is an extreme surfer? >> was it paddle boarding? >> or the lounge chair? [ laughter ] >> ouch. [ laughter ] >> hey, thanks for watching cbs 5 "early edition." >> we'll see you tomorrow morning. good wednesday morning. breaking news, royal announcement. from the route to westminster abby to who will marry them, the details on prince william and kate middleton's wedding just released this morning. battling obama. republicans take control of the house of representatives today with the promise to take on the president and his agenda. we'll go live to capitol hill for a preview of the big day in washington. and mystery death the heir speaking out for the first time about the death of his girlfriend who's found in his mansion last month. what he says really happened. that's early this wednesday morning, january 5th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs

and good morning to you at home. thanks for being with us. i'm erica hill. >> and i'm chris wragge. >> putting the dates, the route in. >> whole schedule planned. >> me, too. >> we have details. >> we start with the breaking news on the royal wedding of prince william and kate middle middleton. clarence house the office of prince charles and his family has just released new details about the ceremony and frankly the entire day. cbs news correspondent liz pammer at buckingham palace with the info morning. liz, good morning. >> reporter: we've just heard that the wedding is going to go at 11:00 in the morning london

time. many hours earlier in the u.s., of course, so americans watching it live will have to get up at dawn or maybe even before dawn. the couple will be married by the archbishop of cannotterbury. the couple's route leads down the grand avenue known as the mou and past the seat of the parliament to the abby with a capacity of more than 2,000 people. after eight years of courtship and living together, prince william and his bride travel separately to the wedding but return together to buckingham palace. >> obviously, there will be a carriage procession on the way back and that's when people will really get the opportunity to see the happy couple. >> reporter: back in 1981 for the fairytale wedding of prince charles and lady diana, she rode two miles so the thousands of people who lined the route get a

good look at her. the more public the procession the greater the security risk. 4,000 armed policemen guarded diana, some of them disguised as foot men and likely to be more for william and kate especially after protesters surrounded and then attacked prince charles' rolls royce in central london a few weeks ago. once prince william and kate are married they'll come back here for a reception hosted by the queen. and that's just the beginning of the partying. later that evening, prince charles will throw a dinner dance for the newlyweds bound to go -- >> we'll have more on the wedding and details next half hour joined by the royal watchers. stay with us for that. chris? >> thank you. now to politics. it is a new era in washington today as republicans take charge of the house of republicans for the first time in four years. taking the gavel from nancy pelosi will be incoming speaker of the house john boehner. cbs news congressional

correspondent nancy cordes is in washington this morning with the latest for us on what's a busy day. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: it is chris. you can almost feel the power dynamic shifting here in washington as republicans prepare to take a 49-seat majority in the house. with a one-time janitor now becoming the third in line for the presidency. john boner erboehner takes control to cripple the reform law, revamp the financial reform law and launch investigations into the administration's spending habits. >> boehner and his house republicans want to erase every trace of barack obama having been president and all of obama's policies. >> reporter: in a recent "60 minutes" interview boehner admitted there's not much he and the president agree on. >> i think he is engaging certainly smart, brilliant. but, you know, we come from

different backgrounds. >> reporter: democrat nancy pelosi who today will give back the gavel boehner handed her in 2007 tried to put the best spin on the gop's new 49-seat majority. >> i wish them success. i look forward to working with them but that's the key. we look forward. >> reporter: bipartisan bickering is already under way with democrats saying that the vote house republicans have called for next week to repeal the health care law is a waste of time and a cheap shot. >> the fact of the matter is we are not going to repeal health care. it is not going to happen. >> reporter: with house republicans vowing to hold scores of votes on health care the issue that consuming congress in the might term might take up much of this term, too. >> very unlikely republicans can do more than a series of flesh wounds. they can do damage they can do mischief. they can't destroy the health care plan as it moves forward. >> reporter: when boehner

delivers his first address as speaker this afternoon, he is expected to say that tough choices are necessary to bring jobs back to this economy but republicans had not said yet what they think those tough choices should be chris. >> cbs' nancy cordes for us this morning, thank you. joining us now is cbs news washington correspondent and host of "face the nation" host bob schieffer. good morning to you. >> good morning, chris. >> their first order of business is to repeal the president's health care reform act. which is virtually impossible let me ask you, how risky a proposition is this for republicans incoming now? >> oh, risky or not, it is something they simply have to do. you have the people elected in november with the tea party backing who are demanding that spending be cut and that all of the obama programs be rolled back so some people call it wasting time. others will call it symbolic. you will see all these votes starting with a vote to repeal

health care. now, every republican in the house knows that no matter what the vote -- how the vote comes out and probably vote to overturn health care it's going to die in the senate because the votes just aren't there but we have to go through all of this as we always do with every congress, no matter who's in control of either house. get all of this stuff out of the way. a lot of shouting, hollering and symbolic votes. and then sometime later in the year i guess they'll get down to business. but we've got a couple of months before they're serious to happen i would say. >> i want to read you something written in today's "the new york times." once you win the human tendency to assume you made a more compelling and more substantive case than you did. is that what we may see from the republican leadership in the early days, do you think? >> i think it's fair to say no one got elected to a federal office in america who thought he was elected because the opponent

was stupid or dumb. they all think it's because they had the best ideas and they ran the best campaign. but the fact is people get elected for different reasons. the reasons the republicans were swept into office in the house is fairly simple. the economy was on the blink. and somewhere along the line here they're going to have to get serious and see what they can do about getting people back to work because if this economy continues on in the kind of the dump that it's in right now you're going to see a lot of these people who came to washington with a ticket to go home. voters were angry this time and they're going to be even angrier the next time around if this economy does not get better. >> do you see that as being a problem going back to the first question about this being a risky move with health care reform being the first item up for bids. the american people all about jobs, the economy. don't you feel that they -- they've shown in the past especially with the midterm elections that's where they want the focus? >> yes, i think it is but where

the congress will focus on is getting the people here re-elected. and, you know, they have these promises from people back home they told them to cut spending. republicans are talking about trying to cut $100 billion out of the budget this year. if they did that it would require 20% cuts in such things as transportation for example. you talk about putting the economy in even worse shape than it is when you start talking about those kinds of cuts. it would -- well who knows what would happen? these numbers are totally unrealistic. but we have to go through this operation of letting everybody get on the record and saying, you know, we voted to cut spending. the other part is house members don't like senate members very well anyway. they would love to pass legislation, send it over to the senate and then put the senators in a bind with the folks back home. they just love that sort of

