continue. libya leader moammar gadhafi refuses to step down insisting he has not fled the country and will stay in power. we will be live in the region to bring you the very latest on the unrest and also take a look at what is next for the brutal dictator "early" this tuesday morning, february 22nd, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good tuesday morning to you. i'm erica hill. >> this is chris wragge. good morning to you this morning. major news that we are following this a.m. first and foremost, the devastating earthquake in new zealand. the death toll there on the rise. the pictures of the destruction heartbreaking to see. new zealand's prime minister saying this may be new zealand's darkest day. we will update the situation in there a few moments. >> it is understand ble when you see the pictures why he would

choose those words. two missionaries from california, the other two were from seattle, all four were traveling around the world when they were kidnapped on friday. a u.s. warship had been following them. was even trying to negotiate their release. but then shots were fired. cbs news national security correspondent david martin is at the pentagon with the very latest on this story. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. according to the u.s. military a u.s. navy destroyer was shadowing this yacht trying to negotiate with the pirates as they made their way closer and closer to the somali coast. they were in radio contact with the yacht when, all of a sudden, shots broke out from the yacht and one of the pirates fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the destroyer. it is unclear what provoked that shooting but it immediately triggered an assault by u.s. special operations forces on the yacht. when they got aboard, they found all four americans more@ly

wounded and despite attempts to resuscitate them, all four died of their wounds. two pirates were killed 37. and 13 others were captured. a lot of details are still very murky about this incident, but u.s. officials insist that none of the americans were killed by rounds fired by the special operations forces going aboard the yacht. they insist that the people aboard the yacht were all killed by the pirates. >> david martin at the pentagon this morning, thanks. chris? to the devastating earthquake in new zealand. the prime minister is calling it his country's darket day. it knocked down several buildings and churches and 65 people are dead and city of chist christchurch has been evacuated. >> reporter: a powerful earthquake rocked new zealand's second largest city christchurch in the middle of a busy work

day. at least eight buildings in the business district collapsed. a historic stone cathedral came crashing down into a central square. >> it is huge. just ruth. just ruth. the important thing are the people and we just don't know if there are people under this rubble. i feel there are. >> reporter: new zealand's prime minister reported 65 people have died and fears the death toll will go even higher. >> may be steering down, or darkest day as we take stock of a city that has been utterly wreaked. the roads are in a state of state of disrepair and what was a hearkening city ask now in devastation. >> reporter: thousands of people dazed and bleeding osts workers led away through cracked city streets and sidewalks. some screaming. others crying. at least 200 people were feared trapped inside one heavily damaged building. the city's airport was closed.

and largest hospital was evacuated until engineers deemed it safe to reopen. the city's mayor declared a state of emergency. >> this is about as bad as it could ever get. >> reporter: christchurch was still rebuilding from an even more powerful quake that hit last september 4th. that one cost $3 billion in damage to than tourist town. the only good news then, no one was killed. monday's quake was quickly followed by two large after-shocks. this one caught on tape. less than two hours after tragedy struck. seal y . >> sir, thanks for taking time for us this morning. this is a little bit of good news i know this morning, correct? >> yes. i think so. something like 120 souls alive out of the rubbles and that is a

gleam of great news on a day which is filled with dark and disturbing stories. a loss of life, destruction of buildings, and a population in the greater christchurch area a 500,000 people and half the population of the south island and they are deeply, deeply traumatized as is i and all of the people who work here. but we're -- we just facing up to an incredibly difficult situation and now people are doing a brilliant job. >> this is -- this is especially tough because, of course, just a few months ago, there was another earthquake, the after-shocks continue for you today. what is your most immediate need and your focus at this point? >> we are purely focusing on search and rescue operations tonight so that it's been now something like 11 hours since the very, very center of the quake struck and we are are focusing on getting people out

alive from the wreckage of the buildings. we are focusing on setting up medical triage centers and assuring that we get medical treatment to all of the people we need, increasing the search and rescue teams exponentially with every hour that goes by. starting off with a hundred people earlier this afternoon and now 200 highly usualin' trained and search and rescue people from our country here. another 200 coming in from australia that will be touching down here in the next few hours. we have an urban search and rescue coming from from the usa and we have approached the u.n. to get more in the next 48 hours. i have to have 700 people here on the ground in the city, trained people who can go in and rescue. >> where were you when this hit? give us a sense. >> i was in the top of our council building.

i just come out around a round of meetings and was sitting upstairs on the top floor out on an outside balcony enjoying a balmy morning, looking at the view, and debriefing with executive assistant when this quake hit. it was an extraordinarily violent event. we tried to get back into the building, but kept getting thrown back by the violent motion. eventually, when the shaking stopped, i looked up and looked across clouds of dust rising and that is a sign of collapsed buildings and we could hear the screams from thousands of people, really in shock, in pain, and terror, and then began incredible exodus of people which we were immediately able to get out, police and other emergency services in place to help get out of the central city

area. but right across our city, people traumatized, people very, very frightened tonight and have had six months of after-shocks, more than 4 1/2,000 after-shocks. the big quake last year we didn't lose a single person but not the case tonight. >> we will focus on that. mayor bob parker, thanks for your time. >> thank you. now here is chris. now to bloody crackdown in libya. members of gadhafi's own government are calling for him to step down and u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is asking him to stop the violence against anti-government protesters. cbs news correspondents allen pizzey is in bahrain with the latest for us this morning. good morning, allen. >> reporter: good day, chris. libya descended into chaos the scramble is on to get tens of thousands of workers up off the runway in the capital city is reportedly out of action so

