good morning. disaster in japan. fears of a nuclear meltdown grow, as dangerous radiation levels are detected after a third reactor explosion. 140,000 people near the plant are told to stay indoors as workers evacuate the damaged facility which is now worse than the three-mile island damage according to experts. rescue crews find some survivors but scramble to locate others who may still be trapped. we will bring you the latest on thegraphy catastrophe and the humanitarian aid pouring in around the world "early "this tuesday morning, march 15th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs

good morning. welcome. this is now a three-prong disaster. the earthquake, sntsunami and n this growing nuclear catastrophe in the region right nout. >> many are wondering how the nuclear catastrophe will end. we will get you some answers from experts this morning. the latest on what the situation is on the ground. at this hour, all eyes are on that crippled nuclear power plant in fukushima after a third explosion this morning. and a old nuclear fuel caught fire sending radio activity into the atmosphere. an official says the storage pool may be boiling. we are talking about high levels of radiation here. 100 times normal and reported around the plant. radiation levels are even rising in tokyo which is some 170 miles away. 140,000 people within 19 miles of the plant have been told to stay inside to avoid radiation

exposure. this morning we know at least two survivors including a 70-year-old woman have been rescued after being trapped for four days. there is a bright spot for you this morning. we begin our coverage in japan this morning with cbs news correspondent harry smith who joins us on the phone this morning from sendai. harry, you need to stay inside at this point? >> reporter: well, a little bit vague, to be perfectly honest. they prefer we say inside. we were outside all day and plenty of rescue operations and normal citizens going about their business today in sendai. we are several hours north of fukushima where the crippled nuclear reactor is. it looks like the japanese are losing their battle to get control of that place, as we say, fukushima, which is a couple of hours south of where we are, well, there was even more bad news today. fears of a nuclear disaster grew today following a third explosion and fire, the largest

so far at the crippled fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. >> translator: the reading of the level seems very high. and there is still a very high risk of further radioactive material. >> reporter: workers were struggling to prevent meltdowns of three reactors at the site when the fourth reactor blew. the fire that followed is believed to be the source of the elevated radiation. some 70,000 people had been evacuated from a 12-mile area after the initial explosions. now, a new warning has been issued to another 140,000 people living near the plant. >> translator: we would like to ask you to remain indoors and avoid going outside. >> reporter: as many as 800 workers at the site were also evacuated. elevated levels of radiation have already reached tokyo. at this time, officials say they don't pose a health risk. japan's nuclear crisis now appears to be worse than 1979's

three mile island accident, but not yet as bad as the chernobyl disaster in ukraine in 1986. in the midst of the crisis, prime minister made an appeal to an anxious nation. >> translator: and i would like to ask the nation, although this is an incident of great concern that i request that you act very calmly. >> reporter: as this crisis enters its fifth day, the numbers of those who lost their lives continues to grow. now more than 2,700. up the coast in the tsunami zone, we looked around the town of ishinomaki. closer to the ocean devastation in every direction. in town after town, along the northeast coast, the scenes are

similar, if not the same. wherever the tsunami came, wherever the water reached, it destroyed everything in its path. it's down right apocalyptic. this man owned a seafood processing plant on the waterfront. it's gone. he has not seen or heard from his son since friday. your youngest son? >> missing. >> reporter: is missing. >> missing, missing. >> translator: he's my son. >> dna, my dna! >> reporter: your dna? >> okay. >> reporter: you think he survived? >> translator: yep. >> reporter: we hope his optimistic is not in vain. here in sendai today a long line for gas and groceries and 90 minutes wait for gasoline and quite honestly, the japanese have been handling this with incredible grace. >> that is definitely one of the headlines we should emphasize there how well they are handling this. a lot of focus on the weather in the area today and how that could impact the nuclear plants

there. what is the latest? >> reporter: the weather is, frankly, especially up here in sendai, kind of crappy, but it has been to the advantage of all who live along the coast because the primary winds have been from the west, and so that has been blowing the nuclear material out to sea and that's the way the weather looks, at least for the foreseeable future. so there is some good news there. >> harry smith in sendai this morning, thanks. chris? millions of people in the devastated region have no power and no running water and very little food and a real challenge for japanese authorities to get help to them. cbs news correspondent bill whitaker has more from sendai. >> reporter: these cars aren't parked. they are waiting. and waiting. people here are lined up waiting for gasoline. the line wraps around the block. some of these people have been here for half a day. and they don't even know if the gas station is going to open or not.

this man needs gas to go check on his parents. he slept in line. in sendai these days, people wait in line for everything. for gas, for water, for food. everything is being rationed now. these people wait hours in line to get into the store where they are limited to ten items per person. while the american military is helping japan with big things like restoring power, the japanese relief effort is distinctly japanese. food and support has come in from cities as far away on the west koes. the city of sendai opened 247 emergency shelters and housing and feeding more than 70,000 people. this shelter serves 1,500 meals each breakfast, lunch and dinner. the shelters are the new town square offering a place to find the missing. how many was this to begin with? scouring shelters these workers have found 79 missing people. with devastation this extensive,

recovery is expected to take a long time and people expect to be waiting in lines a long time. but, so far, they have been waiting patiently. bill whitaker, cbs news, sendai, japan. the official death toll is just over 2,400 but officials suspect that more than 10,000 people have decide in the disaster so far. two people were found alive today after more than four days. ben tracy has more on the desperate search for sfichors. >> reporter: here in ishinomaki people are getting used to standing in line for food and water but this line is different. these people are standing in line to find out how their loved ones are doing. we are at the red cross hospital which is one of the only hospitals left in this area and if we swing around you can see people are waiting inside to go inside that tent and find out if their loved one has been treated at this hospital or whether they are dead or alive. inside the tent, it's quiet, as people scour the lists of names.