thing. >> yeah. let's see what the american people think. all right, bob. thank you very much. good to talk with you this morning. >> you bet. >> there will be no shortage of topics to discuss over the next few months. >> no there will not. >> hopefully not years but active in washington for the foreseeable future. active at the news desk jeff glor with a look at the headlines. good morning. >> always active. like to keep things moving in the morning. >> businessman. >> indeed. good morning guys. good morning at home. the grand prize was $355 million. and there were two winning tickets sold in last night's mega millions lottery. one in idaho, the other washington state. the winning numbers are 4, 8, 15 25 47 and the mega ball number was 42. traffic to the mega millions website so heavy they had to switch to this graphic with the numbers and payouts and for more heading to everett, washington, where rick price of seattle station is standing we with more. hey, rick.

good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, jeff good morning everybody. for the record this is not the winning ticket but somewhere out there in the state of washington is one that looks very much like it worth about $177 million more than this. that's half of that $355 million prize. let's show you some pictures of the buzz on this thing. really amazing. thousands of people lined up to buy the tickets in 41 states including here in washington. the clerk here tells me this one store went through two rolls of lotto paper on one shift alone saying that's extraordinary. all that demand pushed the prize up from where it was a day or so ago, $330 million, now over $350 and people who had not gotten one were talking about it. one woman told me she didn't really know what she'd do if she won it but probably give a lot to charity and then probably also retire. now, besides the jackpot, prizes range from $2 to $250,000 in this drawing so even if you didn't have all the numbers,

double check. mega millions is one of two large multi-state lotteries in the country. the other is power ball. by the way, the other winning ticket as jeff mentioned i believe is in idaho. which is right next door to washington here so up here in the northwest a couple of people that have a lot of changes coming in their lives very very soon. jeff? >> just a few small changes. rick price, thank you very much. now that the commander has lost his job over those lewd videos, the investigation is now focusing on the actions of other naval officers. captain owen honors that produced and starred in the tapes, lost his job yesterday. the navy said the tapes undermined honors' credibility. >> he is being held accountable for the poor judgment and inappropriate actions repeatedly demonstrated this nose videos. >> investigators want to know what part other senior officers may have played and why it's taken more than three years for the navy to take action. honors is reassigned to administrative duties but in

effect ends the naval career. investigators looking at video of a man believed to be murdered national defense adviser john wheeler. the video take anna nicole a wilmington delaware marking garage 48 hours before his body was discovered on new year's eve. the parking attendant said the man was disoriented, couldn't find the car and said his briefcase was stolen. he was seen the next day in wilmington 24 hours later, his body was found in a landfill. and some fishermen off the southeast coast of australia with a too close for comfort encone unt we are a great white shark. take a look. >> holy -- >> the big shark repeatedly circled and lunged at a small fishing boat. in very short order, they decided they had seen enough. >> took the motor off. >> i was pretty quick to jump on the throttle and get right out of there. >> sounds like a good idea. they inspected the engine and found shark teeth embedded in the propeller.

it is 13 minutes past the hour. we move over to weather and marysol castro. good morning once again.

>> thanks so much. more on the national outlook later on in the show. erica? >> thanks. after years of heart problems former vice president dick cheney may now need a heart transplant. medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton is here with the very latest. good morning. >> good morning. >> we talked over the summer about this pump inplanted. what is the situation now? >> let's talk about what we now know. he's been out in public more and more public events, more parties. we can see by photographs of him, he's lost a tremendous amount of weight. it's called cardiac wasting. very common in patients with end stage heart failure. to go back to the device that

was implanted in july it's called an l-vad, left ventricular assist device. there's two tubes that get sown into the heart and the port of the device that's just below the diagram in the chegs and tubls to a battery pack. this device can be used as a bridge to transplant for patients so sick and will not survive until they receive a heart transplant or in other cases it can be used as something called destination therapy where no transplant is planned. they expect to live their lives with the device. >> talking about the former vice president, it tends to be the thinking is that it's a former it is this bridge to a transplant. which means he has to be on the transplant list. how does that work? my priority as the former vice president? how does the age and health come into play? >> very important questions and doctors advising him on and discussing with him on a regular basis. basically in this country, all organ transplants go through a network known as unos and you

have no priority based on celebrity status or wealth. what you have priority status is based on how sick you are. the sickest patients literally at the top of the list. there is no age cutoff so it really varyies by center to take someone 69 years old as dick cheney is obviously, they prefer patients younger because they want to implant organs in people expected to live longer so not good news that the sicker you are, the more likely you are to receive a transplant. 3,000 people in this country on the waiting list for a heart. 2,000 are done every year. >> great to have you with us. we'll have more coming up this morning on details about the breaking news off the top here, the big royal wedding so get out the pens and pencils and date book and tell you the dancing to the ceremony itself. he says the voice is a gift from god. you are going to love this story. we'll hear from the homeless man whose video is taking the internet by storm. we have him for aex collusive interview this morning.

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it's 7:25. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm juliette goodrich. no injuries in the morning fire that did heavy damage to two homes in san rafael. the fires started in the garage of a vacant home and spread to the house next door. two people there got out safely. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. a san francisco police officer and a disabled man accused of stabbing him are recovering this morning. the suspect in the wheelchair was shot by police after reports he was slashing tires. the oakland raiders are not offering tom cable their head coaching job for another season. cable let the team to the best record since 2002 at 8-8. the raiders deny reports that offensive coordinator hue jackson will be the new coach. jackson is said to be in the

running to coach the san francisco 49ers. and word just in that former stanford star john elway will be the chief football executive for the denver broncos. traffic and weather around the bay area coming right up. stay with us. one minute you feel fine. the next, you start feeling a bit off. the moment you feel run down or achy, nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in

the bud. good morning. let's start you off in san jose. a little bit sluggish already coming out of downtown san

jose. northbound 280 right here approaching the 880 interchange. but overall your drive times not too bad. 14 minutes towards cupertino. so just your usual slow traffic there at the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights have been on now for about an hour but we're not seeing our usual backups. just at the very end of the parking lot and only in the busiest lanes. even the eastshore freeway not a bad ride right now sluggish through berkeley but 22 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. san mateo bridge clear commute easy ride from hayward towards foster city and the peninsula. and same thing up and down the nimitz freeway near the coliseum. here's lawrence with your forecast. >> elizabeth, if you are headed out bring that jacket. it's chilly in many spots. some places freezing. mount vaca looking good, sun coming up, a few high clouds overhead. down below dense fog, so be careful in the central valley. dense fog advisory there. but we are going to watch things clear out nicely and it's going to start to warm up. we are going to need t30s and 50s around the bay area this afternoon. most of the temperatures in the 50s this afternoon. high pressure in control.

warming us up a little through thursday and friday.