ships are being sent but it will be a slow process. scrimmages continue in the besieged libyan capital. the latest amateur video to surface appeared to show a rampaging mob pursued by security forces whose residents reached by phone claimed including mercenaries from neighboring african states. gadhafi made a brief and bizarre 22-second appearance on tv saying he planned to join supporters at rally but it started raining so there you go, at least it shows the people i'm in tripoli and not in venezuela. troops in the streets shot at anyone venturing out. two pilots landed their fighter jets after refusing to bomb protesters. diplomats have been quitting their posts and urged to keep fighting and they don't seem to need much urging torching government buildings and efforts on youtube to the world to see but the protesters can expect brutal reprisals if they fail to

oust the regime. gadhafi retaliated by bombing his own capital city and american teacher who didn't want to be named made it to london's heathrow airport last night. >> a lot of deaths we didn't expect in tripoli. pretty scary, yes. yeah, it was tough but we all got out. >> reporter: whether or not gadhafi can or will do the same is the next question. should gadhafi stay behind he can't be allowed to tie peacefully in his tent. he could use a secret air base have some of his residences in the desert but then where would he go and who would want him? chris? >> allen pizzey, thank you. here is erica. joining news the studio a journalist who conducted one of the most recent interviews with gadhafi. he spoke with the libyan leader in 2009 when he was here in new

york to speak at the u.n. you sat down with him about an hour. >> yes. >> they allowed five minutes of that to be intermediate. when we look at that video which i think we have to show folks at home it plays into idea that we seem to have in this country of him almost some sort of a caricature. he seems like an odd figure. >> he was very odd. i mean, it was one of the most extraordinary interviews i ever done. i got the sense in the hour we were with him that he could fled from someone who is very, very focused on what message he wanted to give us on the one hand and on the other hand, the strange sort of unworldly figure. he was in u.n. for the u.n. general assembly. he spoke nearly two hours and like he was semidetached from what was going on. he could flip from one thing to the other. he was extraordinary. >> did he team semidetached from reality? >> at times. at times. but at other times, absolutely focused on, for example, the fact that he didn't think that

libya had really got enough from the west and, in particular, from the particular for giving up his nuclear program four or five years ago. >> to stay in power this long, he has people around him who are, obviously, saying yes. in lock-step, at least to a point. did the people who were with him that day seem fearful at all? >> i wouldn't say they felt fearful. they seemed overrespectful. there was a certain distance from him. there was a certain, you know, brorlg brother leader is coming feeling. it felt to me, i don't want t b tribalize this. like very, very -- very careful in his presence. >> when you see what is happening now, and you reflect on the time you spent with this man, do you think there is a chance that he will step down

willingly? >> no. i wouldn't have thought so. i think what we have seen in the last 24 hours is that unlike in egypt, the regime in libya is determined, if it possibly can, to hold on to power and in egypt, they did not, you know, the rulers in power did not unleash the armed forces with this brutal repression by all accounts in terms of what we have been hearing from him from tripoli and mark's report just now is what we have seen in libya. i think it is clear the gadhafi and those around gadhafi are trying very, very hard to maintain power. i think it's also clear, however, in the last 24 hours, that they do not have the total support of the parastructure in libya like they thought they may have a week or so ago. >> thank you for your insilth. jeff glor is standing by at the news desk with the rest of today's headlines. the political unrest in libya has sent oil prices

surging. u.s. crude oil futures hit 2 1/2-year high this morning. up nearly $8 a barrel since friday. future unrest would likely drive prices even higher. two iranian navy shapes made their way through the suez canal. the first time they have traveled the 120-mile canal in 30 years and many consider a provocation aimed at israel. they say they are en route to syria for a training exercise. thousands of pro union protesters say they will go back to the stk today but democratic state senators will not. it walker says layoff notices could go out as soon as next wem. chicago voters today are choosing a new mayor 20 replace richard daley.

rahm emanual needs more than 50% to avoid a runoff. the runoff, if it happens, would be in april. new film of john f. kennedy has surfaced taken the night before he died. the home movie was amateur video never before seen and taken before kennedy's appearance in houston, texas on november 21st, 1963. shows the president and first lady jackie kennedy at a fund-raiser dinner for the league of latin american citizens. kennedy was

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the four americans whose yacht was hijacked off the coast of somalia are dead it is time for news headlines from cbs 5. the four americans whose yacht was hijacked off the coast of somalia are dead. they include a seattle couple with relatives in san francisco and oakley. american forces following that hijacked yacht heard shots then found the pirates had killed the four americans. some of the pirates were also killed. others were captured. police in oakland looking for two men who they say robbed people after they leave a safeway store on redwood road. the suspects follow elderly women, then rob them in their garage or driveway. there have been at least a half dozen incidents in the past month. and tonight the mount

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good morning. westbound 80 before carlson boulevard two-car accident just cleared to the right shoulder but blocked back to hercules, slow speeds under 25 miles per hour so slow drive time from hercules down to richmond and even some slow traffic past the earlier accident scene through berkeley. at the bay bridge toll plaza, it is now backed up through the macarthur maze. this is our back-to-work commute at the san mateo bridge looking good in either direction. sluggish on 880 in oakland past the coliseum but not bad towards downtown oakland. here's jim with the forecast. >> we see a cool start to the day today. some north bay locations down to the freezing mark here. sunshine across san jose and they are looking at upper 30s there. still some snow in the high country which will likely disappear today as we will see a warmup here under mostly sunny skies. we'll be looking for mid- to upper 50s across the region

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welcome back. two big issues coming to a head very soon. the budget crisis in washington which could lead to a government shutdown, and of course that union showdown that we're following in wisconsin which could have a ripple effect across the country. former governor of arkansas mike huckabee is live in our studio. we'll get his take on both of those issues and whether he may be planning a bid for president in 2012 and if so, of course, how he may address some of those concerns.