>> translator: her mother. >> reporter: back in the line, this woman fears her only son is dead. people saw the tsunami wash him away in his car. medical helicopters take off regularly heading to make-shift evacuation centers like this one and families huddle in what used to be classrooms. these americans, many who teach english here, are now homeless. >> it's just horrible to think that people's lives are gone, washed away. >> reporter: many people are coming to this evacuation center simply for this. this is a wall full of names and messages. these are people saying i'm here at the evacuation center, so if their relatives come in, they know how to find them but people who are desperately searching for their loved ones. with this kind of destruction, it is a search that will continue for weeks and months ahead. ben tracy, cbs news, ishinomaki, japan. >> here is erica. we mentioned at the top of the show the biggest crisis

facing japan this morning is a fear of a meltdown at the damaged nuclear power plant in fukushima. 140,000 people in the area have been told to stay indoors because of high radiation levels. joining us in the studio to explain what is happening here is nuclear expert, nuclear energy expect james acton. as we look at what happened overnight this explosion that happened early in the morning in japan. and then now we're hearing that some fuel rods may be actually boiling. i mean, is this just spiraling out of anybody's control? >> well, the last 24 hours, erica, have been a particularly bad time for even this dreadful crisis. we have seen two explosions already in units one and three. but this third explosion, unlike the other two, was actually inside the containment building that surrounds the reactor. and that is significant because it's going to make it harder to prevent the release of radioactivity. then the spent fuel, used nuclear fuel sitting in the pools the fact that that has

caught fire is also serious. because it now means that there is another pathway by which radiation can reach the environment. >> two sort of new pathways in some respects. is it possible to contain this? >> well, i think a catastrophic release of radiation on the scale of the chernobyl accident here is extremely unlikely. but containing smaller releases of radiation that nonetheless very serious is becoming increasingly hard. >> increasingly difficult and you this i about the people who live in this area. we know the number is up to 140,000 and asking people to stay indoors. they can't stay inside forever. what happens next? >> well, you know, i think we have to remember throughout all of this japan was hit by the largest earthquake in its history, a massive tsunami, and that entire region, at the moment, is in absolute turmoil as people don't have houses. this is not a food or water. this is not a crisis that the japanese government can manage

in any perfect way. there is no good solution to this. and, to some extent, the authorities are forced to make it up as they go along, given the extraordinary challenges they are facing right now. >> based on what is happening in the last 24 hours do you think we're getting the full story of what is happening there? >> i don't know. and you know, i've been frustrated as many others have about the amount of information coming out. let me say this. which is as i've mentioned before a massive earthquake and tsunami. the operators probably have their own personal tragedies to deal with. in a crisis of unprecedented magnitude. so there is going to have to be an investigation. we have to find out who knew what, when, and how much was revealed to the public. i think at this stage, giving the extraordinary challenges the authorities are under it's too early to criticize right now. >> probably best to work on focusing on the task at hand as age as they can. we are told 50 workers inside there. this is incredibly dangerous work. how long can they stay in there? >> well, it's going to depend a

lot on the exact level of radiation within the plant and i haven't got accurate data on that right now. but i think it's often worth emphasizing in these kind of nuclear accidents, the heroes of this crisis are the people who decide to stay in the plant. very significant personal risk to themselves in an effort to prevent a much larger tragedy. >> they must know what that risk is. they know what they are doing right now. >> they can be in no doubt about the personal danger they are in. >> quite a scene you paint. thank you for being with us this morning with your expertise. jeff glor is here with other headlines we are following for you. good morning. the disaster in japan take hand a steep toll on markets overseas. in tokyo investors had a panic attack over the night after the prime minister issued new warnings about the damaged nuclear reactors. at one point the nikkei plunged 14% and finished the day 10.6% and still making it the third worst one-day plunge in history. japan central bank invecketed

$98 billion to help stabilize currency markets republican. when wall street opened this morning stocks fell as well. live numbers now. first three minutes of trading the dow fell 250 points. secretary of state hillary clinton spoke with japan's foreign minister this morning. they met in paris to discuss u.s. aid for the earthquake relief effort. clinton then flew to cairo and meeting with represent tivers of the new egyptian government. israel says it intercepted a ship carrying weapons this morning. the military says the ship was stopped in the mediterranean about 200 miles off israeli coast and originated in turkey and israel says it was headed for egypt. milt officials say the weapons were intended for use by terror groups in gaza. after weeks of political unrest bahrain government declared a three-month state of emergency today. a military force from saudi arabia arrived in bahrain yesterday. today one of those troops was shot to death. the state department is advising americans not to travel to bahrain. the bus driver in saturday's

horrifying bus crash in new york city has a criminal record. williams gave the police the name eric when he was ticketed in 1995 for speeding and driving without a license and also convicted of manslaughter two decades ago. 15 people died in that crash. federal officials are investigating williams' activities last weekend. >> what was the driver doing, the. 2 hours prior to the accident? we want to know what he ate, what he drank 72 hours prior to the accident, how much he slept. >> some passengers have contradicted williams' claim that the bus was clipped by a tractor-trailer. frank buckles, the last american veteran of world war i is getting his final military honors. this morning his body lies in repose at arlington national cemetery. he will be buried there this afternoon. he died last month at the age of 110. in his memory today, every federal office building in the country is going to fly its flags at

thanks so much. that's your latest weather. still to come here on "the early show," a happy end to a search for a missing american in japan. taylor anderson is a teacher there teaching english and missing for four days. her parents literally just heard from her about five minutes ago! we are going to get their reaction. >> what an incredible piece of news. so happy to bring you a good story out of japan. also we hear from an elite mess cue team on the ground in one of the many cities flattened by the monopoly tsunami and give us the latest on the situation there. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. latest. you're watching "the early show" on cbs.