>> a lot of action right there. this guy you are about to meet amazing. he's homeless. pan handles on i-71. a youtube video almost 3 million hits. ted williams fell on tough times recently and trying to get back on his feet. wait until you hear the voice. it is amazing. >> it's like the ultimate radio voice. deep and soothing and a little sexy. people are trying to book him to do promotional spots at this point. he's doing that radio and tv coming up. >> huge celebrity overnight. we'll speak with him exclusively coming up in just a couple minutes on "the early show." this story will captivate everyone.

>> looking forward to that this morning. i'm erica hill with chris wragge. do you have stuff around your house you want to get rid of but don't know what to do with it? you want to sell it but don't know what it's worth. we'll learn about new websites that will help solve that problem, get rid of your clutter and save you money or make you money. that's coming up this morning as well. >> a lot to get to. let's get to the mysterious death of the girlfriend of the heir to the anheuser-busch fortune. >> good morning. this is a story that's captivated st. louis and the rest of the country now for a couple weeks. finally we may be getting some more answers this morning. the millionaire playboy and heir to anheuser-busch fortune spoke out for the first time since the death of his girlfriend on december 19th. busch told the st. louis post dispatch that on the morning of martin's death, probably 11:00 i got up. both of us i thought we were

sleeping. i went to the kitchen to make her a special shake and came back and tried to wake her up and i couldn't. medical examiner record shows the 27-year-old martin was found dead at 12:30 p.m. a 911 call wasn't placed until 1:12. 42 minutes later. >> this girl is not waking up. >> is she breathing? >> we don't know. it's dark. >> reporter: busch denies the 42-minute gap saying it was 30 seconds. we were panicking. to me she felt warm. martin was taking a sleep medication and may have accidentally overdosed. her ex-husband a physician, says martin had a heart condition and someone in her condition can't take the medication. busch told the newspaper said i love this girl with every ounce of my heart. he's been suffering from depression in the two years since his father sold the company to a belgian firm for $52 billion. i would have given my life to

save the company but i couldn't do anything. now he says the death of martin has heightened his battle with depression. i've been through bad times the past two years and she was always by my

just a little bit ago the royal family released details about the upcoming wedding of prince william and kate middleton and there are surprises here. joining us for a closer look at that is royal watcher victoria arbiter. we have details on timing and also participants in the wedding. what was the biggest surprise to you? >> i think what's really nice is that we've got three levels of church hierarchy included in the wedding. if william was a direct heir to the throne the archbishop would do the entire service. the archbishop is the head of the church of england and will do the most important job which is actually marrying william and kate. best job for the most important

man and then the bishop of london is included and will give the address which is known as sermon. what's really lovely about his involvement is william is clear that he wants diana involved however she can be as she's not with us anymore. the bishop of london was a close friend of diana and executor of her will and gave the address at a 2007 memorial service and he confirmed william when he was 12. it's really nice that the bishop of london is going to be involved as well. >> it will have that personal touch. it seems like they are putting more personal touches on this wedding than we may have seen in the past with a royal wedding. >> you are absolutely right. it's nice because william is second in line to the throne so protocol can be relaxed a bit. more leniency. not certain things that have to be done because he's the immediate heir to the throne. >> the wedding will take place at 11:00 a.m. and kate middleton will not -- there was so much

focus on princess diana when she arrived in that glass carriage a two-mile route. security even in the '80s was really tough for that. kate middleton is not going to take a carriage but take a car. is that a security decision? >> i would say so. thinking in terms of how they are thinking with organizing everything to do with the wedding, security is going to be a big factor. this wedding is huge. as you mentioned earlier it's the event of the year. it's the event of the decade. of the century possibly. obviously the entire globe was watching when charles and diana got married. >> the receptions planned for afterwards incorporate different parts of their life. the queen is the most formal. >> most official. members of their private life and public life there. it will be a lot more charity involvement. people from the abby that need to be there. >> and what about dignitaries? for example the president and first lady of the united states? >> again, now none of the guests

have been announced yet. i know last week it was reported that the president has been snubbed. that's not the case. in previous years the president tends to be -- the first lady will represent the country. security implications. if the president goes to the wedding, the issues with his security is immense. nancy reagan went to diana's wedding. >> the focus on the bride and groom. great for being with us. we're waiting on details of the dress. we'll chat about that with you as well. you're about to meet the homeless man who has become an internet sensation. he has a golden voice. we'll speak exclusively with him when we return. you're watching "the early show" on cbs.

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turns out, that's exactly what he does have. >> when you listen to nothing but the best of oldies you listen to magic 98.9. thank you so much. we'll be back with more right after these words. >> that man's name is ted williams. he joins us exclusively here on "the early show" this morning. ted, good morning. how are you? >> i'm fine. thank you. good morning to you too. >> i just want to hear you talk. just read something, would you? first of all, congratulations. let me ask you right off the bat, what's it like to go from being homeless and on the side of the road with a sign in your hand to now overnight you are this sensation and people can't get enough of you right now. >> my god, it's sensational for one. numbing for another. overwhelming. there are so many words that i just -- amazing. i feel like -- i've already been characterized as the susan boyle

of -- i'm just -- i'm just so so happy. and watch cbs evening news with -- >> or, ted, you could remind folks to watch "the early show" with erica hill and chris wragge. >> i would love to be able to watch the early morning show on cbs with erica and chris or chris and erica weekday mornings on cbs. >> it's sort of surreal and still sinking in. have people started to come out of the woodwork? anyone coming out to say i remember you and knew you had that voice way back when? >> yes, ma'am. some people have called me since then. i managed to get a cell phone. people have called me and said i knew you were going to do it eventually. i knew it. my mom is just really -- i'm going to be going to new york hopefully this afternoon. i apologize i'm getting a little emotional. haven't seen my mom in a great deal of time. she doesn't believe it.

