good morning. crisis in egypt. thousands are in the streets demanding an end to president hosni mubarak's 30-year rule. he is firing his cabinet and promised reform but will not step down. president obama says the u.s. will stand up for the rights of the egyptian people. the great escape. a bank robbery goes wrong and it's all caught on tape. the suspect uses a hostage as a human shield. but she survives. thanks to some great police work and a bit of luck from the elements. and charlie sheen in rehab. the store of "two and a half men" seeks help as production of the show is put temporarily on hold. all that and more "early" this saturday morning, january 29th, all that and more "early" this saturday morning, january 29th, 2011.

captiong funded by cbs and good morning and welcome inside fifth avenue on this last saturday of january. i'm russ mitchell. >> and i'm rebecca jarvis. we are following the unrest in egypt today. it has been continuing to unfold overnight, russ. >> that's right. protests taking place in what they're calling a revolution. and that's where we begin this morning for the fifth straight day, protesters have taken to the streets of cairo as president hosni mubarak refuses to step down and end his 30-year rule. egyptian officials say at least 38 people have died and 2,000 have been injured in this week's violence. cbs news correspondent elizabeth palmer is in the egyptian capital where it is already saturday afternoon. elizabeth, what's the latest? >> reporter: the phones have been restored here. as you know, we've been without communication. but the quality is not very good. so, forgive me and my hand here.

i want to draw your attention to freedom square behind me. that's been the front line in this uprising. and it's filling, again, with thousands and thousands of people. they're coming from all directions. this is in marked contrast, because they're marching freely, in marked contrast to the scenes that we witnessed yesterday. the running battles between protesters and egyptian police carried on late into the night. demonstrators fought back against volleys of tear gas, and rubber bullets. and at last they broke through police lines, and flowed into the city's central freedom square. egyptians went to sleep having seen and on a huge scale taken part in a historical event. many dared hope the president would be forced to resign. but after midnight when hosni mubarak finally addressed the nation, it became clear he wasn't going anywhere. but he was, he conceded, going to fire the cabinet.

at almost the same time, the army rolled into the streets. people woke up to find soldiers manning checkpoints across the city, and tanks parked at strategic points. so far, the crowds haven't been hostile to the military, which doesn't have the same reputation for brutality and corruption as the police. the crowds are building up again today. and in what's been so far a popular uprising, some leaders may be emerging. opposition mp and anti-corruption crusader led a march of about 2,000 people from cairo's freedom square. the demonstrators still want to see the end of mubarak. and they don't believe the vague promises he made in his speech about creating jobs and giving egyptians more democracy. while the world's attention has been focused on cairo, similar demonstrations are taking place all over egypt. in suez, about two hours away, the violent unrest is now in its fifth day, and at least 12 people have been killed.

with the army, and the demonstrators both out in force again today, the future of egypt hangs in the balance. the people are wondering what's in charge here. it's not clear. it is pretty obvious that the army is holding the high card, and everybody's waiting for a sign. they want to know whether the army is going to support president hosni mubarak in his bid to stay in power, or whether they're going to send a message to him that he's too much of a liability if he stays, the country descends into chaos, and so they will engineer his departure, and impose some kind of stability, which could, in fact, amount to a military coup. russ? >> elizabeth palmer in chaotic cairo this morning. we will see you later in the broadcast. rebecca? >> thank you, russ. president obama's monitoring the situation in egypt very closely. cbs news chief white house correspondent chip reid joins us from the white house with the latest. chip, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, rebecca. the president had a 30-minute phone conversation with

president mubarak. then came before the cameras here at the white house and urged mubarak to stop the violence. >> the people of egypt have rights that are universal. that includes the right to peaceful assembly and association. >> reporter: the president reacted to the quickly evolving and volatile situation in egypt in a brief statement from the white house. mr. obama is walking a fine line between supporting egypt's citizenry, protesting the 30-year regime of their president, hosni mubarak, and not abandoning a current and key ally in the middle east. >> i also call upon the egyptian government to reverse the actions that they've taken. >> reporter: the president stressed the importance of listening to the people and called for the immediate restoration of access to the internet and social media. something the egyptian authorities are blocking to stop the growing anti-government movement. at the same time he cautioned protesters to avoid violence. >> destruction will not lead to the reforms that they seek.

>> reporter: the white house is preparing for all possible scenarios, and reviewing egypt's $1.5 billion aid package. while the president isn't calling on mubarak to step down, he is urging him to make good on his promise of reform. >> he has a responsibility to give meaning to those words. violence will not address the grievances of the egyptian people. >> reporter: and this is certainly not a big surprise but the state department is urging americans with plans to travel to egypt to stay home. rebecca? >> and, chip, what outcome here is the white house most hoping for? >> well, when you ask them that question, they say we're not taking sides in that. now certainly they would like to avoid chaos that would likely ensue if mubarak were suddenly overthrown. but on the other hand, they say what they really want is a leader, be it mubarak or someone else, who rules by consent, not coercion. >> and how will they be monitoring the situation today? >> well, the president is getting briefed repeatedly in the situation room here at the white house. and i think if there are major

developments we may get a statement on paper from them. but at this point it's mostly quiet behind the scenes. >> do we anticipate another contact with mubarak? >> we have not been told that he will. but, i certainly wouldn't rule it out. >> all right. chip reid, thank you so much. >> you bet. >> now over to russ. >> rebecca, thank you. the demonstrators in egypt have been inspired by the uprising in tunisia, which led to the ouster of the government there. since then there have been anti-government demonstrations in yemen, as well. for some perspective on what's going on, let's turn to former state department spokesperson jamie rubin, now executive editor of bloomberg view. >> good morning. >> how delicate a dance is this for the white house? >> well, this is an extremely difficult situation for the white house right now. and i think they're struggling, really, they're afraid of either, on the one hand, being on the wrong side of history, supporting mubarak too long, and seeing the people rise up and change the country without the united states' support.

on the other hand, they are concerned that if they give up on mubarak too quickly, and he ends up surviving in a, perhaps a bloody crackdown, he won't forget any time soon that at the time of trouble the united states didn't support him. for example, today the saudi arabian king announced his support for mubarak. clearly the group of leaders, the coterie of kings and autocrats and rulers in that part of the world get a little nervous when one of them falls. >> sure. the u.s. has given something like $60 billion to egypt in the last 30 years. these are reciprocal treaties that go back to the carter, begin, sadat accords of the late '70s. the world has changed. give us an idea of the discussions going on this morning at the white house and the state department? >> well, i think inside the white house, they're very, very worried that the peace process, the israeli/palestinian peace

process, that peace between israel and egypt, israel and jordan, our relationship with israel, that that is at risk. because the opposition to mubarak, certainly the known opposition, islamic brotherhood, the muslim brotherhood, would be less supportive of that peace process. they also know that in their coalition against iran, they're trying to build to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon, mubarak has been a strong ally in that. so they're worrieworried, what come next? on the other hand, as i said earlier, you know, in the case of iran, when there was demonstrations in march of 2009, there were demonstrations on the street, and ahmadinejad, the president there, cracked down, president obama kind of got caught on the wrong side of that. he never really demonstrated american support for the people on the ground. they don't want to make that mistake again. and that's why i think you're seeing him ramp up the rhetoric and put more and more pressure on mubarak. >> let's take a look at the

question why, uprisings in tunisia and yemen. why are we seeing this right now? >> well, i think you've had a long-standing resentment in that part of the world where you have a huge youth population. extremely high unemployment. no democratic government or democratic values. and so you've had this problems across the region, and then no one ever knows what sparks it. and in this case, it was sparked in tunisia by a man who set himself on fire when he got into a dispute with police officials. and that changed things. the good news is about tunisia, though, is there was no muslim brotherhood. there was no islamic extremism. is it a very moderate country? women are wearing miniskirts, participating in government, modern outlook, you know, and to have this secular revolution in tunisia gave heart to those who have been saying that democracy is going to come to the middle east, and let's try to make sure