>> lots of questions to talk to the governor back. but first, breaking news this morning, that deadly earthquake in new zealand. the prime minister there says that there are scenes of utter devastation as buildings and churches collapse killing at least 65 people. a reporter from tv 3 has more now from christchurch. >> reporter: 65 people have been confirmed dead and that is expected to rise after the big 6.3 quake here in christchurch. the central city has been destroyed. buildings have capsed, people have been trapped. there are many, many injured and of course those 65 dead. search and rescue teams are working through the night going through the buildings that have collapsed where there are known people trapped looking for people that have survived. a state of emergency has been declared by the prime minister. that expected to last for five days. the military are going through the streets ain their vehicle. police are combing the streets and another 200 are on stand by

from around the country come manage. the hospitals are full and those injured are being ferried to other hospitals around the country. this is much bigger than the september 4 quake that was a 7.1 magnitude. the only hope is that more survivors can be found overnight and the toll doesn't rise too much. for cbs news. >> and earlier i spoke with tina anderson who lives in christchurch and asked theory describe the scene. >> i wanted to get home and they said, no, you have to keep moving. there are bodies over there. and i looked and i hadn't got my glasses on, which is probably just as well, and there were like mannequins and they were bodies. i don't know, two or three or what, so we just kept turninged aed a got to the square, but the radio building, that was on the

ground. the smoke was thick in the air. it was just awful. there were people bleeding and we were asked to come out. compound fractured bones sticking out the leg. about a ten minute walk. i don't know how we got there to be honest. doctors doing their job and people taking it up from there. which clearly they were ready, that response that you mentioned even by the time you got downstai downstairs. >> it they were. i guess it did take about ten minutes for us to get there, my manager and i were helping a lady that was in shock. and as we all were, i suppose, to get to that point. and from there, we just want order get home. >> it sounds almost surreal. >> this is many hours later and i'm still not quite there, you

know what i mean. just devastating absolutely. wa are in shock and bleeding and thick smoke and you can smell the gas and you walk past a place that you can smell sewer, as well. and the aftershocks are happening all the time. and i'm not quite sure, the last count was 65 dead and still trying to find 200 people. >> if there is one good thing to come out of this, it sounds like you and your fellow folks in christchurch havean >> tina anderson. thank you for taking a moment to be with us this morning. >> you're welcome. >> words and the descriptions are just so powerful. >> you just cannot imagine to be in that situation but to hear her vividly describe it like that. unbelievable. jeff glor at the newsdesk for the rest of the morning's headlines. >> four americans aboard a yacht

hijacked by somali pirates have been killed. they've been sailing around the world on the past seven years on a christian mission. also on board phyllis mckay and they were hijacked last friday. voices say a navy ship following the ship heard gunshots and took

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to balance state budget, what you've seen in washington with the workers and the unions versus governor scott walker and the teacher sick outs, do you think this was handled the best way? >> i think he has to call attention to the fact that this is a serious issue. and it's not just in wisconsin. it's all across the country. one thing that i think is an important message and frankly the center piece of my book is to remind people that you can't spend money you don't have. you can't were row money that you can't afford to pay back. every citizen knows that. every small business owner knows that. it's like government is the last entity on earth to get that message. >> but i think in wisconsin specifically it seems to look like this this governor is trying to basically break unions and that other states may then poll suit. is this -- should unions be on alert? >> i think unions have to get realist realistic. they can't effect to pay $1 in and get $57 from the state as a pension match. nobody else gets that. and that's what's unrealistic.

so if the unions don't come to some type of reality, then they're going to get busted and if not by the governor, they'll get busted by reality in terms of a budget that can't manage that sort of cost. >> members of congress right now are dealing with a budget battle of their ding days for congress to come up with something or there will be a government shutdown. didn't work well for the republicans back in 1995. >> it's a different environment this time. first of all, a lot of the things that were shut down are now automated like social security checks and veterans checks. so it won't beconian if it does happen, but there has to be a reckoning with reality and a message i hope people will really start thinking about, and, again, the center piece what have i say is a simple government, simple principles

applied. and that means that if you are if a hole, the first thing to do is quit digging. and we've got government that just continues to dig even though they're in an incredible debt hole. and the pact is we are for the first time in our history actually spending more money than the entire gross domestic product of the full country. that's unheard of. we've never been in that position before. we are now. >> is is it t. something that actually happens or does it a lot more rhetoric? >> it could happen. and maybe it has to. sometime either now or later, the government will shut down either from bankruptcy in the future or from a targeted effect to try get someone's attention that we're overspending and not managing at all. >> your book, a simple government, is will this your first into fiction? >> i've written a lot of things. it this could be fiction, in fact, a simple government, but this book is written in such a simple way that even members of

congress can understand it and that's what i want to do with this book. >> it reads like a presidential platform. is this you saying to the people out will i am going to run for president in 2012? >> it's saying i very well may. i want to find out does this message resonate with people. if they read will this, they'll know where i stand. if they read this and say, that makes sense, then that's an encouragement for me to take the next step. if they read it and say that guy is a nut, then, well, maybe i'll have a different conclusion. >> we look forward to your decision. >> thank you. >> governor huckabee, thank you for taking the i'm. >> appreciate it, chris. up next, nascar's newest superstar. we'll speak with trevor bayne, the youngest driver to ever win the daytona 500. he's coming up next. this is "the early show" here on cbs. [ bell rings ]

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youngest driver at the ripe old age of 20 years and one day to win nascar's season opener. trevor joins us this morning from chicago. good morning, congratulations. it's been a country he wicouple. has it sunk in yet? >> i don't think it ever with all the way. it really is just an awesome experience. glad to see from you chicago. >> great to is you with us. talk about a birthday present.h. talk about a birthday present.e. talk about a birthday present. . talk about a birthday present. >> i told everybody they might as well give up on trying to top that birthday present. this has been incredible so far. it was win that i didn't expect to get. i knew we had a fast racecar and i thought we could get a top ten, but to be able to hold everybody off at the end and coming across first, it's been incredible. >> you have plenty of support behind you and it's nice of to you take everybody off the hook about birthday presents in the

future. you spend all this time on the track and there's been a lot of talk about the fact that they had to direct you into victory lane. >> yeah, that's not something i'm actually going around telling everybody, so thanks. but, no, it's really cool. i guess shy start plotting out my route to victory lane. but the crew members were cheering and i drove past them for a second and had to back pup there was so much going through my mind, i just passed right by victory lane. >> i understand you have a poster of jeff gordon in your room. what's it like when you realize there you are with all of your idols and you're the guy who won. >> it was so crazy to see jeff gordon, karl edward, kyle busch, all those guys come to victory lane to congratulate us.