she's 92. she lives in brooklyn. i was born and raised in brooklyn right around buffalo and atlantic avenue and that area so god has been so good. and in the year 2010 on the state book that someone gave me i was going to write on there well another year wasted but it was the year that i found god in my life. really, a god of my understanding. so it wasn't a wasted year and i had no idea that something like this would ever have happened to me. it's almost like winning the megaball lottery. this is just phenomenal. >> you are the third lottery winner today. let me ask you this your career got derailed through drugs and alcohol. you talked of that. now you've been sober for two years now, is that correct? >> about 2 1/2 years. >> congratulations. so what now?

what would you now like to do? how are you going to put this voice to use? >> well, i would like to just have a job and a home an apartment or anything to be able to cook in. i would like to you know get my life in a responsible area of a 53-year-old man, tax paying citizen and put my bad memories -- i won't forget where i came from but put some of that on the back burner and continue with my life whatever is left to live and hopefully like i said i was holding that sign with wishful thinking that someone was going to ride by and say, man, i got an internet radio station that could possibly use production work or something. >> clearly everything happens for a reason. there's a reason you were there and someone did drive by. you mentioned your mom and that you are headed here to new york. your mom is 92. this hasn't quite sunk in for her. you haven't seen her for a

while. i imagine for her this is a dream come true. was she worried that maybe you wouldn't pull out of that low place of where you had been? >> you know one of my biggest prayers that i sent out was that she would live long enough for me to see me rebound or whatever and i guess god kept her around and kept my pipes around to maybe just have one more shot that i would be able to say, mom, i did do it before -- i might pass away before her or whatever but my dad didn't get a chance to see this. god is good. the only difference between now and the time that i did have some kind of a hay-day or successful life is now i'm more appreciable of life and i am thanking the lord every day. even if this hadn't happened, i was on the road and thanked him. i had my hour with god.

i called it my hour with god. sometimes i would make $25 in an hour. sometimes i would make 25 cents in an hour. i would talk to god. i would get mad at a motorist and look at that guy that would pass by. >> little did they know. you have put us in great spirits. say now batting for boston red sox number 9, ted williams. >> now batting for the boston red sox, number 9, ted williams. >> ted, congratulations on your success. good to talk to you. go get them. >> thank you so much. >> stay with us. this is "the early show" on cbs.

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and powerful antioxidants. refreshingly good. it's 7:55. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. san rafael investigators looking into the cause of a fire that damaged two homes this morning. no one was injured. the fire started in the garage of a vacant house and spread to the home next door. the two people there got out safely. bart says it needs to expand its maintenance operations in south hayward, a facility that's already a mile long. the transit system says that's because its ridership and fleet of trains will increase in the years ahead with planned expansions to san jose and in contra costa county. the "contra costa times" says the larger maintenance facility will include existing warehouses now privately owned. and there are two winning tickets fast last night's mega millions lottery drawing. the winners will split a $355

million jackpot, the fourth largest in u.s. history. the winning tickets were purchased in washington state and idaho. we'll have traffic and weather in just a moment. stay with us.

all right. let's go out to milpitas. 880/237, just seeing our usual congestion through here. fortunately we are not dealing with hot spots, no huge accidents out there right now. traffic is just a tad lighter than typical. here's live look at 880 nimitz freeway through oakland.

definitely seeing our usual bottlenecks right there past the coliseum and speeds improve closer to downtown oakland. 22 minutes your drive time between 238 and the macarthur maze. but check out this commute at the bay bridge toll plaza. not bad, right? only backed up to mid-parking lot. everything is rolling along on time for mass transit except for vallejo baylink ferry. they have been dealing with delays all morning. they are running transit buses actually replacing ferry service this morning and for the afternoon commute. that is your traffic. here's lawrence with your forecast. >> elizabeth, a bit chilly in the bay area. some of the temperatures still freezing and it will continue to be that way over the next hour or so and then we'll warm up. overlooking san jose not bad just some hazy sunshine to start out the day buy patchy, dense fog showing up in the valleys so be careful especially through the delta, carquinez strait dense fog advicery in effect there. numbers warming up in the afternoon. 50s around the bay area, upper 50s in the warmest spots. by tomorrow, high pressure will strengthen bringing some of those temperatures up into the low 60s in the warmest areas

staying dry right into the weekend.

and there's the cue for the crowd. welcome back to "the early show," everyone. that means you start cheering guys. there we go. i'm erica hill along with chris wragge, marysol castro and a phi friends out here on the plaza, saving their voices for later. >> a lot to get to this morning, including fear of failure. ever been paralyzed by fear? >> about every day. >> mostly you have that moment i don't know if i can do this some sort of -- for some this can really take over and literally paralyze you, totally affect your life in a negative way. you we don't want that to happen to

you. we'll help you recognize the fears and also conquer them. >> also this is big. >> oh boy. [ drum roll ] >> it's my turn today as we continue our questions and anchors series. revealing who we are and where exactly we came from. me, i came from new jersey. >> the garden state. >> that's all you need -- i am so proud to be a garden stator and so proud of being from just across the river over there. actually the situation before the situation. >> i didn't want to go there, but -- >> he loves the jersey shore. >> he is proud of his -- >> jersey shore. >> the jersey shore -- >> learn the hair from you? >> back in the day. >> i learned this from chile. unbelievable the things you find out. >> and jeff glor is not from chile, but he does have a check of the headlines this hour. jeff? >> good morning, marysol. good morning everyone. two grand prize winning tickets were sold in last night's mega millions lottery. one in washington state, the other one in idaho.