it's a good version. >> i've got about 30 seconds left. mubarak firing the cabinet. rearranging a real change. >> not a real change in terms of who's at the top of that regime. but it does signal that he's been getting the message, and something drastic has to happen. but we won't know how this ends until we see the first major confrontation between thousands of demonstrators and military solders on the ground. will the soldiers pull the trigger? will they really use force? until we know the answer to that, we may not know how this ends. >> scary, bloody, violent. jamie rubin, thanks so much. appreciate it. now here's rebecca. >> russ, thank you. the protests in egypt rattled wall street friday. after eight straight weeks of gains the dow plunged 166 points, while the price of oil soared. and here to tell us what the crisis means for the u.s. economy and american consumers is michael pantoli, associate editor of barron's. when you look at this region this is a very strategically important region to oil

production. so it's no wonder that prices yesterday for oil soared. the question is, how much farther do they soar if the crisis and the unrest continues? >> it really would have to, i think, become an enlarged regional crisis for oil prices to run away to the upside much more than they have right now. really what the market seems to be doing is cringing at the possibility that there are shipping disruptions because the suez canal is so important to getting oil around the world. egypt itself is a big, but not a very dominant, oil exporter. so it's not so much people worried about egypt's oil getting out. it's more about the region. >> right. and egypt really is the entry point to the suez canal, which is a major thoroughfare for getting oil from one place to the next in that region and then getting it to europe and to the united states. >> absolutely. >> at this point in our recovery, where the economy is fragile, if the price of oil rises, it's likely the price of gasoline will rise. >> true. >> how significant is that going to be for the american consumer? >> pretty significant, although i think oil prices still would have a long way to go on the upside before it really started to pinch the recovery.

you know, remember, at $90 a barrel oil right now. we were about $150 back in 2007, 2008, when really it got critical at the pump. so i don't think right now that's the key factor. but we do have to watch it because obviously if it snowballs and you do get one of these runaway spikes in the price of oil, that is going to definitely hurt consumer confidence and obviously the ability of consumers to keep spending. >> with a consumer that makes up 70% of the economy, that spending is key here. >> true. >> when you look at where inflation is heading, there are already a number of economists who think this could double this year. how much more would this potentially add to that impact? >> it would add a lot to the sort of headline inflation number. i don't think we have a critical inflation problem just yet. or even brewing this year. i do think it's all a matter of very low interest rates and all this money that's kind of been thrown into the country by the federal reserve to try to spur recovery. is fueling potential future inflation. you've seen some indications of that. mostly what we have right now is

commodity-based inflation. whether it's metals, oil prices, things like that. we don't really have wages that are going up very much. food prices for sure is an issue. much more outside the u.s., by the way, than inside the u.s. but yes, i do think it's one of these things we have to keep an eye on. the authorities, the federal reserve, they actually see inflation as the enemy. they know how to fight. so i think that they're willing to invite a little bit of inflation if it means that the recovery will proceed. >> if the crisis spreads, we've already seen it go from egypt to jordan to yemen. if it spreads further, and to a greater extent, how much danger is the u.s. economy and market in? >> i don't know that it's really a direct hit to the u.s. economy. i do think you're seeing signs, for example, that europe has had a struggle right here. you're seeing obviously closer to the region than we are. i do think it's all going to be about oil prices. in other words if that's the spur, that would be the main impact on the u.s. economy. it's not so much a big export market for us or any other thing like that. i think it really has to be kind

of a full-blown regional crisis for us to really have this recovery derailed. >> yesterday, however, in the markets, the crisis certainly overshadowed the fact that the country is growing at a 3.2% clip. gdp was up in the fourth quarter by that amount. and consumer spending is at its highest level in four years now. >> sure. well, interestingly, yes, gdp was up. and, in fact, it's now higher at an absolute basis than it was before the recession. so we've recovered basically all the economic output that was lost in the recession, the financial crisis. but it was slightly lower growth than was expected. you also saw other straws in the wind. ford motor company had a slight disappointment with their earnings, amazon as well. you mention eight straight weeks of gains. the market's been almost straight up since labor day. we obviously were looking for excuses to back off a little bit. we finally did with about a 1.5% decline. significant but to me, not really that critical in the grand scheme. >> yeah, and this isn't atypical of wall street, too, after you

see a 1,000 point climb in the dow like we've seen offer the last two months for stocks to pull back a little. >> exactly. >> next week we get the jobs numbers for the month of january. what are you looking for? >> well, the consensus is for something more than 100,000 jobs produced last month. it's really not that impressive a number. you'd really like to see an acceleration in job creation. we haven't seen it yet. the weekly unemployment claims have been very choppy. maybe for weather-related reasons. we don't really know. that was another measure of disappointment this past week on thursday when people bracically were looking for a bigger decline in unemployment claims. so i do think it's still going to tb a difficult but slowly recovering job market. i think that's what next week's numbers should show. >> show us that we are continuing to recover -- >> to add jobs, just not fast enough to really make a big dent in the unemployment rate. >> michael, we appreciate you being here with us. thanks. now for a look at the rest of this morning's headlines, cbs news correspondent and morning news anchor betty nguyen is at the news desk. good morning, betty. >> good morning, rebecca. good morning to you at home. jared loughner, the suspect in the tucson shooting of

congresswoman gabrielle giffords will be tried in tucson. at least for now. loughner's case, which moved to phoenix after federal judges in tucson recused themselves because a federal judge there was killed in that attack. but prosecutors had the case moved back to tucson to allow for shooting victims and witnesses to attend the hearings. six people were killed in the shooting rampage. 13 others were injured. former south african president nelson mandela is back home after two days in the hospital for treatment of an acute respiratory infection. south african officials say the 92-year-old mandela, who spent 27 years in prison for his fight against apartheid, is in stable condition and will receive hospital-like care at his home. there was new and deadly violence in afghanistan this morning. a suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a car in kandahar province, killing the deputy governor and injuring three of his aides. kandahar province is a taliban stronghold and has been the scene of several attacks

recently. the taliban claimed responsibility for the latest assault. the fbi raided a connecticut home as part of an investigation into cyber attacks by a group supporting wikileaks. federal agents confiscated computer-related items during friday's raid. the investigation centers on a group of hackers named anonymous. now they've claimed responsibility for attacking the websites of visa, mastercard and paypal, companies which have cut ties to wikileaks. so far no arrests have been made. taco bell has come out swinging against allegations that their taco filling doesn't contain enough beef. a class action lawsuit alleges the fast food chain's beef filling is just 35% real beef. which fails to meet federal standards for the label beef. taco bell has taken out full-page ads in nine newspapers, including "the wall street journal" and "usa today," claiming their filling is actually 88% beef. a youtube video by taco bell's president says the company plans legal action. and finally, talk about

giving it your all. nick corralous of the phoenix suns was trying to make a dunk shot in a third period time-out during wednesday's game when he inadvertently followed the ball through the net head first. yeah we have to see that again. now does that happen. the 18-year-old says being a competitive gymnast and his quick thinking helped him shimmy through the net. my goodness. it's about 19 minutes past the hour. lonnie quinn is here. we're both just shocked -- >> you use the word -- >> a grown man that goes through a net. >> have you ever seen the width of a basketball hoop? it's not that big. >> it's not that big. well he was a gymnast. and contortionist, obviously. >> listen, let's talk about the weather picture out there. because, got some headlines i want to touch upon. there's an alberta clipper 3ushing to the great lakes that will affect portions of the northeast today. a little bit of light snow for the northern rockies and just unseasonably warm down south. and take a look at all that sunshine that a majority of the

country has. talk about a couple spots for some snow. there's a little bit of snow on the northern plains. there's a little bit of snow pushing through the great lakes. again, talking a little bit of snow. couple of inches here or there. however the next big storm that's potentially brewing out there, we're going to watch this one. a low pressure system will be dropping in to texas probably monday afternoon. now this is like pulling into a gas station. it's going to sit there and just fill up on gulf moisture. then it starts marching to the east. okay. by tuesday afternoon, then wednesday afternoon, curves to the northeast. now, if it pushes out to sea, big deal. you've got a big storm for the fish. if it pushes further to the west, it's a big rainmaker. but, if it sets up right off the northeast shoreline, well then it's going to be the potential for another big snowmaker for the portion of the country that doesn't need any more snow.