he's are guys that i have pictures with when i was like five years old and they're my childhood heros. so to have them racing with me and then coming to victory lane to congratulate me, it's been a dream come true. >> and what was really great is to see all of the support that those legends and your idols are giving you on this win. >> yeah, karl edward, i saw some of his speak vieinterviews and excited for me. jeff gordon kind of started all this when he decided to help me. jeff gordon kind of started all this when he decided to help me excited for me. jeff gordon kind of started all this when he decided to help me. jeff gordon kind of started all this when he decided to help me. his confidence kind of rubbed off on everyone else and we had a fast racecar, the wood brothers with that ford, it was an incredible car. >> it all worked out well. great to have you with us and great stuff for the future of nascar to have you there. trevor bayne, congratulations again. >> thank you. stay with us. you're watching the "early show" on cbs. ive before work. want to come? [ female announcer ] or make his day. yeah.

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new accident northbound ate eight at winton. we are seeing slowing southbound at 880 in the commute direction folks heading toward highway 92 and the san mateo bridge. traffic great across the span of the san mateo bridge. westbound 92, 15 minutes from hayward to foster city. we are just starting to see a little bit of slowing now in the northbound lanes of 280 approaching the 880 interchange. but a whole lot better than typical commute. traffic still light out there after the long holiday weekend. at the bay bridge toll plaza, heavy traffic on the eastshore freeway due to an earlier accident in richmond. here's jim with the forecast. >> and a cool start to the day today. clear skies, chilly temperatures in the low 30s as we look out here from our mount vaca cam towards the city. let's get a wide view of things. patchy fog? i don't see any. a little bit of haze out there. but the blue sky will prevail. temperatures warming today into

the mid- to upper 50s with the cooler winter weather pattern headed our way for the weekend.

top of the hour now live here at "the early show." i'm erica hill with chris wragge. breaking news on the pirate hostage story we've been following this week. >> cbs news learned that the four americans have been killed and for more on that, g for more on that let's go to jeff glor and the rest of the headlines. >> some sad news this morning. the yacht the americans were on was being shadowed by u.s. warship and as soon as they heard shots, they took action.

cbs news national security correspondent david mart sin at the pentagon with the story this morning. david, good morning. >> the four americans without any shots being fired, but then they heard shots fired aboard the yacht. a special operations team boarded the yacht and found all four americans dead. now, the pentagon source tells me that all four americans were killed by their captors. there were more than a dozen pirates aboard this relatively small 58-foot yacht, and some of them were killed and others had been captured. that is all we know for the moment except that the next of kin of the four americans on the west coast have been notified. >> all right, david martin at

the pentagon this morning. recapping what happened to the four americans captured by somali pirates have indeed been killed this morning. the prime minister of new zealand says this may be his country's darkest day. a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the city of christchurch killing at least 65 people there. it is unknown how many people are trapped beneath collapsed buildings. so far 120 people have been rescue and there have been strong aftershocks. cbs news correspondent celia hadden has more on that. >> what do you need? >> reporter: rescue crews are beginning a long night of digging hoping to find any victims still stuck in the rubble. the quake struck at the height of lunch hour, crushing buildings, splitting roads, and killing at least 65 with fears the final death toll could be much higher. it's the second quake to hit the city in five months, and the country's worst natural disaster in 80 years. thousands crammed into evacuation centers for the night after the mayor declared a state of emergency.

aftershocks are still rattling nerves and threatening even more devastation. >> they're coming in from the bay. they'll be coming for you. >> reporter: even survivors are scarred. >> there was a guy on the second floor that was, like, covered to his waste in concrete and stuff, and, oh, god. just never seen anything like it in my life. >> reporter: one of many in a city that will never be the same. celia hatten, cbs news, beijing. the list of libyan officials calling on muammar qadhafi to resign is growing. he launched a deadly attack against anti-government protesters yesterday, and this morning some egyptian citizens were able to leave libya and then cross the border back into egypt. cbs news correspondent alan pizy is in the region. >> reporter: muammar qadhafi made a 22-second appearance on tv last night. he said he couldn't go to a rally because it was raining and disappeared.

there are cracks beginning to appear in his regime. the several military units are reported to have defected. two mig pilots flew to maliyah. p protesters were told to keep on fighting. >> they have very good experience of what's happening in egypt and tunisia, and they should not compromise. >> reporter: keep on fighting they did. the latest internet video those what seemdz to be protesters rampaging through a shopping mall pursued by forces still loyal to qadhafi, although sources reached by telephone said many of those are believed to be foreign mercenaries. a frightening crash involving a church group on board a bus in california. the driver was killed and nearly two dozen teenagers were hurt yesterday in the mountain village -- village of twin peaks after the bus hit a car and crashed on a 20-foot hillside. this is what it looked like. a very difficult rescue. emergency personnel needed helicopters to get some of the injured out.