>> hello, america. tonight's megaball is so big i'm join pd by yolanda from new york city. >> tonight's jackpot an estimated $355 million. >> $355 million. the winning number, 4, 8, 15 18, 25 47 mega number 42. traffic so heavy they had to switch to this graphic showing the numbers and payouts. when the 112th congress convenes, the republicans coal the house, electing john bane rer as speaker. four years ago you might remember boehner handed's speaker's gavel to nancy pelosi. now she'll return the favor. in a speech later today boehner will say it's time for tough choices. nearly one in ten neighbors are looking for work. health care rises, spending caught up with us and debt soon eclipse the size of our entire economy. it's reported this morning

former vice president dick cheney has only months to decide whether or not to seek a heart transplant. cheney received a mechanical heart pump last july. cheney's doctors say his heart will never regain its full strength and forced to make a decision soon. he's reaching the age where he'll no longer qualify for a transplant. a bizarre dead bird mystery may be spreading abroad. in sweden more than 1,500 birds found on the ground. on monday 500 dead birds fell from the sdmi indiana. some may have hit a power line. 500 miles away in arkansas last friday thousands of blackbirds dropped dead. new details emerging this morning from a hearing into the death of michael jackson. cbs news correspondent priya david-clemens reports on that. >> reporter: michael jackson's mother, brother jackie and sister la toya were in a los angeles courtroom tuesday for a preliminary hearing.

on whether jackson's physician should stand trial in the king of pop's death. ♪ why, why ♪ >> reporter: inside they herd testimony from a jackson body guard saying two of jackson's children, son prince and daughter paris, were in the room and watched horrified as doctor conrad murray feverishly tried to revive their father. >> we know that the michael jackson died of intoxication. >> reporter: jackson died in june of 2009. the result of an overdose of the powerful anesthetic propofol usually only administered in hospitals. prosecutors say dr. mur hi been giving the singer daily boses of propofol two months before his death which they argue makes the doctor criminally responsible. dr. murray admits giving jackson the drug but claim hess didn't administer enough to be lethal and he left jackson asleep and alive. the defense may argue that jackson himself upped the dosage. some experts are skeptical. >> i think it's highly unlikely

very improbable that michael jackson would have been able to get up out of bed and increase the drip. >> reporter: later today a former jackson body guard is expected to testify that dr. murray asked him to help collect items from jackson's bedroom before calling paramedics. priya david-clemens, cbs news. we are learning more about the wedding of prince william and kate middleton. they're getting married april 29th. buckingham palace says the ceremony will begin at 11:00 a.m. the archbishop of kirnt canterbury will conduct the spchs they will travel in a carriage together after the wedding to buckingham palace. katie couric has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> good morning. why over 70,000 women are seeing red and wearing it too. we'll have a special look at the red hat society tonight, only on the "cbs evening news." now back to "the early show." it's five minutes past the hour.

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in this morning's "healthwatch" overcoming self-doubt. are you your own harshest critic? do you often think you'll fail at things? "early show" contributor and psychologist dr. jennifer hartstein is here to set us straight for the new year. good morning. always good to have you. >> great to be here. >> a little bit of this is normal, though. i think in some ways sort of healthy. it keeps you going. always i don't know if i can tackle that. >> it absolutely can help motivate you. we think it's a problem when it's so self-critical, so harsh, so judgmental of ourselves it almost prevents you from functioning. it's really i need to do this. i'm stuck. >> and apply to everything at that point? >> have to go to the grocery store but afraid i'll run into someone, or forget my list. >> this outfit doesn't look right. i can't get out of the house. i'm so stuck on not being perfect. it becomes crippling for a lot of people t. can have a real

affect, too, on your relationship. >> absolutely. some people who have a lot of self-doubt come across as incredibly narcissistic and all about themselves, because they need to tell you every good thing they've done and then it really, you don't want to hang out with that person. right? that's not a person you want to hang out with when it's all one-sided and there's no reciprocity. then you have the flip side. wall flowers who don't get ingauged or involved. relationships can be problematic either way. >> you want to break the cycle. >> very challenging. first, do a reality check. check your facts. really take a step back and say, what's going on here? if your worry is that someone's not going to like you, ask yourself. does it matter? other people like me. is it going to be okay? they liked me before. we've had good relationships. really be a detective into your own life. and secondly acknowledge that you're feeling nervous. part of our problem is that we don't ever look at the fear in the face. we run from it. we judge it and what it does

it gets big becomes more of a mountain. >> because we're not supposed to have that self-doubt? we're supposed to always be so confident? >> we think if we ignore something it will go away. the absolute opposite is true with emotion. if you can say i'm afraid of what it's going to be like when i talk to that person just putting it out into the air makes you go oh i didn't die. i'm okay. i can live. >> functioning. >> absolutely. validates it brings it down to be manageable. >> and in certain scenarios, fear of failure, and first for all is take a deep breath. >> absolutely. breathe. anxiety speeds you up. automatically. you get nervous, your heart races. your breathing speeds up. take some deep breaths. it slows you down and can really clear your thinking in a lot of ways. then focus on what your goals are. if you're worried that you're going to get fired, what are your goals in your job? how do you want to make it better? how do you want to do more? what do you hope to accomplish? those are really things you can,

then slowly break down and make happen. >> and then also for a lot of people out there, this happens around this time of year. you've just gone through new year's. felt you didn't have anybody to kiss at midnight. you fear you'll always be single. that can cripple you finding someone? >> it will keep you paralyzed. take charge. what are you doing? how are you getting out there? are you getten on date be wet sites, asking other people an challenge yourself to put yourself out there. >> i made up a new word cripplized. good thing you followed me. doctor tips. dr. jennifer hartstein, great to have you with us. just ahead what do you think is playing on chris wragge's ipod? is it keeping you up at night? you might be surprised at the answer, and that's not the only thing you are about to learn about mr. chris wragge. stay tuned. our "questions and anchors" segment continues right here on cbs. this is "the early show."