>> all right, everybody. a little factoid for you here. new york city has already had its snowiest january ever. but if new york city picks up one more inch before tuesday, it will become the snowiest month in the history of keening records. and guys we kept records on this since 1968. do you want to see a record? do you not want to see a record? >> no, not at all. >> one more inch. >> if we stand on the edge and click our heels, if we do this, if we do this, maybe we'll get some more snow? >> we have a chance to pick up another inch before tuesday. and the chance to do it was just today. >> it's only an inch. >> only an inch. >> the question is how does new york city compare to the rest of the country. >> right now, more snow on the ground in new york city than your hometown of minneapolis. go figure that. >> go figure. >> there you go. thank you, lonnie.

>> and we have another story coming up. charlie sheen checks himself in to rehab while "two and a half men" goes on temporary hiatus. >> and later inside the frightening bank hostage drama all caught on tape. we'll be back. ,,,,

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called me frantic said mom, dad, mom, dad. >> looked like a horror house that you might go in on halloween. >> i was shocked. >> coming up we'll tell you about a bank robbery yesterday in suburban d.c. a bank robber takes a hostage, takes the hostage outside, holds a gun to her head. you see it right there. the pack of money, put pouder in there. it goes off. the suspect slips. the hostage runs away and police gun down the suspect there. we're going to talk to one of the first responders on the scene, chief of the tacoma police department in just a minute. interesting story there. fascinating. unfortunately someone was killed there but the good folks got away. >> it's also interesting in light of the fact lonnie's been

talking about this. the winter has been brutal for many people out there, but in this case the winter may have saved some lives. >> that's true. >> the hostage was able to get away. there were other hostages apparently inside. most of everyone walked away unscathed aside from the robber, the gunman himself. but, it's amazing what can happen with the elements, they can sometimes do. >> slipped on the snow. also ask the chief, what goes through your mind if you're a law enforcement officer. you've been trained to do this. but when you're actually in that situation, like to know what's going through your head. >> it is going to be a great interview coming up. also coming up actor charlie sheen checks in to rehab, and production of his hit show is temporarily put on hold. we'll have the latest right here on "the early show" on cbs. ,, ,,,,

do you guys really want to see this? you don't mind another inch of snow? >> i'm done with the snow. i am from the south. this is my first winter in new york. we get, what two blizzards and how many snowstorms? i am over it. >> i can understand though. >> but considering all that we've been through, what's the difference of getting one more inch? you can say i lived in new york city during the snowiest month of all time. >> and maybe you'll make it in to some historic video of the worst winter of all time in new york city. lonnie quinn reporting live. >> it's fun. >> that's what i'd be hoping for. >> the weathermen get no love. there's a lot of snowballs being tossed in my direction. >> being from minnesota, are you like laughing at new york city now because you guys are used to? >> we're used to it. you're from the midwest, too, right? >> st. louis is one thing.

but minneapolis, that's another. >> minnesota. yeah, we did get our fair share of snow in minnesota growing up. i think the big difference is just the traffic here. it's a very tight city with lots and lots of people. so getting the snow trucks through is just a much bigger job than a place like minneapolis. >> they bring the snow trucks through. the plows came through my street. i've got to tell you russ, i was looking at the clearance from where the cars ended to where the snow was piled up, those plows are missing the cars by -- >> there's got to be a bunch of bumpers that get ripped off. >> the worst problem is the slush. >> before you know it you're stepping in a puddle this deep. you know. ice water essentially. >> it's very pretty at first. then it's slushy. then it freezes over. then slushy again, and it's just nasty. for about ten minutes, though, it looked really beautiful. >> it looked beautiful. >> take a picture. >> quiet. it's beautiful. it's white. >> amazing in central park. >> pristine. >> i'm with you, buddy. >> record.

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oh, thank you. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. happy saturday out on the plaza. >> a lot of hi moms there. >> we like that. welcome back to "the early show," everyone, i'm rebecca jarvis. >> and i'm russ mitchell. okay start packing for that perfect winter get away. we've got the best travel bargains. get this jamaica, $115 a night. >> love that. plus the truth, how cheese can give you a headache and other surprising pain triggers you may not know about. there's a lot of them in here. we're going to show you what they are and how to treat them. first we want to turn to actor charlie sheen who has voluntarily checked himself in to rehab after a trip to the hospital for stomach pain. cbs news correspondent seth doane has the latest.

>> i feel a lot better since i stopped drinking. >> reporter: charlie sheen, star of the most popular sitcom on network tv checked himself into a rehab facility friday. sheen is known to struggle with substance abuse. >> i think one of the next steps for charlie sheen has to be to really take a survey of what's going on with his life. >> reporter: while that happens, his hit cbs show "two and a half men" will go on a temporary production hiatus. cbs entertainment, and the show's executive producer says we are profoundly concerned for his health and well-being and support his decision. >> when i don't do the wrong thing, people are disappointed. >> reporter: it's been a rough couple of days for the actor who was rushed to cedars-sinai hospital thursday morning, where his father, actor martin sheen, hurried to his side. and stayed with him until his son was released that night. sheen's publicist says he was treated for severe stomach pain, and pointed to his history of hernia problems. but sheen's neighbors told a different story. saying there was a loud party at

sheen's house the night before. >> i don't know how much this actually impacts him or the show. because, this is sort of his reputation and everyone knows this is what they get when they get charlie sheen. >> reporter: reputation for substance abuse? >> reputation for being a partier, for someone who lives a wild life. >> reporter: sheen's been to rehab before. >> if he keeps doing the things he's doing, what's the ultimate outcome? he could end up really hurting himself or hurting someone else. >> reporter: sources tell cbs news that there are two original episodes of "two and a half men" that have already been taped. and have not yet aired. so viewers can stay tuned for this tv comedy and real-life drama. >> i love you all. >> reporter: seth doane, cbs news, los angeles. >> and now we learn to lonnie quinn with another check of the weather. good morning, lonnie, again. >> good morning to you, rebecca. let's get right to your weather headlines. only a few spots in the country will be seeing snow today. pretty quiet for just about everybody.

prettiest weather anywhere, in the gulf states. temperatures around the 70s. we also see a lot of sunshine that stretches all the way up into nebraska with those clear skies. >> all right, make it a great day wherever you are. >> okay, lonnie, thank you very much. a bank employee from maryland is alive this morning thanks to some quick thinking from police and a simple patch of ice and snow. cbs news correspondent joel brown has the latest on yesterday's dramatic hostage rescue and a warning here, i'm sorry i should have warned you earlier, some of the video here may be a bit disturbing. >> reporter: it was a dramatic scene friday morning in a washington, d.c. suburb, a suspected robber emerged from a bank with his bag of money. he was holding a gun to the head

of a female bank employee, using her body to shield him from police, who had surrounded the building. the officers held their fire as a dye pack exploded in a bag holding the stolen cash, releasing a cloud of red smoke. then trying to back away from the police, the gunman slipped and fell on a mound of snow allowing his hostage to break away, as he pursued her, the police opened fire. >> he shot at the police and the police shot him. >> reporter: the gunman later died. two hostages had non-life threatening injuries, including one who was pistol whipped by the gunman. a police officer was grazed by a bullet. >> we had one officer who was shot in the leg, possibly by a ricochet. >> reporter: six employees were in the bank at the time of the attempted robbery. they reported the man appeared to have some sort of bomb. >> we did find a device that may end up being a host device. >> reporter: police also found a different but similar device strapped to the dead suspect's

body. the investigation is just beginning. who was the gunman? and what prompted him to attempt such a daring escape? joel brown, cbs news, washington. >> tacoma park, maryland, police were among the first responders to the scene. joining us is the police chief who was there as the hostage drama unfolded. good morning to you. >> good morning. how are you? >> i'm doing just fine, sir. give me a time line of what happened. started at 9:30. what happened at that point? >> well, the call, the robber entered the bank at 9:22, we got the call three minutes later from the someone inside the bank who saw the package on the counter, called in a suspicious package. when we attempted to get more information, they hung up on us. seconds later we got a call from one of the tellers who had run out of the bank and reported it was an armed robbery in progress. then the alarm went off and we got a third call. within 45 seconds we had three units on the scene. >> the hostage who was taken out of the building by the suspect.