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common bad habits could be prematurely aging your skin and we are going to help you reverse that this morning. medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton is here to help. when does our skin begin to age? >> you might be surprised to hear but it starts as early as in his 20s, especially if you live in peak sun areas. the south like florida, the southwest, arizona. it directly core lates to our sun exposure. some of how we age has to do with genetics and family history and look at our parents and see how they look at their age and give us a little clue of how we might age. day-to-day, sun exposure is greatest factor. >> that's why we hear so much and beaten over the head with it but it's important of how important sunscreen is and not just for summertime. >> and so important now even in the peak of winter to remind ourselves of that. even walking outside of your house to walk your dog, to go to

the car, to take a coffee break, you are getting added sun exposure that really, really adds up over the course of a lifetime and shows itself in the form of sun spots, premature wrinkling and aging and certain types of skin cancer so talking about sunscreen, put it on every day of an spf at least 30 20 minutes before you go outside. brush your teeth, put your sunscreen on every day. it is not just for the beach. >> also a little easier to do especially for your face, the most exposed in the winter because now your moisturizer are can come with an spf in it. >> you don't want to forget the hands and neck. those are areas that people neglect and avoid and they can show your age dramatically. >> sleep can play quite a role in the aging and the health of our skin. >> exactly. you know, we talk about sleep here all the time and impact. we have to remember the skin is

the largest oar began in the body and science to support the correlation or term beauty sleep. a study showed people sleeping eight hours or more perceived by people to be more beautiful, attractive and healthier. when we sleep, that's the time where our whole body, brain and also our skin regenerates, renews itself, growth hormone can be stimulated and releasing sleeping. that's the time that the rehydration occurs, cellular repair 0 curse and you will see it and feel it if you skimp on sleep. >> it's also very important and i had never heard this before, the way that you sleep, meaning where your face hits the pillow. is i have to confess. >> this is something i had thought about for a while. it's one of those things that makes sense, but now there are some dermatologist that is actually feel that the way we sleep can have an impact on the wrinkles where they occur and in which sects they occur. there seems to be a gender difference.

women who, tend to be side sleepers tend to develop wrinkles in their cheeks and their laugh lines from their nose to their mouth. men, interestingly enough, tend to develop more wrirnkles in the f]rehead area based on how they sleep. i don't know. i mean, we should all sleep on auerbaches is when i'm learning here. >> if you feel like you're always waking up in the same position and you want to give your back and your spine a rest and also your skin, you might want to change up your sleeping position. >> things you never think about. it seems like every day there is some new miracle cream or serum or what have you that we have to try because it's going to reverse the aging process for our skin. >> right. >> it would seem if you keep switching products on your face, nothing has time to work. >> that's absolutely correct. i see this a lot in my patients. a lot of people have very short fuses, and they want to see an immediate result, immediate gratification with everything. they use skin products that are no different. whether you are using something by prescription from a physician or over-the-counter, because a lot of these over-the-counter products can have some really strong ingredients in them, you have to give it time to work.

it takes about 30 days for the new skin layers to reach the surface, so you're wanted really going to see anything in less than 30 days. it could take up to three months. try to have some patients. give these products a chance to work. >> at least 30 days. >> absolutely. >> all right. great advice, as always. thank you, dr. jennifer ashton. you are glowing, by the way. don't worry. >> oh, thank you. >> just ahead, if you are interested in saving money on your health care costs and who isn't these days, some surprising things your insurance just may cover like your gym membership or even your breast pump. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. ly show" on cbs. flrt "health watch" sponsored by cbs "healthquch wats presented by restasis. rin ophthalmic emulsion.halmic

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you may be paying for procedures and products that are covered. jamimee zanzinger is here with things that are commonly overlooked. what's the best way to find out what is covered? >> it's as simple as looking at your insurance card, getting the 800 number, getting a rep on the line an firing away as many questions as you can possibly think of.d firing away as many questions as you can possibly think of. >> just keep asking questions. so let's talk about things where you can get money back. let's start with a health club. you could potentially get that covered. >> research has shown that people who exercise are much less likely to get really costly ailments like heart disease and diabetes. so covering gym memberships now will really pay off in the long term for insurance companies. >> what are we looking at as far

as a discount is concerned, how much could you potentially get back? >> a lot of the major insurance companies are paying up to 30% per month of your monthly gym membershi memberships. and it's interesting to note that a lot of employers are offering these discounts, as well. some will give you up to $250 per year reimbursement, so it's worth talking to your benefits department and seeing how you can cash in. >> millions of americans deal with weight issues, medicare and medicaid have started covering weight loss surgery. >> well this, is not a case where the insurance company will cover a tummy tuck., this, is n where the insurance company will cover a tummy tuck. is not a ca where the insurance company will cover a tummy tuck. in order to qualify for weight loss surgery, you have to meet a list of strict physical criteria. you have to be at least 100 pounds overweight or have a body mass index of 35 or higher and your doctor has to document that traditional diet and exercise has not worked for you in the past. >> another procedure would be breast reduction surgery.

some see that as comes met it ti cosmetic surgery, but the playing field has changed. >> again, not a case where they will pay for a purely cosmetic surgery, but if you're suffering from chronic back pain and your doctor can produce compelling evidence of that, the insurance company will oftentimes supplement the cost. >> and is that what it boils down to both with weight lost surgery and also with something like that with having breast reduction, the doctor has to provide a list of reasons why this isn't so much cosmetic, but it this really does impede your day to day? >> right. your doctor is your best ally in this case. you want to make sure that your doctor is documenting everything and your doctor can really help you out when it comes to getting insurance to pay for things. >> let's stay in the surgery theme here. l lasik eye surgery. >> this is still considered collective, but a lot of

companies are offering significant discounts and some are even putting money toward the surgery for you if it's deemed medically necessary. either way, if you've put money in a flexible spending account, you can often use those pretax dollars toward your surgery. >>, so again, more questions you need to ask when we go back to step one. >> yes. >> minor illnesses for diagnosis, for treatment, some people have stayed away from going to drug store clinics because there could be some out of pocket costs there, but you say that's not not necessarily the case. >> surprisingly a lot of medical insurance companies are considering these drug store clinics like the ones you'd find at cvs or walgreen's in your network. so if you have a minor illness like strep throat or a sinus infection, you can walk into one of these clinic, get seen right away by a nurse practitioner or physician's assist and and then you only have to fork over your co-pay. what's great is that they're