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in the middle of the tragedy in japan, we're happy to feel you a story that bring as smile to your face. andy and jean anderson, their daughter teaching english in japan had basically been -- she lost with the outside world for four days. just moments ago, her parents found out the great news. >> that was them just moments after they found out as we were setting up to speak with them. we'll speak with them in just a few minutes. you can can imagine the immense relief they're feeling this morning and what they want to do above all else is hear their daughter's voice. >> and get her back home. she's in the final year of a three year commitment, so something tells me she'll be coming back soon. >> narrator: this portion of the

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welcome back to "the early show." as we continue our coverage of disaster in japan and those pictures just keep coming into us as we see the disaster unfolding in these new images, this is very good news to report to you this morning. the search for a missing american woman is now over. >> question, taylor anderson teaching english in ishinomaki japan, one of the towns that got wiped off the map. no one had heard from her for four days. her parents, they launched an exhaustive search all the way from their home in virginia. and this morning they got the news that at the had been waiting days for. and we are going to hear from the andersons in just a couple of minutes. this was just the poen call that

they had been waiting patiently for. >> exactly the news that you want. we do need to check in with jeff glor at the news desk for a look at some of the headlines we're following for you this morning. >> so good to hear that this morning. good morning, everyone. meanwhile here is the late oets nuke cleerp c nuclear crisis. dangerous levels of radiation are leaking from the daiichi power plant that follows an explosion at a third reactor and a fire at a spent fuelage facility.fire is out, but energy officials say the pool where the spent fuel is kept may be boiling and the water level dropping. and the nuclear regulatory commission says the core of one reactor ma

just a few moments before we

went on the air this morning, we got shall very good news from devastated northern japan. taylor anderson, a virginia woman who teaches english in ishinomaki, one of the towns hardest hit by the tsunami, was missing for four days as her family desperately tried to locate her and feared the worst. this morning we know taylor is safe. her parents got the good news at their home just before 7:00 a.m. this morning. they are obviously relieved and they join us now live this morning. andy, jean, good morning to the both of you. >> good morning. >> the one thing i can say is this interview takes on a decidedly different tone now and i'm relieved to say i can only imagine how elated you are. i know we're thrilled for you over here. >> thank you. >> thank but p. >> what was it like to get that call? >> it was wonderful because i'd just read an e-mail from the consulate that they had a team in ishinomaki that had been

through six evacuation centers and not found her yet. and then within minutes after that, i got a call from international relations office in miyagi and he told me taylor had been found. so it goes from here's another day of waiting to she's found and just amazing up and down, down and up. >> jean, as a mom sitting by, i know this has been very difficult for both of you, but what were your thoughts when you finally got the good news? >> i couldn't believe it. i was so relieved. it's been a hard four days, but we just knew we'd find her and we just kept on hoping. and she's coming home. we're very happy. >> do you know when she's coming home? when will we be able to speak with her? because you've gotten word that she's okay, but do you know when assume be able to actually talk with her in. >> no. cameron told us that they were trying to get a government car

to go down tomorrow. it's in the early evening there. they would try to get to her tomorrow. and i asked him to please take a satellite phone so that she could call back. but it's probably going to be 18 to 24 hours i would think before we hear from her. >> just to give people a little background, your daughter was teaching in a place that was isolated basically from the rest of the world at this point. there was about 4300 people in ishinomaki that they said basically no one could get to including about a thousand people at a middle school. did you all along believe that that's where taylor was? >> we did, yeah. we just couldn't find out which middle school it was. no one could tell. there's a lot of evacuation centers and just didn't know where she was. >> there was apparently a cryptic note left at a nearby hospital. was that something that also gave you hope that she was alive? >> yes, yeah, cameron sent us an

e-mail yesterday that said that an australian emembassy official had seen some initials of one of the australian jets and as well as taylor's name and another set of initials of an american jet. but that's all that was on the message wall. it didn't say anything. the hospital did tell them that there were no deceased foreigners or foreigners in the hospital, so we felt relieved that maybe she had been there but we just didn't know what had happened after that. >> your daughter is there on a three year teaching exchange program and i know this is her final year. is it safe to say that she'll be coming home? >> yes. coming home. a little earlier than planned, but she's coming home. >> and how excited are you to not only talk to her, but to have her back under your roof with all that's happened here the last few days? >> unexplainable.

you're so filled with joy and can't wait to hold her and touch her and huff her again. words can't explain how we feel right now. we're very grateful. >> it's going to be great. i can't wait to hear from her and hear what she wants to do next. and tomorrow will be great when we get together on the phone and talk to her about her plans now. >> i know this is a very emotional moment for you both help how many phone calls do you have to make today when you get off the air with us? >> many. >> yeah, many. a lot. we've had a lot of support from family and friends and we need to thank a lot of people, a lot of people praying for us. and for taylor. and a lot of her friends helping. so it's going to be a lot of people to talk to and thank. her brother and sister and her boyfriend, james.

so it's been great to have that support and now it all comes to aen an end, which is great. >> i'm sure you're very proud of her and you can't wait to have her home and we're thrilled for the both of you and your family. thank you for sharing your story with us and we wish you the best. make sure you tape that reunion. we may be calling upon you again in the next couple of days. >> okay. appreciate it. >> andy and jean anderson. thank you both. up next here on "the early show," a firsthand look at the immense task rescuers face in japan. we'll speak with an american involved in the search efforts there will. this is "the early show" hereon0 cbs. [ female announcer ] all you need for sensitive skin.