what is her condition this morning? >> she's fine. obviously she's going through a lot of trauma as a result of the incident. but she was checked out at the hospital and released yesterday afternoon. >> talk about some of the other people involved who were injured. how are they doing today? >> we have one customer -- actually six in the bank, five tellers and one customer. actually one customer tried to fight with the suspect, and he was pistol whipped. he was being treated at the hospital last night. >> as we heard, there was some thought that perhaps the suspect had a bomb. what can you tell us about that? >> well, we knew that he had a suspicious package in the bank, which he left in the bank as he left with the hostage. once the incident has resolved one of our concerns was we had to clear the bank and we knew there was a suspicious package inside. that meant calling in a bomb technician. when we were giving him first aid before we could determine he was dead, we had the -- we had a suspicious thing attached to his body which we determined was also -- >> tell me from your mind what

happened here? he's got the hostage. he's outside of the building, suddenly he slips. does he slip on the ice? does the money pack go off? what happened at that point? >> he walked out of the bank, as everybody in america's seen the tape now. walked down about ten yards, was making a corner for the street when he slipped on the ice. he was confronted by one of the prince georges officers at that point. it was not safe to exchange fire because the hostage was with him. as soon as she broke the officers had a clear shot, and were able to return fire, which took him down. >> again, the good guys got away. unfortunate, of course, is anybody was killed in a situation like this. as a law enforcement officer you're trained to deal with these situations. what goes through your head at a time like what you experienced yesterday? >> well, you know, i've been in this business 43 years and this is the first time i've had an incident where our officers are on the scene and actually a bank robber comes out with a hostage. we train for this every day. everything yesterday went according to the book. our officers did an outstanding

job. when they got on the scene, providing information. when they came out there was firearm discipline. there was not a cross fire. they all maintained, even with six officers shooting, and we don't have a number yet on how many bullets were fired, but it was a small amount of bullets. the officers used good discipline. we were able to take the suspect out and save the life of the hostage, which was our goal. >> okay. police chief, we thank you so much for joining us this saturday morning. >> thank you. >> take care, sir. up next, why your smartphone could be hurting you. we'll take a look at five surprising reasons for pain. tips that could really help you. watching "the early show" on cbs. this is my band from the 80's, looker. hair and mascara, a lethal combo. i'm jon haber of alto music. my business is all about getting music into people's hands. and the plum card from american express open helps me do that. you name it, i can buy it. and the savings that we get from the early pay discount

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our table and is here for a reason is the wallet. your wallet could actually be causing you pain. >> that's right. a lot of men carry around a big wallet and they put it in their back pocket. it is resting on the muscle where the sciatic nerve runs. you sit in the car, you sit on the wallet, and you can get sciatica. you can get shooting pains down your leg. the best thing to do is to advil for relief and some hot and cold packs. but keep that wallet in your jacket pocket, especially if you've got a long commute. >> and also it's just a good idea to do for those people who might want to come up and take it to you. harder to get out of your breast pocket. >> exactly. >> other things that can cause pain. one of them is food. the cheese and the wine that we have here. >> exactly. as a food lover i hate to say it but cheeses can actually give you a migraine. so hard chases that are aged produce tyramine and it's known as a migraine trigger. for red wine with tannins you can also get up getting headaches. stick to white wine. and if you must have red wine go

for beaujolais or lighter body pinot noir. >> stick to something lighter or try some white wine. should you be treating this with advil? >> typically with migraines you want to do something like a calf feign add/advil combination. that's the best. and keep a food journal because then you'll know what's actually causing the headache and you can pinpoint the food itself. >> i know the feeling from sitting at a work station, your back starts to get sore, your neck starts to get sore. >> we always think that the desk, the desk job is so safe. but actually it's a place where you can get a lot of overuse injuries. you're sitting at the computer screen, you're hunched over. you get back pain. you're straining to look at the computer monitor, eye strain and headaches. and also when you're typing all the time on a flat keyboard you can get carpal tunnel. so the best thing to do is when you're sitting have good posture. feet on the ground, monitor at eye level. keep that monitor at a good brightness so you're not straining your eyes. and think about bringing some lamps from home to make your work area brighter. as far as the key board goes,

you can use a gel pad right by the key board to rest your hands on. and elevate those little legs at the back of the key board so it's tilted. >> tilting keyboard helps things. sleep habits. you talk about posture at your desk. but there's also something to be said for posture while you sleep. >> exactly. doctors affectionately call it the saturday night palsy because people come home and just kind of pass out and fall asleep in all kinds of positions. if you're a stomach sleeper you can end up getting neck pains because you constantly have your neck rotated. if you sleep on your arm or elbow you can get numbness and tingling. they say the best way to sleep is on your back, if you can and if you need to sleep on your stomach try to put a pillow between your knees and ankles and rotate on your side. >> lastly the new smart phone syndrome. the thumbs. i do have this issue where you send too many text messages or e-mails on your smart phone and all of a sudden you feel a really big sense of pain. >> that's right. we're all addicted to texting

nowadays. you can actually get arthritis in the thumb joint. we're seeing it as early as age 30 now. the best thing to do is if you can stop testing to give your hands a little bit of a rest. if you really can't use a tennis ball and squeeze that in your hand a couple of times a night. it will help strengthen the muscles in your hands so you can text all you want. >> and if the symptoms continue to occur go see a doctor. >> absolutely. there are a couple of things that can cause pain that you should not miss. number one, chest pain. if you have tightness in the chest like an elephant sitting on it or if that pain is radiating down your left arm you want to go to the emergency room. if you feel like you're getting the worst headache of your life that's also a reason to go see a doctor. and if you're developing numbness or tingling in any extremity in addition to back pain you want to see your doctor. >> well, we're so glad you could be here to enlighten us with this stuff. for more on unexpected sources in pain go to our partners in health webmd.com and search pain triggers. coming up next, how does orlando

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valentine's day weekend is just a few weeks away. for those who say they cannot afford it we've uncovered some amazing winter travel deals for you. mark orwoll is here to tell us all about them. mark, good to see you. >> good morning, russ. how are you? >> i'm doing just fine. you've got some great ideas. we're going to begin with orlando. >> this is, we've got a place for you right in the mid of is everything, close to disney world. close to universal studios and sea world. it's called the wyndham orlando resort. they have -- they're celebrating the wizarding world of harry potter which is a new exhibit at universal studios with a deal as low as $65 a night. >> wow. >> beautiful, beautiful resort on international drive. plus the third night free. if you can imagine it. even if free shuttle buses from the resort to universal studios.

this is a great, great family destination. >> that is fantastic. okay for some folks who want to go skiing you've got some tips for us, going west. >> to oregon, specifically to mount bachelor ski area which has the highest skiable terrain in the pacific northwest. very family friendly. you need a place to stay, of course. we're going to go to the sun river resort just outside of bend, oregon. they have a ski free, stay free package that's going to give you three nights from $159 a night, plus, you're going to get ski lift tickets for two adults and two kids for those three days. this is unbeatable deal at a great, great ski area. >> for the sake of perspective how much would you cost if you weren't getting that deal? >> you'd be paying at least that much plus for the ski lift tickets on their own. >> colonial williamsburg always a great place to go. presidents' day weekend, obviously very appropriate. >> indeed, they have a deal. the american stories package going on right now.