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this morning we continue our questions and anchor series when we introduce you to the new "the early show" family. today in hot seat -- >> talk about paralyzed by fear. >> yesterday i gave out secrets. >> favorite color has to be blue. i love the beach. anything that incorporates sand sun, a little water and some golf that to me is the best. two first loves in high school. the routine the alarm goes off about 3:45. i look at the alarm clock.

give it that look of i cannot believe it is this early. my alarm is so loud that it scares the daylights out of me. it's like an air raid siren. the best gift i've ever gotten. mom, thank you very much. first job i ever had lifeguard indian hills condominium complex in new jersey. best lifeguard they ever had from what i've been told. basically will you work for $5 an hour and i said yeah i will work for $5. zero rescues. zero live saves. you beat that record. there's only one sports team as far as i'm concerned. the new york football giants. that was the real bonding moment between my father and i. he's been taking me since i was this tall. phil simms is my idol. every time i do run into phil i point that out to him. he was my boyhood idol and i still idolize him to this day.

my music taste are the entire gamut. led zeppelin to top 40 right now and a whole lot of bruce springsteen springsteen. i could listen to bad lands all day long. the advice my parents always gave me was to work harder than the next person and also this is common with a lot of people but always resonated with me is make sure you go out of your way to treat others better than you treat yourself and i think that's one thing i'll always take away from my parents. my hero. first and foremost my father. i have great father. when i was a kid i wanted to sit in front of the tv. it bothered him because he was an athlete. college baseball player jock i wasn't that. he didn't push me but he just made sure i had opportunities and finally when i was about 11 years old it clicked and i

became super jock and got a football scholarship to college. it wasn't as if i needed to get a scholarship to make life easier on him but i wanted to. if i had to pick a hero definitely my dad. he's shown me the right way to do things and i definitely get my work ethic from him. if i could pick a super power it would be to fly. especially here in the city. traffic. you know what traffic is like in new york city? i do consider myself a lucky guy would be the theme song from greatest american hero. believe it or not i'm walking on air. that's the way i feel today. i'm so excited and so thrilled to not only be here at cbs and to be taking on this role that i have. i'm on cloud nine. i really am. >> excellent song choice. >> one of my favorite shows back

in the day. >> all of ours. you know what's great? you do have an incredible work ethic as i've known from working with you for the last couple years. you would work until 11:30 at night and back at 4:00 saturday morning hardly even slept and you are so good to the people around you. you are wonderful to me and every single person on this staff and crew. i saw that day one in you. that's something that -- i met your parents. i see where you get it from. we're lucky to be around that. >> i think we all know that it's not just us. it is everybody. we're literally a very -- we're the part of the equation that people at home see but it's a very small part of the equation and we have a lot of people to thank and that's what makes it easy now. having worked with these people behind the scenes for the last couple years. my parents are divorced and remarried. divorced and remarried when i was 12. four of the greatest parents. they've been so supportive and wonderful to me. they keep me grounded. my mother always said to me for the last three years i love that

jeff glor. >> hey, mom. >> and you met my mother before. you're next on the list. >> what's been a joy in watching these pieces is we know you and people are getting to know things about you and so are we. we're learning things as we watch this. >> i never would have known that you weren't athletic as a child. >> i never would have guessed. >> before i was 11 my dad was like all he wants to do is watch television. enough of that picture. i was hoping that one wouldn't be selected. enough. >> that will follow you for the rest of your life. >> you have the greatest relationship with your family. >> they're great people. >> jeff tomorrow. >> and tyler mcgill is up next rapping with queen latifah on the people's choice awards tonight.

it's 8:25. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm juliette goodrich. the suspect in the san mateo murder is due back in court this afternoon. 58-year-old gregory elarms pleaded not guilty yesterday to killing 54-year-old david lewis last june. police say elarms followed lewis to hillsdale shopping center and shot him in the parking lot. tonight san bruno official will start deciding what to do with donations that came in after the pipeline blast? >> the total is around $380,000. fire victims are invited to come to the meeting at the senior center on crystal precipitation road springs road and give their opinions. bay area residents are asked to refrain from wood- burning this week. it's the largest source of wintertime air pollution in the

bay area. we'll have traffic and weather coming right up.

good morning. let's start off in san jose. northbound 280 really backed up right now as you approach the 880 interchange. we have a live camera showing you how jam-packed it is through that stretch. the problem is actually an accident right here by the lawrence expressway. it was just cleared to the right-hand shoulder. but unfortunately it is jammed as you just saw there from at least highway 17. elsewhere bay bridge commute this has been problem-free.

looks great. check that out. i'm not sure where all the commuters are because it's a nice ride into san francisco right now. and as far as mass transit goes we are still dealing with slight delays for bart about 5, 10-minute delays from west oakland into downtown san francisco. also the vallejo baylink ferry they had to take a ferry out of service so they are using shuttle buses instead for this morning's commute as well as later on this evening. that is your traffic. for your forecast, here's lawrence. >> all right, still cold around parts of the bay area, freezing in fact in the napa valley. sunshine over the bay but there are reports of dense fog in the valleys so folks, be very, very careful. livermore valley looking at dense fog. 3 is31 fairfield, 32 concord. this afternoon, plenty of sunshine in most spots. temperatures should be warming up quite a bit in the upper 50s in some areas, low 50s some of the spots inland seeing the fog. a little warmer heading in towards thursday and friday.

cooling off looking toward the weekend.

nnnñnñnnñ ♪ >> that's "haven't met you yet." up for favorite male artist on today's people choice awards on cbs. welcome back to "the early show." i'm chris wragge along with erica hill jeff glor and marysol castro. coming up, a special behind the scenes look at those people choice awards with tyler mcgill who is rocking out with kid rock right there. two musical legends on your screen. >> tyler mcgill musical legend.

i can't wait to hear this. hung out for the whole day with queen latifah. there he is once again. one of the all-time great hosts in television. >> looking forward to checking in with tyler. also a sneak peek at another big event. i'm jealous. consumer electronic show in las vegas fills up with 100,000 people selling, buying rocking out to coolest gadgets around. katie linendoll will show us some of the amazing, astounding gadgets she has found some available now and some not for a few years so you can save up. >> a few years. >> she's officially rocking right there. no one does it better. you may have a thing for crunchy onion rings you get at the best restaurants or a great ribeye steak at a restaurant and you might think you can't recreate those dishes at home. >> can you jeff? >> you can. >> not only can you recreate them they can be done healthier.

>> i tried the onion rings by the way. the new version. yum. >> we'll talk about all of that coming up this morning. >> looking forward to that. guess what? before we get to that it's time for another check of the weather. marysol castro has our update for us. what do you have young lady? >> she has a dance routine.