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county, virginia are on the ground working. joining us by telephone is battalion chief david stone. you're about 100 miles as i understand it northeast of sendai. what are you finding on the ground there? >> thanks for having me on, first of all. and we're actually -- we're at the north part of the whole ofunato, and it's amazing just the devastation. even though we're over 100 miles from the epicenter and where the tsunami was generated, just the amount of damage and destruction that is caused is mind boggling. >> as we see the pictures and we hear people describe the situation of what is left, is this still a search and rescue operation for you or has this become a recovery operation? >> oh, no, this is definitely search and rescue. we're just finding the tip of the iceberg. today we search probably 1 1/2

square mile area. weed had the team from l.a. county, my team, california task force two plus the fairfax, virginia team and a united kingdom team with us, and our three teams probably close to 215 members all three together and we searched over 1 1/2 square miles. and you have 450 square miles, so we have a lot of work to do. the government of japan is decides when we transition from rescue to recovery. as we found in haiti, we had people that we were able to find and i think we have a team that rescued someone over two weeks after the disaster. so we always are seeking rescue and hoping there is somebody out there we can save if they're trapped. and the government of japan is the one that decides when we transition. >> what he another biggest challenge to in you an effort like will this looking for people? >> well, in this situation with

an earthquake, generally the building either cracks or is partially is damaged or goes flat. so for us it's using our search dogs to locate people. with this storm surge and tsunami, the problem is all of the debris. we have vehicle, boats, lumber. all kinds of debris just piles everywhere.s, boats, lumber. all kinds of debris just piles everywhere. we have a car up on top of a roof of a house, one house looked like it rolled many times. we have a big tugboat a mile from any kind of waterway. >> it is quite a picture that you paint. chief stone, we appreciate you taking time for us this morning. >> my pleasure. appreciate everybody out there take has the hopes and prayers for the people affected in japan

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welcome back to "the early show." amid the tragedy? japan with food shortages, with power outages this, spotty communications, evacuations, all that's going on there, the one thing that can be said is the orderly fashion with which the people there are proceeding day to day. >> harry smith earlier in the broadcast referred to it as the grace of the japanese people. and that's truly what's emerging. we often see in the after math of a tragedy, katrina is a perfect example, the earthquake in haiti, we hear stories of

looting and there's a part of you that you can sort of understand it, you have a feel to feed, you're certained about how you'll survive. yet in this situation, people will line up for hours on end to get water, to get food, to get the gas that they need. there have been no stories of looting, of violence breaking out. and it really is a testament to the people of japan. >> and they're rhee getting relief supplies from all over the country in what can be it termed a pretty orderly fashion considering the circumstances there. we're not talking about just a few people that have been displaced. you've seen the pictures. this is over 350,000 people that are currently homeless right now. so it's a tribute and testament to the japanese people as they deal with the tragedy. we'll be right back. this is "the early show" on cbs.

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it is 7:55. time for cbs 5 news headlines. i'm sydnie kohara. japan may request help from water spraying helicopters to cool the nuclear power plant. it may be the best way to cool down an overheating storage pool. three reactors have already exploded. today efforts continue in santa cruz harbor to recover boats that a single in last fright's tsunami. divers have attach a balloon to the boats. 5 have been pulled out, a dozen still under water. the japan earthquake will have an impact in silicon valley. seven of one company as 22

factories in japan have shut down production temporarily leading to shortages of key parts for cars and other consumer products. traffic and weather coming right up. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. well, unfortunately, we have not seen much of a dent in our bay bridge commute. it is still backed up well into the macarthur maze. we have had a couple of people coming into work and telling me that traffic is really stacked

up backed up beyond the macarthur maze about a 20- minute wait to get on the span. the problem is an earlier stall on the upper deck kind of slowed everything down. but everything is now cleared. all lanes are open heading into san francisco. the ride through marin kind of sluggish as well between novato and san rafael, 17 minutes between 37 and 580 in the southbound lanes of 101 and good across the span of the golden gate bridge. great day out there. south bay northbound 280 sluggish from bascomb to the 880 overcrossing. that's your traffic, for your forecast, here's julie. >> thank you, elizabeth. we are trafficking rain on doppler this morning. we saw one band of showers pass through during the 6:00 hour. it's now dissipated. and we are waiting for the second that's still offshore. right now, however, scattered showers are passing through the bay. light rainfall right now right around berkeley and just north of oakland, heading off to the east. we will continue to see scattered showers of this nature throughout much of the bay throughout the day. more rain nuisance rain wednesday and thursday, heavier showers moving through on friday. ,,,,,,,,

welcome back to "the early show". chris wragge here with erica hill. top of the hour here on cbs. once again, we look at the devastation in japan. we mentioned earlier, a three-pronged disaster from the earthquake, which led to the tsunami, which, of course, now has led to three explosions in four days at the fukushima nuclear plant there, and some people are calling this the worst case scenario. >> there is so much focus right now on the potential fallout from the nuclear plant. we want to go to jeff glor at the news desk. he is standing by with the latest news in japan. jeff, good morning. >> good morning to you. good morning, every. here's the latest. japanese officials say that radiation is leaking from that crippled nuclear plant. this morning four days after the

massive earthquake and tsunami there was an explosion and a third reactor at the fukushima plant and a fire at a spent fuel storage facility. government officials say the water where the spent fuel is stored may also be boiling. residents within 19 miles have been told to stay indoors. the escape says radiation levels are described as posing a danger to human health, but we're told they have begun to drop. radiation levels near the plant are reported to be 100 times normal. for a second day in a row there are rolling black-outs to consearch power in japan, and there are shortages of food, water, and fuel. harry smith is in hard hit sendai this morning. he joins us on the phone. harry, good morning. >> yeah, jeff. there's no other way to put it. the battle to gain control of that damaged nuclear power plant in fukushima is not going well. dangerous levels of radiation are now leaking continuously