this is at $75 per person, they're going to put you up in the beautiful williamsburg lodge, give you breakfast every day. give you length of stay tickets to the historic area. and if you've never been there, this is like walking into the middle 1700s in colonial era virginia. i went there with my kids, ended up having a conversation in the street with thomas jefferson. this is an amazing thing. a great deal. they have a slavery conference going on with president jefferson and president washington, addressing the people on the 18th and the 19th. it's a great, great time to visit. >> historic stuff, as you said. this one surprised me on the list. jamaica, which is usually outrageously expensive. >> especially at this time of year, peak season. but there's a place right near the beach and it's called jake's. it's on the opposite side from the big, big super resorts. this kind of has a funky vibe, hip ki chic thing going on. very small, only 30 rooms and suites. all done up in indian and moroccan style. if you're looking for a place that is very laid back, jake's

is it. and check this out, as low as $115 a night. even during presidents' weekend. >> jake's is cool. no funny business going on. >> no, very cool. >> good to know. >> had to ask. montreal. >> you know, if you haven't been there, but you've always like you thought you might want to go to paris or france, check this out. the aroma of french cuisine. people speaking french. drinking cafe au lait in the outdoor cafes even in the wintertime. tourism montreal has put together a deal with 20 hotels. the first night free, and half price for the second night. 20 hotels starting at as little as $115 for the first night, half price for the second night. they've got the highlights festival going on. it's a food and culture festival all that week. the perfect time. >> as for all these deals you better strike right now. >> don't wait. because the deals are going to end soon. >> okay, mark orwoll, safe travels to you. >> thank you, russ. >> if you're thinking about

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you're watching "the early show" on cbs. see a lot of heroes. >> yeah. a lot of people going above and beyond. >> and i heard that the thought was, hey, do you think you could be a hero? i think the key is not to think it, just react. if you think about it too much, you might talk yourself out of it. i think you just go with your gut reaction, i think -- >> when you talk to them that's what they say, look, i didn't think about it. i just did what i thought was right. >> they all say, i'm not a hero. >> living in new york, i think of the case a couple years ago where a guy saw someone on the subway track and jumped the track, get under the train and he's fine. and if you ride the subways here, that platform is very scary. i've often asked myself the question if i'm standing here right now and if somebody jumps

in, would i jump? you never know what you're going to do. >> if we were in danger, russ, you have to think twice about it? >> i'm not inviting you to jump -- >> but that is going to test the limits. >> but i got your back. >> i am walking the platform in the subway. if you even just nudge you by accident and you go and you hope that my man russ is there to dive in and get me. >> it is a little creepy on the subways. but i think, you know you ask yourself when you're out in daily life. i feel this when you're driving down the road sometimes and a car almost crashes into another car and it comes so close, there's all these really close calls where you all of a sudden ask yourself, in that situation, what would i do? >> yeah, i'm right back to the minute i start asking myself, i might start juggling if i would, if i wouldn't, if i just react i'm pretty sure i would do that gut instinct and the right thing. >> that video we show was amazing. going out there to get him. >> thank goodness he was there. and he didn't think twice about it, either. >> exactly. >> and he thought to put a rope around his belly. >> but he didn't even don the

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with some tips. >> there he is. >> there's everybody, danny. >> and he's going to help us out. that's the kind of thing we need this time of year. >> also you're going to do a segment, this is a 30-second segment. >> i want to get inside your mind, russ mitchell. >> what men think. you're going to tell us what guys are thinking. >> i'm going to tell you what guys are thinking. >> the experts are going to come in. >> i hope they're going to tell us what guys are thinking. there's a lot of experts. they've done a lot of research. they've studied it. and rather than asking my friend russ here what men are thinking we're going to ask them what men are thinking and then we can test it. i'll figure out from you whether or not we're on point or not. >> it will be the shortest segment in the history. >> they're thinking one thing, no! we are going to do that in a few minutes. that's all coming up ahead. for another check of the headlines, cbs news correspondent and morning news anchor betty nguyen is at the news desk. >> i am so interested in that segment. we really want to know what they think. all right, russ, hold on. hold those thoughts. more to come on that. good morning, everybody. thousands of anti-government

protesters are on the streets of three major egyptian cities this morning demanding the ouster of president hosni mubarak. today is the fifth day of unrest. 45 people have died since the demonstrations began. and at least 2,000 others have been extremely

dangerous time. >> elizabeth palmer in cairo. egypt is a key ally of the u.s., and president obama's watching developments there closely. cbs news chief white house correspondent chip reid is at the white house. good morning, chip. how would you describe the u.s. reaction to this crisis? and is it likely to change? >> well, they're really walking a very fine line. on the one mand mubarak is a longtime u.s. ally. he's been helpful on a lot of issues, including the war in iraq, iran's nuclear weapons

program, the middle east. so it would be tough to abandon him. but on the other hand, white house officials insist the president really means it when he says that he wants egypt to be ruled by consent, not coercion. and he wants a leader there who respects the rights of the egyptian people, whether it's mubarak or someone else. >> so if you're there at the white house, give us an idea of how the u.s. is monitoring this crisis today. >> well, at a very early hour, when i checked in, staff here was already meeting in the situation room and the president has asked to be briefed on a regular basis throughout the day. betty? >> all right, chip reid at the white house. thank you so much for that live report. detroit police have released surveillance video of a shooting inside one of their own precincts. by the time it was over, four police officers were wounded and the gunman was dead. cbs news correspondent elaine quijano reports. >> reporter: the surveillance video shows detroit's sixth precinct last sunday as three police officers and commander brian davis, a 25-year veteran, was behind the front desk, a man walks in hiding a shotgun, and opens fire.

as the police officers take cover and fire back the gunman continues his result. he leaps over the desk and comes face-to-face with commander davis, shooting him at point blank range. the blast blows off commander davis' fingers and knocks the gun out of his hand. he's also shot in the back, but still fights throwing a crash can at the shooter. by then, police say, the gunman is mortally wounded. the shoot-out lasted just 38 seconds. >> all four of our officers have survived and will recover. suffice it to say the psychological damage that it's done to the officers there, not only there but all across the department, we've got some heavy lifting to do. >> reporter: police have identified the gunman as 38-year-old lamar moore. he was under investigation in connection with a sexual attack on a minor, and had a relative awaiting sentencing in a murder case. >> we can't speculate as to

motive. i mean there's nothing in this that makes sense at all. >> reporter: police say in the wake of the shooting, they're putting new security measures into place. elaine quijano, cbs news, new york. major u.s. banks are anxiously awaiting the next wikileaks document dump. bank of america shares fell more than 3% in november on investors' fears that the bank would be the next target. back in 2009, wikileaks founder julian assange claimed he had acquired five gigabytes of data from a bank of america executive's hard drive and would release it early this year. in an interview airing tomorrow night on cbs, steve kroft of "60 minutes" asked assange about that data. >> do you have a five gigabyte hard drive? >> i won't make any comment in relation to that upcoming provocation. >> you're certainly not denying it? >> you know, the process of eliminati elimination. so if we deny it -- >> so it might not be bank of america and you're just going to let them squirm until you get ready to --

>> i think it's great. we have all these banks squirming thinking maybe it's them. >> and you can see steve kroft's entire interview with julian assange on "60 minutes" tomorrow, 7:00 p.m. eastern, only on cbs. it's about seven minutes past the hour, and i understand that we, lonnie, are about an inch or so away from breaking the record of the snowiest month? >> ever. a little bit of confusion. is this the snowiest month, the second snowiest month? it is the snowiest january ever. but we currently rest as the second snowiest month ever. we do need one more inch of snow. now we could be seeing it here. today is your chance to get it. before we start february, and we go into a whole other possibility. all right. new york city has seen a lot of snow. way over the top. look at that. 56.1 inches so for. normally for an entire winter we only pick up 22.4. we are way over the top. so is boston, so is philadelphia. if you take a look at the forecast for today, there's only a couple of spots that will see a little bit of snow. that area around the great lakes

could possibly push through new york city. could possibly give us that much-needed inch if we want to break the record. the next big storm, however, is looming for wednesday. that's a quick look at the national picture. >> this weather segment sponsored by taxact.com. start your free federal return today. >> yeah, we just showed you the picture there. lots of snow on the ground here in new york city. could see a little bit more today. again the best chance for another big snowstorm in the city is going to be on wednesday of next week. russ, let's get inside to you. >> okay, lonnie, thank you so much. there are more than 180 million credit card holders in the u.s., according to the u.s. census