open usually on week nights and week ends when your doctor isn't. >> might be to tthere is also t service, if you could explain that. >> sure. a lot of companies offer an 800 number that is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week by nurses. so if it's the middle of the night, your ordtoddler is sick, you're not sure how much tylenol give her, it this is a great way to give answers. a lot of companies have instant messaging services.this is a gr to give answers. a lot of companies have instant messaging services.his is a gre to give answers. a lot of companies have instant messaging services.this is a gro give answers. a lot of companies have instant messaging services. >> durable medical equipment, what's covered under that? >> this is a policy where say you break a leg. your insurance company is going to cover your hospital visit. so it makes sense that they would cover you when you leave, as well. under this policy, things like crutches and wheelchairs are covered, but there are also things that you might not know about like breast pumps and this is a case where companies will often pay for you to get a breast pump up to 90% of the purchase price. so that could translate to an up

to $250 savings. >> and methods of birth control? >> as the times have changed, the technology has evolved, so have the insurance companies. and whereas they were once only pays for pills, now they're paying for injections and things like the nuvo ring. >> lots of information there, but what it all goes back, to just make sure you call your provider and get as much information as you possibly can. thank you very much. for more on the hidden benefits about your health insurance plan, just go to earlyshow.cbsnews.com. still ahead this morning, we're going to talk your pets this morning. we always ask to you write into our experts. dr. debbye turner bell, people always have questions about their animals. one thing we talked about in the break, you hear a lot as your animal gets older, do you have to do special tests at the vet? >> absolutely. a lot of health concerns, you want to dipg knonoes diagnose t. pay close attention to the

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being shut down are westwood and silverwood elementary schools. trustees will already agreed to close two other schools in the area next year. traffic and weather around the bay area in just a moment. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

slow traffic northbound 880 heading past the coliseum. this is the nimitz freeway through oakland a mess towards downtown oakland. also, just getting word of a new accident in the opposite direction. southbound 880 at 16th.

the kcbs phone force tells us it's backed up from at least the 980 interchange so slow to going in both directions. also a lot of brake lights this morning down the eastshore freeway. an earlier accident in richmond, still really backed up through pinole all the way down into berkeley past the earlier accident scene. at the bay bridge toll plaza, things easing a bit backed up to the 880 overcrossing and sluggish on the upper deck heading into san francisco. speaking of san francisco, city streets, there was an accident involving a motorcycle, another car that t-boned it, southbound van ness avenue at sacramento street. lanes are blocked in the area. and it's jammed on van ness from at least broadway. here's jim with your forecast. >> looks like a lovely sunny day out across the bay. a cool start to the day as we saw some low 30s in the north bay valleys. we are warming up today, probably the warmest day of the week as we see across the south bay sunshine prevails headed for the mid- to upper 50s for most locations. we'll keep this trend going

into an through tomorrow. thereafter, a change due comet end of the week into the weekend as we head back to a wet and cold winter pattern. ,,,,,,,,

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it is a big, big weekend in hollywood. the oscars. and everybody loves the oscars. >> i love the lead up to the oscars, too. all the fun speculating. >> should we do a pool? >> we should. although are a lot of favorites out there, but some great movies that a lot of people have seen, so everybody is quick to say is it going to be true grit, hailee steinfeld, the soci"the social," whi had so much buzz, but a lot of it has shifted to t"the king's speec speech". we'll talk about all the categories and also james franco and anne hathaway, the people hosting the academy awards. >> i think it's nice, it will mix it up a little bit. >> and even if you don't like the oscars, you like talking about the fashion or something.

>> there's something for everyone. >> have a party anyway. >> jeff is having a party, so we'll be at your house on sunday. also ahead, if lemons leave a sour taste in your mouth, how about using them to kegreen you clout, perhaps, jen, whff, when come to your house -- do you ever have lemon ice cream in a bowl? several uses for the little fruit. >> who with a will you beware when we come over? >> we'll do the big reveal. >> we do have some precipitation in the northwest. but most of the country high pressure reigns. the southeast is very balmy, but we turn our focus to the meft.

we do have winter storm watches and warnings. they are in effect today and tomorrow. they cover most of the west coast and in to the mountain areas. show you some of the

that's your latest weather. >> hollywood gearing up for the biggest night of the year, the 83rd annual academy awards. here with a preview and his predictions, bradley jacobs from "us weekly" magazine. let's talk about what a great year it has been for movies. these are the type that a lot of people have seen and a lot of people have enjoyed. >> absolutely. and they're very different from each other. just look he two frontrunners, t "the king's speech," very solid movie that everyone's parents loved, so the social network which cooperate uldn't be more moment. >> have you noticed a little bit of a shift? because it seemed around the golden globe, everyone was talking all social network, now things have shifted.s, everyone talking all social network, now things have shifted.

>> when it came out, it had incredible reviews and the new york film festival and you saw justin timberlake and all the guys on there and everyone was talking about it because it had a real cool factor. and then the king's speech came along later in the year and it had a more quiet opening, but it just built and built and "60 minutes" did a whole segment about the painstaking detail that went into this movie and it just has worked. and "the social network" has sort of receded to the background. >> now let's talk about the important stuff and that is the people nominated. who is going to win, who will win, who do you think will win and let's start with best supporting actress. melissa leo. i thought it was a little bit of a caricature. her work in frozen river where

she got the others oscar nomination was new answered. i think hailee steinfeld will win. she blew me up in "true grit." she was bossing around all these men. i think should go to her, but i think it will be melissa. >> she was great. first role. just jumping right on to the scene. best being a investigation. it seems that natalie portman has all the buzz. with a do you think? >>abeing a investigation. it seems that natalie portman has all the buzz. with a do you think? >>ctresseing a investigation. it seems that natalie portman has all the buzz. with a do you think? >>t seems that natalie portman has all the buzz. with a do you think? >> will is probably annette bening's fourth loss. natalie portman, i'm still thinking about this performance. she's haunting as this ballerina dancing off the rails. plus, there's the pregnancy factor. who academy member can resist congratulating her? she's all around town, she's pregnant, she's gorgeous. it's tough to not give her gold. >> we're going to congratulate

