to receive gifts from my mom. and the fact that the other kids weren't able to, only levi and i were. it's hard to come home with something new and no one else is able to get it. >> even a car at one point. >> yes. >> and then you're worried about going to the prom.

you guys are both supposed to go. and you decided not to go to the prom. >> me and my boyfriend at the time we decided we didn't want to spend our money on it. so it would be just safer for us to just save our money and like, have a different type of prom, instead of going. >> as a mom, it was hard, too, because, you know, we would have liked to give herred money to do that. but it goes along with the dress and the jewelry, and hlimos -- and we weren't able to do it. >> you can't make it happen. at one point, whitney and rex you guys decide we're going to do our part. you actually went dumpster diving? >> yeah. me, rex and dylan. >> dylan had an injured hand. >> so you were supervising? >> i was. >> but did you -- i mean this was actually a serious consideration for you guys. you thought we'll go and see what we can find. >> yes. >> and how did it turn out? >> we actually come up with about $20. and it wasn't as hard as like you would think it would be. but you do need to look really

hard >> yes, it's all about the right location, too. because -- >> so are you still doing this? >> we don't advocate this. >> but it does illustrate, you know, in a great way, actually, how your kids are really pitching in. everybody's got a job now. >> exactly. >> and you're a teacher. >> right. >> you make about $40,000 a year. obviously for a family of nine, that's tough. >> absolutely. >> everybody else is pitching in. what's been the hardest part about all these changes for you? >> probably losing the house. anything, but probably the hardest change was giving up sports. that's what we all like to do. >> and i think everybody, the tough part for us is everybody wants to give their kids a better life. and give them those things, and to have the girls say, you know, we're going to struggle to go to college. it's still tough. >> i think every parent can probably relate to that. danielle, you're the youngest. you've had to give up some stuff, too, cutting back on

cheerleading, i know. what's it like for you as you watch everybody dealing with this? >> well, i don't -- >> i'm putting you on the spot, aren't i? >> yes. >> because, your brothers are -- in one episode, you're still getting everything you want. that's not the case either, is it? >> yeah. >> it is? >> but she did have to give up, danielle did, everybody's contributed, and for her, like they said with the sports, i mean, to give up cheer, which is something she loves, doesn't matter, you know, what your age is, you still have a passion about something. >> and physical fitness is huge. and you know, that was something that she, you know, worked hard at. and it was a difficult thing for her to stop. we appreciated her doing that. >> everybody's making their sacrifice. where do you stand now? what happens to you? i know you're calling every day trying to get work. but the housing market has not come back. >> we're still renting. i mean, that's our goal, is to

eventually buy a home. >> but i think the message is continue to go out there and work hard. draw strength from your family. you can lean on them. communicate with your kids. but for me, i wash dishes part-time tat i restaurant. you kind of become a day laborer in this business today in construction. but if you work hard, it's america. it will come back. >> you have an incredible attitude, i have to say, and your smiles are great inspiration for people around the country. the show is great. >> thank you. >> thanks for sharing your story with us this morning. >> thanks for having us. >> this portion of "the early show" sponsored by campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. you don't have to go to a doctor help you look and feel younger these days. here are some surprising and easy ways to keep that youthful glow is "redbook" magazine's beauty corrector cheryl kramer kaye. good morning, welcome. >> thank you. >> the first thing you can do that is a lot less expensive than makeup -- excuse me, than

surgery, is makeup. let's show linda when she walked in. we don't want to reveal her just yet. wait, wait, wait. when linda came in this morning she looked like this, a beautiful woman. but when you added makeup. an even more beautiful, younger-looking woman is here. let's talk about some of the ways you achieved that. the first thing i notice when you look at you, linda, your lips seem to be fuller, right? >> yes, we actually trick the appearance of fuller lips, which do make you look younger. we started by choosing a lighter shade of lipstick for linda. we used the chanel rouge coco in chintz and something that is lighter, actually looks a little bit fuller. something that's darker will recede. >> that's universal rule? >> a universal rule, indeed. >> so you did that. then in the middle? >> we put a little bit of clear gloss, and that again, creates an optical illusion that makes the center look a little bit fuller and the whole mouth appear to be fuller. >> very good. her cheeks. she has much more dramatic cheekbones when you add the blush. >> it's like a little face-lift.