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you can do coupons on your cell phones for instance. the idea of swiping those at the checkout counter and also the idea of simply tapping to go and not having to have the process is not new. mastercard has something called paypad. we have this nokia phone that has the new communication chip. the technology is not where it needs to be but the chips are there in the mobile devices. >> also got to be a concern out there about safety. let's say you lose your telephone, somebody's got your information there. what happens? >> that's right. the expectation of how you care for your cell phone, if this technology comes into play, will become more important. apple on their devices they gave you the option of wiping those devices remotely if you lose it. you can return it to factory condition. you can also try to search for that, there's an app to search for your iphone if you lose it. but you certainly will want to be more careful with those devices if you're using it as a credit card. >> there really is an app for everything. who benefits from this technology? the consumers, the manufacturers, the banks? >> well, if we do see the technology come into play, apple will benefit greatly because they will be first into market.

they will have the advantage of having that technology first. but one thing to keep in mind is just because a technology exists, doesn't mean you will be able to use it everywhere. because businesses, they will have to pay for the devices that allow you to use that iphone or that ipad as a credit card. so if they're not willing to pay, then you're not going to have the ability to use it everywhere. >> convenience obviously and benefit for consumers. any other benefits? >> ease of use. you might find yourself spending a little bit more money. you'll find yourself not having to have a fat wallet with all of the credit cards. but if that's not something that's enticing to you you'll keep that credit card in your wallet and forego the idea of using your cell phone as a credit card. >> drawbacks, perhaps? >> again, safety. we talk about safety a lot. if you're storing a lot of information on that mobile device, you have to worry about people being able to hack into that device wirelessly and steal your information. we'll see a lot in terms of encryption software. we'll also see people having to make sure they have those pass words and logs on those cell phones so if you do lose it no one can find it and hack into

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general medical call that we run, heart attack, strokes, things of that nature. and that's what it came in as. so when we left the station, we left thinking we were going to one type of call, and not really prepared for what we actually found to be the call once we got the dispatch notice and the dispatchers were able to really get a good idea of what was going on. >> when you did get that sense that this 13-year-old boy had fallen through the ice, what was your next move? >> en route on the way there we talked to the crew. normally we like to put on the dry suit, ice rescue suit before we get to the scene so somebody can get out and have that on. we knew that wasn't going to be an option. so we talked about different scenarios and how we were going to handle it. we decided that the fireman who rides backwards behind me would get the suit on when we got there and i would go up and look and see sort of how severe or dire the situation was. and we'd make a decision from there. >> and how severe, in your opinion, was the situation when you arrived on the scene? >> the first indicator is a really good friend of mine, and a really good fireman mike was on the medic unit and they had

gotten there before us, and when he radioed to tell us that there was somebody in the water, you could hear, in his voice, sort of sense of urgency of the situation. so we kind of knew before we got there. so kind of when i topped the hill and saw mike and saw the kid it was pretty clear that we should probably do something quickly. >> and ultimately that was what you did. you went in without the suit on, you rescue the 13-year-old boy and you bring him to safety. what was his condition? what was going through your head at the time? >> the only thing that went through my head, big motivator was, if he slips off that ice he's not going to come back up, and the thought of that was pretty unsettling. that was sort of the motivation for the whole thing. and he was -- he was holding on, but i don't know for how much longer. he was pretty blue and pretty tired and pretty weak. so, just really he needs to not be there anymore and we need to get him out was kind of the soul thought process and soul motivator. >> and your fast thinking is

what saved him. we would call you a hero. we know your brother is also a firefighter. what has he said to you since this? does he say, what were you thinking, shaun or is he really approving of all this? >> oh, i'm sure he approves. because the grief that he's going to be able to give me. but, no, i haven't actually had a chance to talk to him. by the time -- it didn't really strike me the interest. i don't know for lack of a better term. by the time this sort of got to where it is this morning, he's in baltimore city, maryland, and you know, it was pretty late out there. so i haven't talked to him this morning. but i'm sure i will. >> lieutenant o'hara we're so happy you could talk to us about the amazing rescue. and the fact that you're a hero. we're so happy to have a hero with us on "the early show." thanks so much. >> i would shy away from that term, if it's all right with you. >> well, if you would like to that's just fine. but we will dub you a hero because that's exactly what you are in our eyes. >> thank you, ma'am. that's a compliment. >> thanks. now here's russ.

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winter has dumped records amounts of snowfall across the country. more dangerous to homeowners, frigid temperatures which can causes water inside water pipes to freeze and expand, bursting the pipes. the state department puts the average cost per claim at $15,000. so how can you keep your pipes safe this winter? home improvement expert danny lipford joins us from long island. great to see you. >> good to see you, russ. >> how easy is it for your pipes to burst? >> i'll tell you, depends on where you live in the country. in some of the southern parts of the country, that the construction is just not ready for frieszing temperatures, you better be alert at 20 degrees. when that temperature drops to 20 degrees that's when it could be a problem. further north like here on long island, 15 to 12 degrees is when you really need to start taking some precautions. >> you're going to go inside in just a second. outside what can we do to prevent this from happening to our homes? >> well, i'll tell you, your

outside faucets like this is where you can really be a problem. this is as simple as it is to protect it. just a foam gasket cover like this that you put over your faucet. it has a little device here, a little arm that you hook on, and then you just tighten it up like that, and that will protect the wind, keep the wind and all the temperatures away from that faucet and keep it from bursting. >> very easy tip. going inside, danny. the big thing you say, keep the cold weather outside, lock things up, make sure the cold doesn't get in. easier said than done. what's the first step? >> well, it really is. we talk about protecting the envelope for the home in general so that you can save on your energy bill. but it's really important when you have a basement like this to seal up this opening, as well, and in a case like this, this is a good candidate for this type of weather stripping. just a little adhesive like that that you put right on the door stop. a lot of different sizes that are available. and basically, like a refrigerator you're able to seal

the opening up to where, when you close the door, you're sealing out more of that cold air, reducing the chances of having any problems with freezing pipes. so, able to close that off, and that prevents that. and also when you have any kind of gaps or cracks around the perimeter of your house, you can use some expandable foam like this that will allow you to fill all of those gaps and cracks. again, reducing the chance of it having any type of freeze problem. >> all this time you talk about pretty inexpensive, right? >> yeah, it really is. i only spent about $35 for all the different things that i'm using here at this particular house. and almost anybody can take care of it, and one of the things, too, freezing pipes and exposed pipes like we have here. this is just a simple foam pipe wrap. it has a little slit down the side here. a couple different sizes that you can buy. and basically it slips right over any exposed pipes that you have. looks just like that, and, of course, everybody has the duct

tape around. and then you can just duct type it in a few different places like this to keep it intact. and it's just like putting a jacket on the pipe itself to keep it from freezing. also fiberglass pieces like this are pretty convenient when you're in some of the real tight areas. it will allow you to wrap all of these up to protect them from the freeze. >> okay. okay so more types i know you have for us. you say keep the cabinet doors under the sink open. why? >> well, you know, so many times in the kitchen area, your pipes are on the outside walls, so they are susceptible to freezing. so if you leave your cabinet doors open, that hot air can circulate under it and reduce the chance of that freezing. that's also the case in many bathrooms in houses. >> also say allow the hot and cold water to drip from the sink. we talking about sinks, showers, what are we talking about? >> either one. either the shower or the sink. but it's best to use the bathroom or the water source farthest away from where the water comes in to your house.

so if your water enters the front of your house, maybe go to a bathroom on the back, or upstairs, and leave the hot and cold running just a little bit, because that movement of water will prevent it from freezing. >> and you also say unless you're trying to go in or out keep the garage door closed. i presume this is to keep the cold weather out? >> exactly. so many times in a garage area, that's very seldom heated you'll have your water heater or any other exposed pipes like we have here in this basement, and if you keep that door closed as much as possible you'll keep as much air out of there as you can. and again, all of these things are very inexpensive and hopefully you can save on those expensive plumbers bills. >> danny lipford as always. great advice. great to see you. thank you so much. >> thanks a lot, russ. >> and for more on protecting your pipes head to our website, cbsnews.com/saturday. >> these are the types of tips you want to know, $35 to solve what could be a $15,000 problem. and big things this time of year. stay with us. this is the "early" show on cbs.