from the crippled power plant. after a series of explosions over the weekend, another blast today allowed the radiation to escape. the fire was put out, but officials warn this morning that the water used in the reactor could be boiling. if the water boils, it could evaporate and fully ebbing pose the nuclear rods within the reactor. if that happens, the chances of a meltdown adjust significantly. the radiation that has already escaped is high enough to pose a threat to human health and there is a high risk that more will get into the air. 70,000 people living within 12 miles of the facility have already been evacuated, but another 140,000 living within 19 miles of the plant are in the danger zone. as many as 800 workers at the site were also evacuated. in a nationally televised address, japan's prime minister urged those living nearby to take precautions. >> we would like to ask you to

remain indoors and avoid going outside. >> reporter: local residents are being told to avoid drinking tap water and to seal doors and windows. that's easier said than done in areas devastated by the quake and tsunami. supplies are extremely limited. limited amounts of radiation have reached tokyo. nearly 150 miles from the plant, but officials say the levels found in the capital city do not pose a health risk. still, worried residents race to stock up on supplies. japan has asked the u.s. for equipment and expertise to help keep the reactor cool. u.s. officials said they would provide all they can. >> the japanese government has tremendous capabilities on their own, but because of the matter of this nature, it requires all of our best efforts. we stand ready to assist as required. >> reporter: the only good news on the nuclear front is the weather because the preveiling winds have been coming from the west and are due to continue

that way for the next couple of days blowing radioactive material out to sea. jeff. >> harry, i'm wondering where you are. are you still feeling aftershocks? >> reporter: i'll tell you what, it's really quite incredible because we've actually found a place to stay. we're about 11 stories off the ground, and the first time you feel one, it startles you, and then ten minutes later there's another, ten minutes later there's another, and after a while they almost seem routine. >> wow. harry smith in sendai this morning. harry, thanks so much. >> thank you. the tsunami that followed last week's earthquake has caused extensive damage in the u.s. it turns out. a california official now estimates the damage to harbors and boats in california is more than $40 million. after that tsunami hit hawaii on friday, the cost estimates there have jumped into the tens of millions of dollars. that includes damage to homes, businesses, hotels, and boats. it was once touted as strong competition for apple's ipod. it now appears microsoft's zune

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a look at the warning systems for earthquakes and tsunamis along the west coast. how quickly would americans be warned of an impending disaster like the one in japan? we'll have that story tonight on the cbs evening news. now back to the early show. >> and now back over to chris, eri erica, and

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teen characters on boxes. research has shown how these images influence children's selection. they also influence how kids think the cereal actually tastes. >> reporter: breakfast cereal is a $10 billion a year business, and competition is fierce. >> they're great! >> reporter: especially among children's cereals. >> cereal manufacturers spent more than $150 million a year just targeting kids. >> reporter: they target kids with cartoon characters in commercials and on boxes. they're practically reaching from the store shelves to grab your kid's attention. tony the tiger made his debut in the 1950s. >> they're great! sdmrool characters go back decades, and they're very important icons. kids recognize them very early if life, and it has an impact on what they choose to eat. >> reporter: not just what they choose to eat, but how they think the cereal tastes. it turns out those loveable creatures make kids think their cereal tastes better. >> when a character is on the box, children said that they enjoyed the product more. >> reporter: in a recent study

out of the university of pennsylvania children were asked to use smiley faces to rate the taste of cereal. researchers found children awarded more smiley faces to the cereal from boxes of cartoon characters than the ones without. even the cereal itself was the same. i want you to scream if you like to eat cereal. [ screaming ] >> reporter: we rounded up six young cereal lovers to see if we could get similar results. an unscientific taste test. we put the same common breakfast cereal into two containers. one plain. the other decorated with popular cartoon characters. >> hmm, hmm, hmm. >> reporter: we let the kids slurp and crunch away. >> i want to know which cereal you like better. if you like this cereal better, raise your hand. one, two, three, four, five. five out of six like the one with the cartoon character, but listen to why. you raised your hand that you like this one better.

why? >> because it's more sweeter. >> because it's more sweeter. >> reporter: remember, they were comparing the exact same cereal. we repeated the experiment with two more cereals. healthy or sugary, it didn't seem to matter. >> it tastes better. >> it tasted better. >> reporter: what mattered most was the container the cereal came from. >> there are stickers on it, and it's -- and it was more crunchy. >> reporter: unscientific or not, the results were the same. the food choices were influenced as much by the characters they see as by the taste in their mouths. those kids were so cute. i love that hat. ins denktsly experts we spoke with say most of the cereals featured in cartoon characters are, in fact, the least healthy ones. the experts say the reason for that is kids tend to overeat sugary cereal specifically, erica, sending mom and dad back to the store for more and more.

>> let me tell you, you turn and the read the box in the aisle, and it's obvious that most kids -- they look for certain words. healthy and sugar. how do kids react to those words? i can guess. >> this was fascinating. believe it or not, the cereal didn't change. that remained the same. what changed only was the name on the cereal box. the kids were introduced to two cereals. one called healthy and one was called sugary. when asked when ch they liked better, without cartoon characters overwhelmingly they liked the healthy bits. >> really some. >> isn't that shocking. then they introduce the cartoon characters on to the sugary bits, and the response changes dramatically. the kids all of a sudden like the sugar cereal better saying that the cartoon characters take precedence over the name of the cereal. >> the cartoon characters carry weight. i wouldn't have thought that the word healthy would carry weight over sugar. >> it was the researchers were surprised by this too. they thought immediately they're going to go to the sugar cereal, right, but instead they went for the healthy cereals and nowa days, children are so commonly

told to stay away from sugar. suge ais bad. you want to go to the healthy cereals. i twut actually brought you some products to show you that cereal marketers have picked up on this trend. corn pops, believe it or not, erica, used to go by sugar corn pops. there's the original logo. golden crisp, that originally went by super sugar crisp. it's been a long time. frosted flakes, my favorite of all, used to go by sugar frosted flakes, and, finally, honey smacks -- >> i'm going sugar smacks. >> i recognize, but over the years they just eliminated the word sugar tapping into this idea that sugar is bad. >> you can also go totally rogue if you will, which some parents i know may have been known to do. buy one box of a certain cereal and then you just keep putting in the bag of the healthier one in the box. >> unscientific experiment at home yourself. >> yeah. this is really great