helps create those cheekbones. we use this nars blushing duo. and we took the bronzer. put the bronzer all the way up the cheek 3 bone and then the blush, just pop of color right in the middle. just warms up your whole face. >> and the eyes seem to be very light and bright. is that accomplished with eye shadow. >> actually we did it with liners. we used two different liners. we used a smashbox peach colored liner on the inner rim of her eye. and what that does is counteracts redness, and it also makes the white part of the eye look wider, so eyes like brighter. >> the skin colored inside your eye. >> exactly. and then on the top of her eye we used a navy eye liner. and a friend told me, a makeup artist said, it's like clorox ii for your eyeballs. makes everything look whiter and brighter. >> why not black? >> black can be a little bit harsh. it's a really severe color, maybe. a little bit softer but still a neutral that everyone is comfortable with. >> thank you, linda. edie is going to show us how

some things that don't cost any money, because most of them can help us look younger. first of all milk. you can use milk compresses? >> as we get older our skin gets more dry and sensitive. a milk compress with its natural lactic acid is very soothing. once a week, take a washcloth, dip it in the milk, wring it out, and apply it to your skin. >> how long do you leave it on there? >> as soon as it starts to lose its coolness, which is also helping with the irritation, you can take it off. >> and then a lot of women complain about age spots as they age on their hands. edie, may i borrow your hand. show us what we can do with lemons. >> lemons are a natural bleacher. remember when you used to lie out in the sun, you put a little lemon juice on your hair and create highlights. this you want to do indoors, but it's the same concept. you want to mix lemon juice with water. because it's a little bit too potent without it. and dip it in on a q-tip, and apply it to your hands. you want to do that twice a day, because age spots can be pretty stubborn.

and you should see results in about six to eight weeks. >> and wash your hands before you go out in the sun. >> actually, apply sunscreen to your hands. >> oh, even more than wash. okay, very good. before there was botox there were frownies. what are frownies? >> an amazing little adhesive pad that do a very similar thing to botox. they keep the muscles on your forehead or wherever you've got those expressive muscles, from moving around too much. so i'm going to put this little frownie on irena. forgive me. you put it, you want to spread out the muscles, apply it, and hold it for about 15 seconds while it dries. and overnight, is when you wear this. you don't really want to walk around with this on the street. but it will train your muscles to relax, and when you wake up in the morning you'll look much more refreshed. >> how long will that last? >> you know, as you use it your muscles get weaker and weaker, so, after about two months' time you should really see major relaxation. >> and that's easy.

thank you. also something else you can do is invest in a window shield, right? so if your window looks like this versus like this you're going to keep more rays out. >> yes. do you know 200 hours of sun exposu exposure, that's how much we get in our cars every year. so by putting something like a solar guard on you're preventing 99% of those rays from penetrating >> how easy is that? and finally this one i had never heard so i want to share it with anybody. put some products on ice. >> you want to stock your fridge with your beauty prufkts. the same way if you were to bruise your knee you'd ice it and it makes the fluid go away. the same thing works with your skin. if you put a cool product on it will help constrict the blood vessels and make the puffiness go away. >> cheryl great stuff. thank you, as well. for more tips on looking downer go to our website which is earlyshow.cbsnews.com. we'll be right back. don't go away. i spend three hours on my homework --

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how gorgeous pictures of central park. it is perfect out there right now. >> perfect voting weather. >> it is. >> we've had our own off-air political discussions as well. >> yes, we have. >> about these races here in new york. >> it's going to be great reality tv tonight. >> oh, yeah. >> and it's a reality tv show that will continue. because we're not going to have those results. obviously we'll have a lot of them tonight. but it's going to go very late, of course. >> and then recounts, i bet, will be called for. >> exactly. >> but you know what? first thing you have to do is go out and vote, because nothing has been decided. like ann coulter said, quoting ann coulter, so many close races in this country. >> and tune in cbs tonight, 10:00, 9:00 central time for all the results.

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it's 8:55. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. good morning, everyone. the san francisco giants returning home this morning with their world series trophy. about 200 fans waiting at at&t park when the team bus rolls up about 4:00. they got hi-5s from the players. and the celebration started last night right after the giants beat texas 3-1 to win the series. edgar renteria is series mvp, hitting a three-run homer in the 7th inning. voting is under way in the bay area and across the nation. in california the governor's job and a u.s. senate seat are at stake. nationally the midterms may vault the republicans back into power in the house of representatives and could narrow the democratic majority in the senate. traffic and weather around the bay area coming right up. stay with us.

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southbound 880 approaching 16th. and if you get a little closer to the coliseum, you can see all that heavy traffic northbound towards downtown oakland. that's your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth well, another nice mild day expected. here's a look outside. and this is a look towards san jose. and it is a nice morning. plenty of sunshine, not a cloud in the sky. not in this particular shot. here's a look at your seven-day forecast. lower 70s along the coast, mid- 70s around the bay, near 80 degrees inland. we will continue to warm up wednesday and thursday with again some nice warm mild temperatures. friday, a chance of showers with cooler temperatures as a low pressure system moves into the bay area. saturday, a mix of sun and clouds and another chance of showers for sunday. speaking of sunday, you're going to fall back one hour this weekend as we return to standard time. so you will get an extra hour sleep. and for today, high surf advisory beginning at 11:00 this morning. ,,,,,,,,