>> thank you so much. time to head inside and check in with chris with some money saving tips. in this morning's money watch, websites that save you money. rebecca jarvis is here with her top picks for the new year. >> good morning. >> good to see you this morning. >> that's a novel concept.

a website that saves you money versus take money. >> first one is worthmonkey.com. you got new electronics in the new year. what you can do with old electronics is sell them. what's the selling price. it's hard to know. worthmonkey.com enter in the type of product you are trying to sell will tell you in the internet universe what products are selling for. i entered in my 27-inch sony old television set and told me the best price to sell it at is $55 and it gives you a low end price and a level where you ask too much. >> you had a 27-inch -- >> i still do. >> we'll have to talk about that. you can reconnect with people in your area. how does that work? >> share some sugar. you will go around the neighborhood and buy eggs and sugar. in this case you connect with people online to borrow bigger

ticket items. say you need a bread maker. you don't want to buy the bredad maker or want to borrow a gps from your neighbor because you are going on a trip. you can borrow it or rent it at a smaller cost. >> this one is fantastic. home improvement project with supplies leftover because you don't want to be shorthanded so you buy more than you need and now have a way to get rid of it. >> diggerslist.com. i went and looked in minneapolis and i found things significantly discounted. for example, wood shutters for outside the home were about 70% less if you bought them from one of your neighbors or someone else in the area than if you went to the store and bought them firsthand. >> we've seen people over the last couple of months and years getting rid of land lines but now even cable where people think they can do without that. >> one reason they think that is because you can watch television on the internet and clicker.com is a place to find out what's

being offered and all of the television free on the internet you can find there. >> don't leave out the pets. >> barkingdeals.com is a great website. 50% to 90% discounts on pet items. check it out. >> do you have a favorite? >> they all save you money. they are all great sites. >> worthmonkey sounds good. good to see you. here's erica. hollywood's award season officially gets under way tonight with the people's choice awards which bring together the world's music, movies and television and tyler mcgill got one very special behind the scenes look at the big event. ♪ >> where better to be a super fan than the one awards show where being a fan really matters. the people choice awards. you choose the nominees and winners. i'm on set right now. pretty amazing.

for the past 37 years the people's choice awards has let fans decide who takes home the trophy. this year more than 175 million votes were cast online for nominees in 44 categories. it's all about rewarding the stars, the shows, the music, the movies that people really went to see and enjoyed all year. >> how are you people doing? it's the people's choice baby. >> playing host again this year to a roomful of the hottest celebs on the planet is queen latifah. >> you have done this five times. do you get butterflies with that energy and excitement? >> i get butterflies. it's a healthy kind of butterfly and not the kind that prevents from you going on stage. you know the kind that makes the birds sing. >> the healthy, natural energy. >> that good energy. you never know what will happen. >> stars of "twilight" are

sitting front row at the people choice awards along with me obviously and my friend here elton. >> this year it's about fans but also the stars. why should people tune in this season especially? >> everybody will be there. everybody from the kardashians to "twilight" kids to kid rock. ♪ i was born free ♪ >> adding to the excitement, 2009 winner for best rock song the motor city bad boy kid rock will be performing his hit "god bless saturday." it's about letting loose on saturday. the award show is on wednesday. do you think you will let loose wednesday night maybe? >> i'll bet i will find a way. >> a party or two after the show. >> backstage kid rock is finishing up song check and i'm here with one thing every nominee is looking for tonight. people's choice award, baby. and this year's winner for special correspondent of the year goes to tyler mcgill

everyone! winning an award is probably just a dream but what about hosting the show. been doing it by yourself. would you consider having a co-host. i like the ring of king latifah. i'm king latifah. >> you're talking about me and you? you're tall and handsome. you got a little gruff around here. i don't like too smooth pretty boy. my pretty boy has to have pretty thug with him. you got a little swag. you are working it. i'm open to it. >> you chose nominees and also the winners. let's keep the party going. >> it's up to the people. >> 2012. queen latifah and king latifah. >> i'm keeping him. can i keep him? >> we'll have to see if we can work out a deal with queen latifah to share tyler.

you can see the people's choice awards tonight at 9:00 8:00 central on cbs. >> that tyler is a real thug. the equally awaited consumer electronic show opens tomorrow but we have a sneak peek from early show contributor katie linendoll. she's at the las vegas convention center to show us the latest and greatest products out there. good morning. >> good morning. i'm great. this is the nerd super bowl. we expect over 20,000 new products. 2,000 companies and upwards of 150,000 attendees to check out what's hot and what's coming up in the world of techs for 2011. >> you can be the nerd quarterback at the nerd super bowl. there has to be so much to choose from. >> so much to choose from. we hear about 3-d. this was the big splash last year. it's not going anywhere. this is a 42-inch panasonic you are looking at right now. it's also in the trend of what's becoming internet connected tvs.

now on the 3-d tvs which you can watch regular hd tv on them as well. you have skype where you can connect with someone across the country or the globe. you can access netflix and tons of different apps. another trend is tablets. with success of the ipad we expect upwards of 50 new tablets to be launched. this one was launched yesterday. it runs windows 7 and upwards of $1,000. it looks like your desk top. you can videoconference and does things you would expect it to do from a tablet and last but not least in the trend world we're talking 3-d. this is a seven-inch 3-d tv from lg. guess what? you don't need 3-d glasses. it uses a new technology. out in 2012. only 200 bucks. while we're talking about new cool technology check out this bad boy. this is from gm.

it's a regular passenger car. tom will take it for a spin and show you how it works. speeds of 25 miles an hour and only in 25-mile range. it's made for a commuter. it's perfect because i bet you didn't know that half of all trips are under three miles. he's going to take it for a roll. you can get that in 2030 if you are interested. >> 2030. that makes a smart car look like an suv. i cannot believe how small that was. >> it's like an egg. >> did you say a price on what that will cost? >> no price on that yet. i will tell you there are three different models. i learned chinese. >> give me the middle one. you have the car. that's cool. what about affordable stuff. some of that stuff you were just showing us is expensive. >> a little pricey. i know you started a big new role. i have something for you here. this will take the stress down. this will give you the first top body massage. 120-degree massager. looks like you are wearing a

nerdy neck brace but feel good at the end of the day. you tie this around your waist. nice option here. also something for the kids. love crayola. this is the first interactive digital coloring book. you turn this little marker on and choose any color of crayon or marker and color in and it's animation and when you are finished it will continue on his way and i have a 2-year-old niece and all she wants to do is play with my ipad. perfect for a parent. and another kids' device. 149.99. pretty cool. >> that looks great. a favorite product out there? you're a kid at heart. >> i am a kid at heart. i'm busting out the jam. this is 849. my favorite product. it's a digital guitar and i'm just jamming out hardcore having

a full size. if you are new at guitar and you are like my dad that can get on this and jam out, perfect for anyone. i'll get back to toys. >> have a great time out there. you're like a kid in candy store. for more on consumer electronic show, go to our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. we have an update on the great items you just saw and tomorrow we're back there live with the best tech products for health and fitness. some more great items and we'll show you that tomorrow here on "the early show." back over to erica now. this morning in our lose it early series we're recreating some of your favorite restaurant dishes at home and we're recreating them in a much more waistline friendly manner. cynthia sass is here to show us how to make them less expensive and a lot healthier. good morning again. >> good morning. >> a lot of these people look and say these are yummy things that i'm probably not supposed to eat because it's the new year and i'm trying to lose weight but you can eat them.