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in this morning's "moneywatch," flexible spending accounts. every year about 30 million americans use will them to set aside money for medical expenses tax free, but they expire the end of today and if there is any money left over, you lose it. rebecca jarvis is here to help you get the most out of your flex account. good to see you. so let's say you have the money left over. today is the final day. you don't have any urgent doctor needs right now. what do you do to burn away that

money? >> one of the things you can do is go fill fill your remaining prescriptions. it's a good idea to use this towards that because it oftentimes covers the co-pays. also look at eye and ear care, different types of things that help your eye and ear care from character solution to things that help your ears. also allergy and sinus is a category that tend its to be covered from nasal sprays to metity pots. prenatal vitamins are covered. and over the counter drugs, some have still covered. >> you talk about those rules changing. what rules are we looking at? >> as of january 1st of this year, many over the counter drugs that used to be covered under sfas now require a doctor's prescription. so let's say you spend your sfa on tylenol or advil. now you have to as of this year you have to go back to your

doctor and say i need a pre-have ip prescription inned to to be reimbursed. you'll have to pay out of pocket and submit to your administrator the receipt as well as the note from the doctor. and there are doctors out this that won't be very interested in writing and you you a prescription for advil. >> let's say you're at work and you can do anything of the things we've talked about. you can use your funds online? >> a number of websites make it easy. drug store.com has a specific fsa section. walmart.com, as does wall green's. but pretty much writer whehere your drugs, you could probably shop there today. >> would you recommend it? who is it information in particular? >> it makes a lot of sense for

people who have additional expenses when it comes to health care. so if you're going to be getting braces, if you might want to have a baby, these are the things that are covered. but for anyone, think about it in these terms. if you spend about 30% in taxes and you put $1,000 into your fsa, you save $300 on those expenses. so you really are only spending $700 for $1,000 worth of melt expenses. so it does make sense, but you have to make sure that the things you need are covered.so have to make sure that the things you need are covered.exp. so it does make sense, but you have to make sure that the things you need are covered. >> is there a dollar amount to target? >> what you have on do is think about what your medical expenses will cost you. on do is think about what your medical expenses will cost you.t on do is think about what your medical expenses will cost you.on do isk about what your medical expenses will cost you. do is think about what your medical expenses will cost you. look back on the year behind and say what did i spend out of pocket and if you can determine that number, that's a good number to use for the year ahead. >> rebecca, thank you. for more on flex spending account, go to "moneywatch".com.

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good morning. 8:25 your time. let's take a look at some news headlines. five people are in the hospital at the shooting mission district. one person is critically injured at the el tin tan bar. no arrests, no motive. crews will continue to recover sunken boats from the bottom of santa cruz harbor. tsunami surges sunk at least 18 vessels and damaged 100 others. five boats have been pulled out so far. and a response to the earthquake in japan, santa clara county, is offering a new emergency alert system. residents will be able to sign up for text message alerts notifying them about emergencies, shelters, medical information and other vital information. >> we have traffic and weather in just a moment. stay with us. ,,

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this is just the beginning. there will likely be more throughout the day. you can see this band of showers stretching offshore. seven-day forecast shows today we will see the heaviest rain in the north bay and scattered showers for the rest of us. and then some nuisance rain if you will wednesday and thursday. not going to be to need umbrellas all day, won't be a total rainout enough to keep them around. friday could see a rainout. we are expecting much more impressive system bringing heavier rainfall with it and cooler temperatures. in fact, notice how much temperatures drop between today and friday down into the 50s by friday, so cool in fact we may even get a few snowflakes in some of the highest elevations in the north bay. and that's not the end of it. in fact, we do see showers off and on continuing into the weekend, extended forecast showing we could stay damp over the next 10 days. stay tuned. ,,,,,,,,

welcome back to "the early show" here on a tuesday morning. we're going to learn to smize here on the early show before it's on any other show. tyra banks is with us. a superstar with her own media empire. student at harvard business.

now she's launching a new website helping women with personalized beauty and fashion advice and we'll talk to tyra about everything because obviously she has all this free time. >> yeah, she's not busy at all. >> a global empire. also some novels that she's -- ridiculous. >> is the smize like the zoo lander look? >> it is. if you're not familiar with jeff's certain looks, jeff does -- tyra banks does smizing. jeff glor has perfected the zoo lander and they may have stolen it from you. >> very possible. >> on that note -- >> where do you go from are there? >> if you're noticing your fence is scraping the ground, your gutters need cleaning, cracks in your patio, are you in luck because now that the snow is gone, our good friend matt blashaw is here with a bunch of easy unexpensive projects you can do as spring approaches to

spruce things up and get ready for the flowers to start blooming. >> five more days until spring. >> not that we're counting. >> the countdown is officially on. >> speaking of, marysol castro, how are we doing over here? >> i'm doing the best i possibly can. i'm just the messenger, but, boy, do i want spring just as badly as everyone else. take a look at the northwest. doesn't feel like spring here. an inch of rain in seattle and portland half an inch in medford. two inches in eureka.