>> we have a fun little segment coming up in a few minutes here. one that betty and i have been talking about all morning. i'm sure you guys will be very enlightened by it, as well. what do men think? how to get inside your head. >> funny how we have the guys on one side of the couch and the ladies on the other side. >> this is what men think in general? how do you think? can you change a guy? >> yeah, relationships and all those kinds of -- it's a very simple, i mean you guys break it down in a very simple manner. are we just overanalyzing it all? >> we're different creatures. we must process things differently. they've been talking about this for like the longest time. men are from mars, women from venus. >> can't figure it out. >> but there are psychologists who have been looking at this

now and they have broken it down to a handful of things that differentiate men from women and how they think. and if you can figure it out, the good news is, from the psychologist that we'll be speaking with, you might be able to communicate a little better and make some of your relationships run a little more smoothly. now, whether you can change the men -- >> that's a whole -- >> we'll ask the men, as well. >> what women think would be like a ten-part mini series, you would agree with me on that. women are, i think women are more complicated than guys. you would agree with that? >> i would agree with that. >> you would? >> a little more complicated. a little more thoughtful on certain things. things linger in our minds where i think you guys can just process it and delete it and go on. >> sharon will tell you that i'm the more high maintenance of the two of us. >> i do believe that. >> isn't that something? >> lonnie is the ark type of a man. we'll just use you as our example. sharon you're a good woman. we'll be right back. [ alarm clock buzzing, indistinct conversations ]

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>> all right. well we're speaking with our panel of experts about all of this, and we're going to get you the real answers from the experts. plus, five things every woman should know about men. you'll want to pay attention to that one. >> a couple things you thought were true out there. >> yeah, exactly. >> taking notes. also ahead, we're going to join the meatball movement. the owners of the meatball shop, there they are, preparing classic -- they thought that was funny. preparing classic meatball sandwich. the ultimate comfort food on a cold, winter day. >> the beer is already pouring. it's all coming up. but first over to lonnie for our final check of the weather. hey, lonnie. our real man. >> right over here. >> where is lonnie? >> there he is. >> big crowd we've got out here. the bright orange is over here. we've got the black and white. these are all -- >> love it. >> they're all runners. all right now we've got a big race that's coming up here. going to come right over here and talk to you, sir. i want to tell everybody at home

what the race is all about. it's a special course you're running. >> it is. it's the empire state building. it's 86 floors and 1, 576 steps. >> the record i understand is just over nine minutes. >> i'm shooting for 21 minutes. >> you know, i'm shooting for the 86th button on the elevator. let's talk, though, about the weather picture out there. because here's how i see things. the beautiful weather is going to be in duncan, oklahoma today with sunshine and 72 degrees. coldest spot, carlsbad, minnesota, 25 below. hottest weather, electra, texas, at 75. from oklahoma through texas down to florida it's so beautiful because of a nice high pressure system pumping in a lot of beautiful mild sunshiny air.

>> good luck to my empire state runners. time now for one of my favorite parts of the whole show. i get to say hello, a big shout out to one of my favorite spots and this week it goes to frankenmuth, michigan. it's home to one of the top snow and ice sculpting events in all of north america. it is the 20th annual zender fest. zender's snow fest and it's up to 200,000 visitors who come together to see some of the best snow and ice carvers in the whole world create their dazzling works of art. you do not want to miss it if you are in the area. we would like to thank everyone in the flint area for watching "the early show" on wnem tv-5. there's my big shout out. all right. good luck again with the race, guys. it's a lot of stairs. >> hey, lonny. you're going to love this next segment. coming up next, the male mind. our panel right here is going to be discussing how men think, five things every woman should

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really do. sometimes guys just don't get it. leaving us ladies to wonder, what was he thinking? the folks at webmd.com were wondering the same thing. they asked psychologists who study genter role to share their biggest secrets about how men really think and here to discuss some of those, dr. robi ludwig, sex therapist drg ian kerner and relationship expert cooper lawrence. great to have all three of you with us. >> good to be here. >> ian, i'm going to put you in the hot seat. >> let's go. >> in this webmd study one of the things they said, men, they speak about feelings indirectly. >> yes. >> so how does that work? >> you know, here's one of the things. women, i think, are really good face-to-fa face-to-face, eye-to-eye communicators. we're looking at each other in the eyes, no issues. that has a lot to do with the evolutionary issue of women's raising infants, being very comfortable looking into an infant's eyes. historically when men were looking into men's eyes they were going into battle, to kill. so if you are asking the guy to

do the dishes, i don't think you should do it with direct eye contact. you know, when men, again, historically were at their most relaxed during conversation, it was when they were sitting around a fire, you know, talking about the buffalo, and so if you want to really have a conversation with a guy, it has to be more side by side. like sitting like this, maybe taking a drive, or a walk. but i would avoid the direct eye contact. >> and maybe have some beer on hand so everyone can feel better about that. >> exactly. >> robi, what's your take? >> if you're asking me, i'm robi, you know, i think that what ian said is really true. and also when you think about women friendships. we're really used to communicating emotionally. and for men, that could feel a little threatening. so you really need to consider your audience. the real important thing is to get your message across so that the man that you're with can take you in. and if it's uncomfortable for him to look at you directly, then don't do it. if you go in to a long, kind of

conversation and he's going to cut you off, and not really listen to you, then talk in sound bites and little bits where he can really take you in. >> so he can consume that information? >> that's right. >> and make it work to your benefit. >> that's right. because men are a little bit more concrete in the way that they think. they think more logically. and we, as women, tend to think more emotionally. >> i like speaking in little sound bites. >> is that right? >> the little sound bites. instead of a long-winded explanation. >> that's right. >> what's the point. >> get a camera. a new sound bite. no long stories. >> cooper, another thing that is out there is that men really aren't listening. this is something the study found. >> right. it's the way they listen, really. because, you know, women when they look at each other go, mm-hmm, yes, because we want to show that we're caring. i care about you, yes, i'm listening. even if i don't agree with you. men are more cut and dried. they won't go mm-hmm, because that might imply they agree.

and most of the time they don't. they want to take in the information, see how they feel about it and then they'll respond. robi's sitting here going, mm-hmm. my point. >> both of us. >> and also men think you're a little bit, like they don't want to start a conflict. so if they think that something that they say is going to cause an argument, they may not say it in the hope that maybe it will go away and resolve itself. >> i want to take a step back here. do you really listen and think, if i say mm-hmm, they're going to think i'm 100% agreeing with them, and i'm on board with what they want? >> i do have a secret, my wife is going to kill me if she's watching this segment, but my wife will say a long, long thing, and like i said, say it in a sound bite. and then she'll say, are you listening to me? and it's like half my brain has memorized what she said while the other half was like off in acapulco. but that is -- >> men listen with the left side of their brain. that's where language happens. >> that's exactly what i said. >> women listen with both sides

of their brain. we listen emotionally as well. so there's a biological connection here, too. >> this happens off somewhere else. >> three more things to get to. one thing that men are known for is they shake things off. they let go faster. >> yes. >> mm-hmm. >> well, i think that men lash out a lot. and we get it out. >> i think, also, men don't take as many things personally. where women are cued in to so many various nuances. and we also can sense when a man is having a thought and not sharing that. and it's very upsetting to us. because we really want to dig in, what are you thinking? what are you thinking? and that very often will get a man to withdraw because if he's not talking about this feelings, it means he's not ready to yet. >> yep. >> and that could be maddening for women. >> ian, i'm going to put you on the spot here again. another finding from the study, men aren't always up for sex. >> absolutely. you know, especially in long-term relationships. i mean i'm a sex therapist. i deal with a lot of men who have low libido and it has a lot to do with the stress of the

economy. here's the thing, in a relationship. relationships are built on comfort and on predictability. and studies have shown that as women get more comfortable they feel sexy and they feel more attached to their partners. men, we really do crave some unpredictability. some novelty, some spontaneity. so in some ways the comfort of a relationship works against the unpredictability of sexual attraction. >> does that mean to you then that women should be initiating? >> yeah, sure. initiating. and we should be constantly trying to make things -- >> wearing costumes? >> speaking of wearing costumes, there are more subtle clues out there that sometimes women pick up on but sometimes men don't. >> that's very true. the research on that, as well. the reason why is because women, as ian was saying initially, women are very tuned to the babies and they need to look at subtle cues and they really read faces and they read everything. because they take in all the information. they're the caregivers. men aren't interested in subtlety. a woman, this is amazing --