>> you can eat them if you redo them at home. a restaurant portion of onion rings. looks pretty good. would you like to spend 1,310 calories? >> that plate is 1,300 calories? >> it is. this is five tablespoons of grease. >> highmy heart is closing up as i hear that. >> these redos look good. >> these are delicious. what did you do to them? >> you take your sliced onions and give them a bath in egg whites and dredge them in bred crumbs with seasoning and put them on a cookie sheet and bake them for 20 minutes and you could eat seven plates of this for the same number of calories as this restaurant portion. >> i'm in. very nice. we cut that down to 169 calories a plate. up next eggplant. comfort food on a cold winter day. >> this will cost you 850 calories. this is a double whammy. not only is it fried but it has

two types of cheese parmesan and mozzarella. >> does it soak up more oil? >> it is porous. pair it down to just parmesan and then pair it with eggs and oil and vinegar. take the eggplant slice. put mayo on both sides. coat it in breadcrumbs. italian seasoning. no salt. bake in the oven 12 minutes on each side. top it with sauce and cheese. once again seven plates of this dish for the same number of calories as before dish. 114 calories is all you are spending here. >> it's really good. >> it's yummy. >> sometimes fried eggplant gets mushy and you get only breading. this is yummy. >> put the oven to work. >> 2 for 2, girl. >> this is one of the things especially that you go out and

you treat yourself to especially in the winter if you don't feel like firing up the grill, you are going to get your steak. >> this is a ribeye. massive meat overload here. this is enough for five people. 99 grams of fat. >> this is sold as single serving. wow. >> about half is artery clogging saturated fat. redo it at home for 225 calories per plate if you stick with flank steak and flank steak is from abdominal muscle of the cow so it gets more workout and is line leaner. marinate it for 45 minutes and then broil it. the marinate is a citrus juice fresh vinegar here and soy sauce and marinate it and grill it. >> i'm not a huge red meat fan. it may satisfy that craving but lighter. >> not lethargic afterwards.

>> cheesecake is never the healthiest option on the menu. >> fat tooth and sweet tooth mixed together 700 calories here. it has as much dairy fat as half a gallon of whole milk in one slice. >> we used nonfat cream cheese. i'm not a fan of fat free things except for dairy products because the protein is left behind and just the fat that's not heart healthy is skimmed off. this has a generous 12 grams of protein so it's really going to keep you full without the fat and you can make crust with almond flour or drizzle dark chocolate. >> i'm not just being nice. 4 for 4. they are all really good. i don't feel like i'm missing out on everything. cynthia sass, always good to have you. for recipes, logon to earlyshow.cbsnews.com. when you logon, keep the tv channel right here because there's more to come. you're watching "the early show"

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>> we're very excited about what we're going to tell you. how would you like to go on another honeymoon with the love of your life? >> or in some cases maybe the first one? along with "the early show" we're giving away one lucky couple with an opportunity to enter our honeymoon take two contest. >> you can enter. everybody sends us entries. we'll pick four couples and bring you here to new york the weekend of valentine's day to compete live on "the early show." you are competing for the second honeymoon. entries have poured in. we have a couple to share with you this morning. >> this is mary and tony. they've been married for 2 1/2 years. they never had a honeymoon. mary's husband is her hero and u.s. marine and because of that "we never found time for a

honeymoon." >> after mary and tony there's lisa and steven. don't they look lovely. then to their own company and have always been surrounded by kids and lisa says we really need some time for us after 16 years. date night sometimes doesn't always happen. >> nice to have a few days away. >> they deserve it. we ask you send us a nice paragraph about your relationship and that you have been married at least two years and the stories we've shown there already the marine that's a hero who had a son who was born and he was deployed at the time and they could use a nice honeymoon opportunity and the other couple we showed lisa and steven have been together 15 years. a daughter is deaf. they live up in maine. kids before they got married. there's been 16 years of parents parenting. >> very deserving couples out there. i'm sure you may know someone. logon our website at earlyshow.cbsnews.com. when you get there, click on honeymoon take two and get started. we're looking forward to learning more about you to see if you make the cut. >> the response we got on day

one was fantastic. we can't wait to have you all come out to new york and compete. have a great day.

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it's 8:55. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. two homes badly damaged in an early-morning fire in san rafael. firefighters say it started in the garage of a vacant house and spread to the home next door. two residents got out safely. the cause is still being investigated. taking a cab could soon cost more in san francisco. muni has agreed to formally consider a rate increase after hearing from cab drivers at a board meeting yesterday. they say rising gas prices and higher living expenses make it hard to earn a respectable wage. and a public ceremony will be held today to celebrate the america's cup. san francisco has chosen to host the sailing event in 2013. mayor gavin newsom and larry ellison oracle president will

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northbound 880 heavy heading into downtown oakland. a series of problems up and down the nimitz freeway, an accident backing up it a street. past this, southbound 880 at stevenson boulevard, there's been an accident reported there and it's pretty backed up. you can see that line of yellow and red sensors even beyond highway 84. to the south bay now, we had that earlier problem on northbound 280 before the lawrence expressway and it's still backed up heading out of downtown san jose in those northbound lanes. that's your traffic, for your forecast, here's lawrence. >> looking good now, the sun showing up around the bay area just a bit. still some patchy, dense fog in the valleys but overlooking san francisco, you have mostly sunny skies now and it looks like it is going to stay that way all day long as we are going to expect high pressure to hold on and bring us some sunshine over the next few days. still temperatures, chilly in spots. we have below freezing numbers in napa, also into fairfield right at the freezing mark in concord and livermore. 30s and 40s inside the bay. next couple of days more sunshine on the way, warmer through thursday and friday.

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