now over to erica. >> the disaster in japan is bringing with it heart breaking stories and images into our homes. they are pictures that many people can't turn away from, but parents are increasingly concerned about the impact of these images on their children. and maech many of us don't know the best

way to talk about will this with our children, so joining us to help us out dr. jennifer hartstein. i will say this hits home to for me. i have a 4-year-old and he keeps saying the waves can't come to new york city. >> they really don't understand especially at four what that means. they don't understand that it's already happened and it isn't happening again. >> so what is the best way to have in discussion with your child? >> i want to provide accurate information. you don't want to say everything is fabulous, nothing will happen to you, because you can't back that up. you want to wait for specific questions. you don't have to get into all other details. an you'll probably have to repeat it many times. >> you mention be accurate, keep it simple. so just how much detail should i go into? >> well, you want to be careful of how much. he's four. he can't process the same amount

of information as a 15-year-old. so you want to keep it as simple as possible. answer those direct questions. provide reassurance. listen to him and what he's saying to you so that you can really get to the heart of the problem. is he really just reflecting some worry. >> this has been a really large topic of conversation on our facebook page, a lot of people posting questions. trina writes i have a 9-year-old and 6-year-old. should i let them watch tsunami news coverage on tv? >> we want tole also remember that media includes tv and the internet. so you want to watch it with them. you don't want to be unbrilgded and unsuper advised. answer their questions as they have them, be involved, be part of the discussion instead of just letting help watch it and not know what to do. >> and you can monitor what they see if you'rele controlling what's on the television, but you mentioned the internet. how much of that should you be monitoring so you know what they're seeing there?

>> especially for 6 and 9, you should monitor as much as possible. teenagers have a better ability to process the information. but for your younger kid, monitor this, too. >> melanie writes how do you comfort them. >> validate their worry. you're worried as a participants. continue your routines. try to keep things going as much as possible. and be aware of your own stress. >> so should we not talk about certain things in front of our kids? >> with the radiation, your kids won't understand what that means so you might want to have that conversation in adult time not in front of them. >> and how important is that physical contact? a hug seems like it can go a long way. >> physical contact can take you very far. if you're not sure, ask it f.

thif they want the hug, but be present. >> alan says is it a good idea to not hold anything back.want . >> alan says is it a good idea to not hold anything back. >> for younger kids, too much is too much. so you want to avoid giving too much excess. and be honest, but not overshare your feelings. it will freak them out. but with your teen ages, sure, have that conversation. talk about it. and you can about how they may be able to get involved and help. even with your younger kids, how can they provide stuff to these kids in japan. >> and it helps, too, to have some -- pull out a map and show them here is japan, here's where we live in the united states. >> absolutely. use it as a moment to educate. teach them geography, teach them what a tsunami is, about earthquakes. there is an opportunity to teach them the basics. >> and if we are concerned that this is taking a toll on them, how do you handle that? >> if it's excessive, talk to a

pediatrician, 15see if there's bigger problem. >> thanks for being with us this morning. we know tyra banks is a supermodel, it tv host and actress, but that's not enough to keep her busy. she's now attending harvard business school, writing a novel and today launching a new fashion website typef.com. good to see you. congratulations on the website. i'm thinking tyra banks, a fashion website. you're really going out on a lcht imb here. >> yeah, stretching real far. that's one thing school has taught me is to stick with your core compete competency. and i know fashion and beauty. >> what is type f? >> it means whatever you want to mean. for me it means type fierce. it's a place, to me it's a revolutionary destination where

women can come and get personalized information for them based on their specific body types. if you look at fashion beauty magazines, they say you have to look like this, you better look like this, if you don't look like this, you're not good enough. type f says exact opposite. you would give us all your information, your eye shape, your face shape, your skin color, every single thing about you and then we start to deliver information based on you. you're the star and you come back, we greet you by name and you get information for you. >> is that what separates this website from the thousands of other fashion and beauty websites? >> most definitely. it is about the woman being the star. and she is special because she's unique. >> can i ask and you couple of rapid fire question questions? >> sure. >> like how long are crop pants. >> crop pants are probably a little bit below the knee. they could also be mid calf. >> what does one wear under yoga pants some. >> you can go pair or have a little thong on if you don't

want a panty line. >> and is it okay to wear a pink dress with green shoes? >> by all means if that is what you want to do, by all means he is specially if you're and the if a -- what is that, the a errority girls pink and green. >> so basically you can answer just about anything. you're back in school. this is a question that boggles my mind. you're worth millions. why go back in to business school? >> i have my strengths and i have my weaknesses. i want to build my company to be a place and a business that is sustainable not just by me getting up in the morning to have to tap dance. i look at walt disney and what he has done and what disney is today. i look at richard branson and what he's done with virgin. and i strive to do that and i have an amazing team that will get us there. harvard is part of that team. >> they have a good track

record, as well. what do other students at harvard -- is it that was tyra banks, i think? how is the response to you seeing you on campus? >> with my class now, we've been together for a while, so they're just used to me. i walk out and -- because living in a dorm, so i'm walking out in my pjs and flannels. but some of the mba students are like what the heck is going on and i'm like i'm studying the same krcase you're studying. >> are you going to rush a a royity? >> no, we don't do that. >> how long is the program? >> the program is over three years. >> that's great. is it tough? >> it's really difficult. because i will be like this weekend i'm reading like five days of cases, i'm going to get ahead, so i'm like studying like crazy. and just when you think you're like okay, i'm ahead, i can go out to dinner, you get to class and they slap a book about