her for being pregnant? >> for everything happening at the same time. >> let's talk supporting actor. christian bale is the odds-on favorite. geoffrey rush, you never know -- >> yes, he could ride the rush for the king's speech and end up winning, but i do think it will be christian bale. he tore it up as this crack, former boxer. it takes quite an actor to elist either both those emotions from the audiences and i think he's cleaned up his act, too. >> best actor now. colin firth seems to be the runaway favorite. >> again, yes. he just nailed this this stammering king. the painstaking detail that went into this performance. also the friendship between the two men is really what makes will this film kind of a gem. you don't see a friendship

between two grown men blossoming on screen very often, but the scenes between them have just incredible energy and.athos. i think that colin firth is the most sure thing you have. >> best director, let's not spend too much time on this one. david fincher. there he's going to win and he should win. he turned the story about a bunch of rich kids suing each other into something everyone can understand. i think he'll win. >> no offense to the directors, but we want to get to the best picture. >> i do think it will be "the king's speech." >> go out on a limb here. give me the upset special. >> the upset special"the socia." i really don't see it happening, but if anything will take the price away, it's the social network oig. >> and finally the hosts.zce aw network oig. >> and finally the hosts.e away network oig. >> and finally the hosts.

this is -- i don't want to say a chance, but not two blockbuster stars. both good in their own right, but not blockbuster stars. >> they're a little more famous than they are box office stars. 127 hours has only made about $20 million. 11 other drug, her movie have gyllenhaal, was pretty much a bomb. but they are young. they have a great kind of cool chemistry with each other. i think they'll be funny and charming and it will be interesting to see if anyone can quantify how much young people quote/unquote tune in because of anne hathaway and james franco. >> so edgy but not ricky gervais. >> no, they're not super edgy. they'll be funny, charming. >> thanks. when life hands you lemons, there's a lot more to do than just make lemonade. we have ten new uses that you

can squeeze out of the fruit. good morning. i love new uses for things. "real simple" is so good at helping us do that. but i had to idea that there was such a plethora of options for my lemons. >> lemons are the master multitasker. we've run dozens of uses, but we brought our ten best here. >> and they can help you clean. >> right. they're a natural bleach. so if you have some stained cutting boards, slice your wlem on in half and just squeeze the juice over the surface. >> a lot of people would reach for the bottle of bleach, but this is also -- >> this is nontoxic. it's good no your cofor your co eating surfaces. just wipe in the juice and set let it sit for 20 minutes. >> it also a really good, lemon and honey go a long way.et let it sit for 20 minutes. >> it also a really good, lemon and honey go a long way.t let it sit for 20 minutes. >> it also a really good, lemon

and honey go a long way.let it sit for 20 minutes. >> it also a really good, lemon and honey go a long way. >> you can half the lemon and then skey it and put it over a flame and roast it until it turns golden brown. you're heating up the juice. let it cool and put it with honey. it's a natural antiseptic and the honey will coat your tlohro. a natural cough syrup. >> i like it. they can also -- we mentioned the cutting boards. but when it comes to laundry or even your fingernails, you can grab a lemon. >> if you're wearing nail polish all the time and your nails get yell hoe owed -- >> do i rub them on? >> no, take the actual juice. and just remove your nail polish, scrub your hands, soak your fingers for one to two minutes. take them out, scrub again and then put lotion on because it can be drying and it will bleach out your finger nails. >> and the difference in these two t-shirts. this is the one washed with

lemon? >> it's like an infomercial here. basically lemon juice again, a natural bleach. so if you want to put it in your wash cycle, about half a cup of strained lemon juice. you don't want any pulp stuck 34 your pockets. >> and this is going in in addition to your detergent. >> absolutely.>> and this is go addition to your detergent. >> absolutely.your pockets. >> and this is going in in addition to your detergent. >> absolutely. it helps to lighten it up. again, nontoxic and gentle is your fabrics. >> full disclosure. when i was reading up on this, i read you could use it for tooth picks. and i thought that's sort of an interesting idea. but now i see what you mean. when you're at a cocktail party and you have something -- >> absolutely. you have something on the pick. what do you do with it? you plant it in the lemon. so what you want to do is put them in there with a little sign to let your guests know what that lemon is doing on the table. it's a good way of dispose of tooth picks. >> every time i go to bake

something, my brown sugar is hard as a rock. >> just take about a three inch peel, pull it right in the jar or the bag. the moisture in the peel imports moisture in to the brown sugar. leave it in overnight andle it will be softened up in the morning. once you open up the bag in the first place -- >> leave it in there and it won't get hard. >> absolutely. change the peel out once in a while. >> everybody's getting hungry looking at this. >> all owe think about summer. i'm having a hard time imagining what sorb he t tastes like anymore, but when you're doing something fancy, lemons can become cups.e he t tastes like anymore, but when you're doing something fancy, lemons can become cups.t he t tastes like anymore, but when you're doing something fancy, lemons can become cups.tastes like anymore, but when you're doing something fancy, lemons can become cups. scoop out the pulp and freeze the bases. slice a little off the bottom so they'll stand up. >> will is a nice presentation. >> and then scoop in your sorbet

and you can put raspberries on top or whatever you want. ice cream is also perfect in there. >> i'm obsessed with cleaning in between tiles with a tooth brush, so i love this next one. >> this is totally for you. about if you do a paste of equal parts lemon juice and cream of tartar, it removes the mildew really well. >> this is fantastic. >> it's monday toxic, child friendly. good for your bathroom. and the lemon will help remove the residue and the paste is a good abrasive. >> this is such a satisfying hinge to do. i know that sounsd crazy, but people at home will agree with me.thinge to do. i know that sounsd crazy, but people at home will agree with me. to do. i know that sounsd crazy, but people at home will agree with me. it can also polish things up. >> amazing. especially with copper pots, things where food gets stuck on, turn your lemon wedge into an abrasive scrubberer. so dip it in kosher salt and