>> subtlety hasn't escalated to a point where we need to deal with it. >> they pick up on it but they ignore it. if you're sitting here and quickly you glance at your cell phone, i'll say what happened? what's wrong? because i'll see the way you looked at the cell phone. i'll pick up the microcues. men don't do that. they pick up the larger picture. >> and what are you saying? >> you've got to be really -- you've got to be really direct with men. >> if a partner is interested in pleasing you, then i think he will be more in tune with his partner and realize when his partner really needs him for something. >> mm-hmm. >> but it's a process. and it's an evolutionary process. and if you realize that your partner is really caring about you, then i think you get less caught up in the nitpicking, and you see the whole picture. which is really the idea behind successful relationships anyway. >> you've got to be direct. some women expect a man to, what's wrong with you? can't you read my mind, kind of thing. how often do you hear a man

say -- >> can women change the way that men think? >> as robi said, it's evolutionary. so don't focus on me. focus on men 1,000 years from now. >> oh, well, then we've got a lot to look forward to, don't we. >> we really appreciate it you guys. robi, ian, cooper, thanks so much for being with us. all the answers. we appreciate that. and we'll look into the women's mind sometime, as well. now back over to you, russ. >> that will be a ten-part series, right? >> absolutely. >> thank you so much. interesting stuff there. up next, meatball madness takes manhattan. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. winter can be beautiful.

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sandwich. good morning. thank you for coming in. what is on the menu. >> we're going to kick it off with a delicious market salad, quickly roll into a classic meatball hero, and finish off with some delicious homemade ice cream sandwiches. >> we like it. let's start with this. >> the salad changes all the time. we have arugula, romaine lettuce, pickled red onion, scallions, toasted pumpkin seeds. >> pumpkin seeds. why pumpkin seeds? >> because it's pumpkin kind of holds it together. the japanese squash is a great squash to cook so you don't have to peel it. we have asimple vinaigrette with olive oil, some dijon mustard, sherry vin gear, and just a pinch of salt. >> okay. >> mike's going to toss that. >> sounds very easy. >> this is like a two-minute delicious, hardy winter sal 5d. >> okay. >> you want to put it on a plate

you can give it a try. >> definitely don't want to overdress it. just a nice amount of dressing. >> make sure that this thing is well mixed for you, sir. >> i appreciate that. thank you so much. >> that's pretty good. >> perfect. >> okay. >> the verdict is out. the jury is home. >> well done. >> hmm. >> moving on we have our most popular at the meatball shop is our beef meatball. we've got some 80% lean ground beef, some bread crumbs, fold it all to the. a little bit of fresh ricotta cheese, some herbs. parsley and oregano. salt. chili flakes and penle seeds. and after we mix it all up -- >> chili flakes? >> a little tiny bit. you prefer a little kick. >> a little kick. >> and one egg to hold it all together. and after it gets mixed all up, vigorously -- >> if you want to can you add veal and pork? or is this is the best way to do

it? >> at the meatball shop we have five, ten, almost 36 different meatballs that we run. five at the same time. so there's really no wrong meat for a meatball. but this is definitely one of the most popular. a lot of people like to mix three or four meat types together. but we like to, you know, have each individual meat. >> if you remember nothing else today, there's no sort of wrong meat for a meatball. >> no wrong way to make a meatball. >> and no wrong way to cook it. >> after it's been all mixed it will look like this. in an attempt to simplify the process, make it really consistent, and for that we melon ball or scoop it out with an ice cream scoop and then we roll it up. if you want to get dirty, feel comfortable. >> we'll save it for the professionals. how long will you cook this? >> we're going to throw these in a hot oven, 400 degrees for 20 minutes, at which point we actually put some homemade sauce over the top of it and braise it for an extra 15 minutes. we have some that have been roasting in the oven so they're ready to go. >> let's take a look real quick and get to dessert.

again very simple stuff here. >> super, super simple. do not need to be a fitch-star chef to make these meatballs happen. >> excellent. >> 3 1/2 stars does help. >> piping hot meatballs and sauce over here. >> final product right there. we're going to go to the website, you can get the rest of that recipe and go to dessert right now. >> oh, that's awesome. mike why don't you take over here. we've got some mint ice cream. >> brownie cookies. really, really simple. really delicious. the way we do it at the shop is classically, we'll just grab a cookie. scoop out some ice cream here, drop her down. two nice size scoops. >> what kind of ice cream? >> fresh mint right here. >> but again the meatball shop is all about customizability. so we've got five, ten different kinds of ice cream can you choose from. >> how low did they go? we'll see how much the three course meal costs and how their total stacks up on our leader board of chefs. >> i think we did all right. >> i don't think we left

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meatball madness continues now with chefs daniel and michael, co-owners of the meatball shop here in new york city. cast of thousands have joined, as well. >> you did great, russ. >> you do these segments, you're right, you don't get to sample. >> the meatballs are so great. >> let's take a look at how they did on the cost breakdown right now. there you go. here's your total. >> oh! >> $39.53. see how you stack up. >> but what do you serve for $36 bucks. come on. >> we just made it. >> we've had four chefs. >> what are you serving, potatoes? >> and beer. >> we've had four chefs here are the top three. >> i'm not going to -- >> well done. >> well done. >> thank you so much. >> appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and thumbs up, everybody. >> thanks, guys. >> absolutely thumbs up.

>> omg! >> especially for the meet balls. >> the difference. >> wow. don't forget you can find these recipes at cbsnews.com/saturday. >> saturday. >> good stuff. the meatball shop. coming up on "the early show" this week we're going to have a new series called i always wanted to. our anchors will tackle the hobbies they've always dreamed about. >> and then early next weekend we're going to have early coffee with the author of the best-selling memoir "eat, pray, love," that's elizabeth gilbert. she'll be right here with us to enjoy. exactly. >> we got that covered. >> this is actually usually a summer drink, and it's so delicious in the winter. >> 8:00 in the morning. >> sounds fantastic. thanks for coming. >> have a great weekend.

we end with our saturday spotlight. this week's story comes from los angeles, california. edward lawrence reports on new technology designed to make sure you never forget where you parked your car. >> reporter: the garage at santa monica place is unlike any in the entire nation. the latest technology helps drivers not only find open spots, but also their car when a spot is open the light above it stays green. >> it's helpful because you can look so far ahead and see if there's a space available further up or down. >> reporter: signs at the entrance tell you in realtime how many spots are on each floor. the technology will also direct you to your car. >> i think it really is great and really helpful. because you know, we do forget where we park all the time.

>> reporter: type your license plate number in the kiosk on any level in the garage, cameras above each space read the license plate and find a match. a picture pops up, one more touch shows a map. the map led us right to the car. now, as most people enjoy the technology, the aclu has some concerns. aclu attorneys worry the cameras may come with an invasion of privacy and huge unintended consequences. still, shoppers don't see it that way. >> oh, that doesn't bother me. it's probably better for your safety. being a woman in a parking garage, especially at night, that's not always the safest place. >> it does mean one more thing to remember. >> now that you said that i'd have to make sure i memorized my license plate a little better. >> edward lawrence, k-cal 9 news. >> thanks for watching. join us against monday on "the early show." ,,,,,,,,