negotiations this thick on your desk and you're like what is going on. you can't get ahead. >> with all due respect, are you a supermodel. obviously very successful. when you tell people that you're going to harvard business school, what's the first reaction? >> i say that the first reaction is the neck goes back. huh? what are you doing going to harvard some they don't understand. to me education is so beyond important and i feel like i have so much to learn. i sit in the room with investment bankers, with accountants, with so many different -- with lawyers. and i railroaded have a natural gut instinct of how to communicate with these people, but having the education just takes that conversation to the next level. i know what questions to ask, i know what to look out for because i'm in school. >> you know how to protect yourself. and you're also write something. >> yes, i'm writing a book called model land. it comes out in the fall and it kind of has that -- the same message that i stand for which is expanding the definition of

beauty, making it broader, making women fael a part of the beauty tribe. and it's about this school called model land and they create girls which are super models but powers, but four girls make it in that don't have this perfection kind of look and they end up changing the course of what beauty means to the whole world. >> sounds better than harvard to me. finally, last question, the smize thing we were talking about earlier, what exactly is a smize? >> it's smiling with your eyes. and i do believe that if you can master smizing, your viewer ship, your ratings, whether go up 7.5%. >> if you can guarantee me that -- >> i'll teach you. get very close to chris' face. >> not too close. >> and look at me, chris. pierce through the camera.

relax your mouth. squeeze those eyes title. yes, you did it. >> okay, back off. tie remayr tyra, thank you so much. >> are you single? >> as a matter of fact, yes. >> so when you go -- >> are you guys rolling? >> do we need to leave you two alone? >> i'm just telling you he can get somebody if he knows how to do that on the street. after work, you is the mize down the street and the limb will be going, chris, baby. >> erica, over to you. it has been a rather tough winter for much of the u.s. and if your home took a beating, it is time for a few fix ups. matt blashaw is here with affordable solutions for us. >> yes, and i'm is ts mcht izin.

>> i can tell. a lot of people notice after the snow clears and you real bliz y ize you do have a lawn again, sometimes when you open your gate -- >> out of alignment. >> it gets stuck in the ground. >> and that's just because of the wood expanding and contracting. it's not the hardware that's given out. it's the actual wood. so your door just gets out of square. so what you need to get is an anti-sag gate kit. this runs between $40, this one was $8. so just butt it in with phillips heads screws on both sides. and you tighten the cable and it brings that gate back into alignment. and then you shut it and it closes every time. quick nice work. >> yeah, i did so much to fix that. and for $8, what a great fix. we've been talking so much about potholes. but really the weather kind of does the same thing to your

sidewalks and driveways. >> yes, not as big as potholes -- >> but equally annoying. >> when the snow thaws, you'll see a ton of cracks. an easy way to fix it. you want to get concrete caulking. this is specially formulated. >> do i get to caulk? >> yes, i do. >> every time i'm on this show, someone has to do caulking. squeeze it down in there. give it some juice. >> well, if the quack wasn't dried up -- >> when it does work. so when the caulking goes in, fill it in here. and then what you want to do, this is the trick. before it dries, you want to grab some sand. the same color as -- it can be leveling sand. just match it the same color as the concrete . sprinkle it on top and when it

drives, you sweep it off and the texture will match the concrete so it won't be as noticeable. >> so much better. and maybe i'll know how to use a caulking gun. >> when it comes to your gutters, you definitely don't want to let them fill up. >> it fills up with debris, they get heavy and crash and fall and you have to go up every time and clean them up. so grab gloves. leather gloves are good because there are sharp things in there. and what i like to grab -- now you're getting down and dirty. >> i've been working out. >> i noticed it. >> a pasta scoop? really? >> yes, it's not just for the kitchen anymore. >> look out, gutters. i actually love this idea. just scoop it up. >> you can get all your twigs and everything, dump it out. just don't mix it up with the

other ones in the kitchen. >> and then once it's all cleared out -- >> you want to get a gutter guard. these are fantastic. really easy to install. they go right underneath the shingle. go right over your gutter. no debris goes in. >> does i have to wipe it off? >> you could probably take a nice little broom to it every so often, but this for 15 feet, $7 to $10. so worth it. >> windows. >> got to love windows. let's make it more interesting. make your own mixture. so here a kim couple cups of hat water. this is a mixture of a quarter cup of vinegar with corn starch water. this is a mixture of a quarter cup of vinegar with corn starch water. this is a mixture of a quarter cup of vinegar with corn starch water. this is a mixture of a quarter cup of vinegar with corn starch. >> vinegar is like 79 cents and it cleans everything in your house. >> does everything.

that's the cleaner. the corn starch is the actual shine. >> and i see you have newspaper. >> yes. you have newspaper over there. what we're going to do is double-team this window. i'll do this side. >> all the things you're giving me this morning do not work. >> how about that? there you go. >> i turned the nozzle to on. so why do we do this? >> you go up and down. i'm going to go left to right. so now when there's streaks like your streaks, you're streaking all over, so now you can see your streaks are going up and down, you're the one that's not getting clean enough. >> i see where this is going. why is there toos paste here? >> that's for any scratches you may have on a window. really easy to do. just grab toothpaste. >> and it has to be a paste, into the gel? >> paste, right. throw it on there and then you

can buff it out, it will buff out any scratches easy. not just for the teeth anymore. >> or the pimples. always good to have you here. for more on these easy spring fix up, just logon to early show.cbs knews.com.,,,, i love america, i love my pet bald eagle brock, my bison sara, i love my pick-up with the custom constitution paint job... i celebrate jury duty... i love america so much, i'm making an all american jack combo two jumbo patties, with melting cheese, lettuce, tomato and pickles,

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it is going to be a beautiful day. i have a picture for you to focus on that will just take you through the day. chris wragge as he smizes. tyra bank was here. she smiles with her eyes. she was teaching chris to do the same thing. >> that will get you thrown out in most places. >> and by the way, tyra banks was hitting on you. >> she was a little bit. which really kind of surprised

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