scrub around the pot. again, the salt is an abrasive remover and then the lemon juice helps remove any greasy residue. >> great tips as always. thanks. for more details on these tips, you'll find them at our website, early show.cbs news.com. it is now time for one of our favorite segments, ask the early experts. and today our resident veterinarian dr. debbye turner sbel here to answer your pressing questions. >> this is jeffrey and this is slippers. slippers does need a home. so go to our website and get more information. and you're holding harley over there. >> harley who is being so well behaved. >> beautiful hound mix. >> let's get to our first

question. we have sherry from stanwood, washington via skype. >> thank you forgetting up so early. >> good morning. getting up so early. >> good morning. our dog has bad breath. he's afraid of going to the vet. he gets upset when we take him there. and we found out it's at least $400 to get a tooth pulled. is there anything that we can do on our own? >> yes, it are a number of things. bad breath is just poorliest threat tick for us, first of all 37 are a number of things. bad breath is just poorliest threat tick for us, first of all 37t are a number of things. bad breath is just poorliest threat tick for us, first of all 37here are a number ofthings. bad breath is just poorliest threat tick for us, first of all 37of things. bad breath is just poorliest threat tick for us, first of all 37 but there are health concerns. kids any disease, liver disease that can cause bad breath. so you have to rule out those things. bad teeth leads to gum disease which can lead to heart disease.

so clean teeth are very important. try brushing the teeth a couple times a week. there are doggy tooth brushes to do it. they're usually yummy na flavor9 dog. also treating your dogs to carats or brown rice.m flavors 9 dog. also treating your dogs to carats or brown rice.y flavors o 9 dog. also treating your dogs to carats or brown rice. you can get tablets that can help with the bad breath, as well. so do start brushing the teeth and get them into the vet to make sure there are no health issues going on. >> happy brushing and thank you. our next question is from our facebook page. carol asks we have a rescued golden retriever. she was 3 1/2 when we adopted her and is now 5. she's really great, the only thing is we can't get her on to stay down. she always wants to jump on us. so what can we do? >> this is another big one

especially with big dogs. and it can be disconcerting for people who don't know the dog. first of all, start with the very basics of commands. should you always teach your dog how to sit, stay, down, come and heel. and if you have those basics, then you have a found indication to direct your dog to the positive behavior as opposed to the negative. if your dog is jumping, give them a firm no and you stand perfectly still until the dog gets down and they'll wonder why have you become a tree. and when they get down, you treat them. clicker training is very good for this. another good thing to do is to teach the dog that urt head of the pack. so when you come home, make the arrival a calm arrival. dogs come to the door and go hi, hi, hi, and they jump all over you. don't look at them, make no eye contact, go do your mail and do

your business and when they calm down, then say hello. that teaches them that the big hellos aren't appropriate. >> here's a question from tammy. >> when i put food out for my dog, why does he swallow it instead of chewing it expecting more to come? >> another big problem especially with big dogs. this is important because with large dogs that have deep chests like great danes, golden retrievers, they can get something called bloat. veterinarians call it gastric dilatation. that is a life threatening country. so slow down the feeding process. buy a raised food ball that will help to prevent bloat. and then have a food bowl that makes them slow down. here is one that has these little compartments so the dog has to eat around to get to the food. or get some tennis bowls and throw them in. they have to eat around the tennis bowls. and feed smaller meals during the day.

>> as always, if you have pet questions or want to find out how to adopt slippers, go to earlyshow.cbsnew.cs.co earlyshow.cbsnews.com. well behaved dogs. we'll be right back. you're watching "the early show" here on cbs. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

look at that face. what a pooch. harley, so sweet. >> best in show. >> best in "the early show." and we also have slippers. she's available. >> slippers needs a home. >> this is your cue to mug for the camera. >> she's a lab shepherd mix and so well behaved. >> such a good girl. >> maybe we should adopt her as "early show" dog. >> do you have treats in your

pocket? you do? no wonder. >> sit, sit. good boy. >> we can tell you have a dog of your own. so again these pets are available. information at o,,,,,,

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mallicoa your c-b-s five headlines... e the the victims kill good morning, everybody. it's 8:55. i'm frank mallicoat with your cbs 5 headlines. one of the victims killed in that somali pirate attack this morning has family here in the bay area. phyllis macay was one of four americans killed after their yacht was hijacked off the coast of africa. macay's mother lives in san francisco. her niece also lives in oakley. mayor jean quan has kept her promise to rehire 10 oakland police officers. the "oakland tribune" reports the officers were back at work yesterday but it could be up to two weeks before they are on the streets again because they are going to need some new training. and a memorial will be held tomorrow night for the two teens killed while rafting down

a walnut creek channel. the bodies of the two boys were found on sunday miles downstream. they were reportedly wearing helmets but did not have life vests on. both of the teens were student at las lomas high school. traffic and weather coming right up. stay with us. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. the nimitz freeway is mess past the coliseum. northbound 880 is still slow and go. likely due to some spectator slowing up by 16th. it was actually an earlier accident on southbound 880. and traffic is still slow in that direction, as well. backed up from at least 980 according to some members of the kcbs phone force. further down 880 there is an accident now blocking one lane northbound 880 just past industrial. and you can see it's slow on our sensors to at least thornton. the silicon valley ride just your typical kind of bumper-to- bumper traffic. looks like we have lost our shot of westbound 237 towards zanker road. new accident in southbound san francisco southbound 280 around avalon. one last check of the forecast with jim. >> looks like a sunny day will prevail temperatures warmer than yesterday as we take a look across the bay. a few white caps out there already here this morning as winds are cranking up. we'll look for sunny conditions

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